Posted on 03/06/2008 8:55:23 AM PST by maquiladora
The top U.S. commander in the Middle East is the subject of a glowing magazine article describing him as the only person who might stop the Bush administration from going to war against Iran.
Esquire magazine's forthcoming profile of Adm. William "Fox" Fallon portrays the chief of the U.S. Central Command as "brazenly challenging" President Bush on Iran, pushing back "against what he saw as an ill-advised action."
Written by Thomas P.M. Barnett, a former professor at the Naval War College, the article in the magazine's April issue predicts that if Fallon leaves his position at Central Command, "it may well mean that the president and vice president intend to take military action against Iran before the end of this year and don't want a commander standing in their way."
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Fallon clearly cooperated with Barnett for the article, with the author accompanying the Centcom chief on trips to Egypt and Afghanistan over the past year. The article quotes Fallon as saying one day in Cairo that "I'm in hot water again" with the White House, apparently for telling Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that the United States would not attack Iran.
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As he was preparing to take command, Fallon said that a war with Iran "isn't going to happen on my watch," according to retired Army Col. Patrick Lang.
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Might find this interesting.
Another Wesley Clark
This guy better hope that the RATS take the White House next year, because if McLame wins he’ll be fired.
That should have ended his command right there.
Iran disagrees.
Disingenuous and poor research.
“..if Fallon leaves his position at Central Command, “it may well mean that the president and vice president intend to take military action against Iran before the end of this year and don’t want a commander standing in their way.”
Actually, Fallon was born on Dec 30, 1944 making him 63. He’s already exceeded the mandatory retirement age of 62 and can, in reality will only serve until he’s 64 (Jan 2009)
Title 10 USC: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/10/usc_sec_10_00001251——000-.html
The rest of them have not proven a damed thing to me.
Once the discussion is over, he has taken an oath to follow constituitonal orders form his commander and he would either have to follow them, or be removed from command.
Unless he means it in the sense of “I’m retiring in a year and I doubt like hell it’s going to happen in the next 12 months.”
Fallon and Petraeus are enemies. See:
CentCom Chief Fallon: Petraeus Is ‘An Ass-Kissing, Little Chickensh*t,’ ‘I Hate People Like That’ at http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/12/webb-fallon/
and
U.S.-IRAQ: Fallon Derided Petraeus, Opposed the Surge at http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39235
More left wing slop.
If the quotes are accurate, it sounds like the Admiral is lining himself up for a post-retirement gig as a talking head on CNN.
"Very well Admiral, I will accept your resignation effective immediately. Don't let the door to the oval office hit you on the ass on your way out."
President AND Commander-In-Chief, George W. Bush.
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