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Outgoing Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Pace Refused to Voluntarily Retire
FOXNEWS.COM ^
| Friday, June 15, 2007
| Associated Press
Posted on 06/15/2007 8:17:05 PM PDT by keats5
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posted on
06/15/2007 8:17:09 PM PDT
by
keats5
To: keats5
Pace’s recent comments about gays couldn’t have anything to do with it, could they?
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posted on
06/15/2007 8:22:58 PM PDT
by
claudiustg
(I didn't leave the Republican Party. I was purged.)
To: keats5
General Pace deserves our thanks. He has done more for his country than the man who didn’t have his back.
Regards
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posted on
06/15/2007 8:25:08 PM PDT
by
ARE SOLE
(Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment..)
To: ARE SOLE
Agreed. Gen. Pace did nothing wrong and has acted in an exemplary and honorable manner representing the troops and the President. It is truly a shame that his superior, the President, does not respect him or treat him honorably.
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posted on
06/15/2007 8:33:44 PM PDT
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: keats5
The President stands by deaf and mute, only intrested in erasing our borders while this patriot is pummeled in Congress and the media.
Another huge strike against the legacy of GW and his failed presidency.
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posted on
06/15/2007 8:37:01 PM PDT
by
Bulldawg Fan
(Rest of the Story, My bad that this didnt print with the first part.)
To: K-oneTexas
I don’t think that Gen. Pace should be concerned with what this president thinks of him. He should be satisfied with the knowledge that his country thanks him for his honorable service.
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posted on
06/15/2007 8:38:49 PM PDT
by
353FMG
(Some say it's a melting pot, others liken it to a pressure cooker.)
I don’t know why he would have to gone through confirmation again anyway. Everyone knows the Rats would have torn him to peices.
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posted on
06/15/2007 8:43:42 PM PDT
by
anglian
For his retirement ceremony, Pace should extend an invitation to attend to Rumsfeld and specifically tell Bush and Gates that they are not welcome.
To: keats5
His refusal to resign made his superior (Commander in Chief) actually have to declare his intentions. Clarity is a good thing.
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posted on
06/15/2007 8:44:19 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: glorgau
If you don't believe you had done anything wrong,would you resign?
I was once advised by my attorney NOT to resign since that would eliminate any employer liabilities.
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posted on
06/15/2007 8:49:46 PM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
To: A.A. Cunningham
For his retirement ceremony, After the retirement he should drop his trousers and give jorge the chance to kiss a real man ass.
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posted on
06/15/2007 8:55:19 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: keats5
Jumped the Gun, The game plan for the good general should be as follows, never leave the battle field:
1. File change of state of record to south Carolina before discharge.
2. Buy house in south Carolina and register to vote and etc.
3. Call press conference on retirement day and announce you are running for senator as an independent in South Carolina. Then proceed to kick goober-gremsbys butt
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:10:55 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: ARE SOLE
General Pace deserves our thanks. He has done more for his country than the man who didnt have his back.
I'll admit I don't know much about him, other than he will probably be one of the last Vietnam vets to hold the position, but from what I've read, he sounds like an honorable man, and that he really cares about the military. I can easily see a man like him refusing to retire under false pretenses. It's unfortunate that he's basically being fired (if you want to look at it that way) but the way things are these days, if the politicians see you as a scapegoat and not an honorable man or woman serving your country, they are going to use you as a scapegoat.
To: anglian
I dont know why he would have to gone through confirmation again anyway. Everyone knows the Rats would have torn him to peices.
He's been a Marine for forty years. Those types of Marines don't tend to back down, if they believe that what they are doing is right. To back down in such a situation would be cowardly. By all accounts, General Pace is not a coward.
To: keats5
If I were General Pace, I’d move to Nevada on October 2, 2007, and announce that I was running for the US Senate seat held by that dishonorable sonofabitch dingy Harry Reid. And spend the next three years making his life miserable!
Semper Fi! General Pace. You have served us well. Thank you very much.
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:15:53 PM PDT
by
Taxman
(So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
To: ARE SOLE
How about General Pace for someone’s Vice President?
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:16:42 PM PDT
by
no dems
(Geraldo Rivera: A sad, pathetic, little man suffering from penis envy according to Bette Midler)
To: keats5
A Vietnam veteran, Pace indicated in his Norfolk comments that his experience in that war colored his decision not to quit voluntarily.
“The other piece for me personally was that some 40 years ago I left some guys on the battlefield in Vietnam who lost their lives following 2nd Lt. Pace,” he said. “And I promised myself then that I will serve this country until I was no longer needed that it’s not my decision. I need to be told that I’m done.
“I’ve been told I’m done.
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This Tells All...
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:24:13 PM PDT
by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
To: jan in Colorado
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posted on
06/15/2007 10:09:29 PM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: claudiustg
Paces recent comments about gays couldnt have anything to do with it, could they?Knowing how cowardly and afraid of his shadow Bush has become, I'm sure those comments had something to do with it. But Bush's appointment of a liberal Admiral, Mike Mullen, to take Pace's place indicates another possibility - - that Bush is eager to help Hillary with the transition.
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
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