03-14-08, 01:19 PM
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Sea Lord 
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Originally Posted by Brag
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Originally Posted by PeriscopeDepth
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Originally Posted by Brag
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And to inject a little bit of "seriousness" in this thread... 
Yes, of course it will. He was one of the biggest road bumps to Bush's way of doing things in the MEast. He was also, from all accounts, an amazing strategic level thinker who understood the region and got things done. Either way, his going is bad for the country he so ably served IMO. There's far too many yes men in that command, methinks.
As to why he's resigned, I've heard three things that make sense:
1) Fallon wanted a troop drawdown in Iraq. Petraus didn't, who went over Fallon's head to Bush directly. Bush of course agreed and Fallon got sacked.
2) This is a shakeup for military action with Iran. Fallon was one of the biggest obstacles to that.
3) He's resigning so he can VP for a certain junior senator who has zero military credentials.
Of all these, I think the first is by far the most credible. Either way, something devious happened I think. Theater commanders don't just up and resign in the most important posting of their career during a war.
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I suspect this is not the last we hear from the good admiral. Once he retires, he will become unmuzzled. Not only the intelligence community is appalled at the White House crazies but a lot of the military brass. I believe Fallon, who is outspoken while in uniform, will have a lot to say once out of it. |
And I, for one, can not wait to hear what he's got to say!
PD
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