ADM Fallon stepping down as CO of CENTCOM, Breaking, MSNBC. nt

[babylonsister]

[babylonsister]

1. Gates giving the announcement; stand by, Iran. nt

[Bozita]

2. bless that man, Admiral Fallon

[babylonsister]

4. Debatable. nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Holy crap !!! Not good news, he was a firewall

that was stopping us going to war with Iran.

[lonestarnot]

5. DISRESPECT by bushitler cited.

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. Yikes.... I think something might happen soon in the Pentagon

this isn't gonna go over smoothly, Fallon had a lot of support among
the officer class.

[VP505]

6. To be replaced with

another Bu$h Yes Man, sorry Admiral you should have know the job required proficiency in boot licking.

[peacetalksforall]

33. He should have taken lessons from Candy Crowley and Wolf - lie prostrate and

kiss the ermine trim on the robe.

[Subdivisions]

7. A falling out with Big Bananas his own self! Nice statement

Admiral Fallon, SIR!

I hope he has a long and joyous retirement. Thank you, Sir, for your 4 decades of service to our country.

Salute!

[Thurston Howell III]

8. I'm watching it on CNN. Bush bastards!! Video link included.

Here's a link to the CNN video:

http://www.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream1

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. There goes the "only person who might stop the Bush administration from going to war against Iran

Remember it was speculated he would do this if Bush and Cheney were set on getting their Iran war on before the end of the year.

:scared:

[Subdivisions]

14. Well now, that puts an interesting spin on things.

I forgot about that. If that is why he quit, then this could me more booosh shenanigans before he "leaves" office.

Gates is saying it's ridiculous to think this has anything to do with their policy on Iran. Then he hurried out of the presser.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

25. It makes me nervous as to what may take place over the next 9 months

I could be just looking for trouble where it doesn't exist. However, with this crew I doubt that.

[bdamomma]

11. oh shit, this is not good news at all

this filthy regime threw him under the bus, and Cheney is supposed to be going out there next week, oh, this is not good at all.

Dick is going to be pitching the next pre emptive attack. God, this is terrible news.

we know that they will replace him with a Yes man. Oh, I hope Fallon will spill the beans on this filthy man.

[lonestarnot]

13. Fucking bunch of scumbag motherfuckers!

[lyonn]

12. Listening now..... this is not good

Admiral Fallon may have been the only person to keep bush from bombing Iran???? Hope I am way wrong in this kind of thinking. Congress best get off their butts and make sure bush must go before them before attacking Any country.

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. Randi is talking about it now n/t

[bdamomma]

20. oh this has ruined my whole day.

geez, what the hell is going on?? I just hope Fallon will spill the beans. :hi:
:scared:

[Strelnikov_]

16. Get ready. Stock up on gas/food. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

17. Richard Bruce Cheney is on his "peace" mission in the ME too

[Ichingcarpenter]

18. Will General Betrayal be named?

Fallon called him an asswipe.

[bdamomma]

22. with Dick going out there, they are getting ready to set it up.

this is not good.

[anniebelle]

19. Cheney headed to Middle East next week. hmmmmmm.

He's probably going to tell his oil buddies, we're goin' in. I expect the worst from these murderous bastards.

[lyonn]

31. Does McCain's ME trip coincide with Cheney's? nt

[chat_noir]

21. Fallon resigns as Mideast military chief

WASHINGTON - Adm. William Fallon, the top U.S. military commander for the Middle East, is resigning, Defense 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 President 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 United States 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.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/fallon_resigns;_ylt=Anoksr2MmHHTIzjXoUSen_es0NUE

[bdamomma]

23. Gates is lying.

and Cheney is going out there next week. :scared:

[Ichingcarpenter]

24. Gates lied already in various ways

He is a torture enabler.

[gatorboy]

26. $200 a barrel here we come!

[babylonsister]

27. Harry Reid's statement:

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/fallon-resigns/

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has issued this statement:

I am concerned that the resignation of Admiral William J. Fallon, commander of all U.S. forces in the Middle East and a military leader with more than three decades of command experience, is yet another example that independence and the frank, open airing of experts’ views are not welcomed in this Administration.

It is also a sign that the Administration is blind to the growing costs and consequences of the Iraq war, which has so damaged America’s security interests in the Middle East and beyond. Democrats will continue to examine these matters very closely in the coming weeks and months.

[Ichingcarpenter]

29. Another "I am concerned" letter Harry

I find his letter weak as normal, but at least he said something.

[bdamomma]

28. should we call anyone like Biden perhaps? you think he can

do something?

[babylonsister]

32. Nothing's been done yet; I'm sure everyone will be keeping

their eyes plastered on the warmongers.

[lyonn]

34. Biden needs to head for the ME too....

Afterall, Cheney and McCain are heading out next week I think.

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. So when do we go to war? I mean, we can use another front, can't we

:sarcasm:

Lord knows we are winning in Iraq and Afghanistan!

Double :sarcasm:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

35. Bad news.

I am leaving this country if we attack Iran.

[bdamomma]

36. kick