I think Panetta is basically a political hack and a coward; I don’t think he’s any more a Communist than the average liberal, but he’s in a situation now that is way beyond him. He was picked not for any competence or ability, but because he would offer no objections to Obama. And now he’s being told that he’s got to be Obama’s fall guy, so he’s a little freaked out.
Gen. Dempsey is a PC loser who was referred to by Netanyahu as being a supporter of Iran (in other words, Dempsey does what Valerie Jarret, the uber supporter of Iran, tells him to do). Dempsey was the one who made the phone call and brought the pressure of the top military in the US to bear upon a private citizen to prevent that citizen (Terry Jones) from exerting a constitutionally protected right as a private citizen (to show the dread video to his congregation). This was back when Obama was still trying to blame the video, and since Terry Jones - a nothing backwoods preacher promoted to prominence by Obama - was Obama’s favorite villain at that point, Dempsey disgraced his office by running to do his master’s political bidding.
Gen. Ham is now out of a job (replaced by another commander for the Africom), since it appears that somewhere along the line, he opposed Obama or perhaps knows too much for Obama to feel comfortable about leaving him in his position.
This could be something out of Shakespeare, with the depth of plots and confusion of characters. A few weeks ago, I would have said it was difficult to tell whether it was one of Shakespeare’s comedies or one of his tragedies, but now I know it can be only one thing: a tragedy. For us.