Telling Bush the truth is costly

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Last updated March 24, 2008 4:41 p.m. PT
HELEN THOMAS
SYNDICATED COLUMNIST

WASHINGTON -- A salute is due Adm. William Fallon, who tried to prevent a wider war with Iran.

After serving one year as commander of U.S. Central Command, Fallon has resigned, saying he was quitting because his differences with official U.S. policy had become a "distraction" ...

While the differences between Fallon and the bellicose White House were well known, they came to a head in an article in the April issue of Esquire magazine written by Thomas Barnett, a former professor at the Army War College.

Barnett wrote that if Fallon left his job anytime soon, it could signal that Bush intends to go to war with Iran ...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/356246_thomas25.html

[LakeSamish706]

1. So it would seem that we are close to the loon ordering a hit on Iran....

That is going to be one huge mistake I think... Of course it won't hurt GWB, he will survive it with no sweat but not necessarily the same will apply for many others.