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Message #113389 posted by forged registration (Info) March 17, 2008 15:36:23 ET
In Reply to: Re: iraq is hiding its money at the US federal res posted by imnother (Info) March 17, 2008 15:16:41 ET
i thought fallon resigned because he opposed the push to invade iran (that and having a commander in chief whose IQ reads like a basement apartment number)
whatta dummy! doesn't he know that invading iran would be a cakewalk where US soldiers are welcomed as liberators? it shouldn't take more than 50,000 US troops and a short occupation...BRING EM ON! LET'S ROLL!! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!
Top U.S. military commander resigns after Esquire article
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | 7:41 PM ET
The Associated Press
Admiral William Fallon, the top U.S. military commander for the Middle East, is resigning, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.
Gates said Fallon had asked him Tuesday morning for permission to retire and Gates agreed. Gates said the decision was entirely Fallon's and that Gates believed it was "the right thing to do."
Fallon was the subject of an article published last week in Esquire magazine that portrayed him as opposed to United States President George W. Bush's Iran policy. It described Fallon as a lone voice against taking military action to stop the Iranian nuclear program.
Gates described as "ridiculous" any notion that Fallon's departure signals the U.S. is planning to go to war with Iran. And he said "there is a misperception" that Fallon disagrees with the administration's approach to Iran.
"I don't think there were differences at all," Gates added.
Fallon has had a 41-year Navy career. He took the Central Command post on March 16, 2007, succeeding Army Gen. John Abizaid, who retired. Fallon previously served as commander of U.S. Pacific Command.
Gates said that until a permanent replacement is nominated and confirmed by the Senate, Fallon's place will be taken by his top deputy, Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey.
The secretary called Fallon a very able military strategist and said his advice will be missed at the Pentagon.
"I think this is a cumulative kind of thing," said Gates, speaking of the circumstances leading up to Fallon's decision. "It isn't the result of any one article or any one issue.
"As I say, the notion that this decision portends anything in terms of change in Iran policy is, to quote myself, 'ridiculous,' " he said.
© The Canadian Press, 2008
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