"Maximum Leader" fires Centcom Commander; Iran War on front burner
Don't for a minute believe that Centcom Commander William Fallon "resigned" his position.
Fallon had the balls to speak his mind about the SNAFU Bushco has created in the ME with its illegal and immoral invasion and occupation of Iraq and said several times he was opposed to a war with Iran.
He even went so far as to say he would resign before heading a war with Iran.
It looks like the knuckledraggers in the White House got their way and forced Fallon out so they could install a more pliant commander who will gladly give the WH what they and their masters in Tel Aviv want; a war with Iran.
Judge for yourself: This is what Fallon said at the time of his confirmation hearing:
"..that an attack on Iran "will not happen on my watch". Asked how he could be sure, the source says, Fallon replied, "You know what choices I have. I'm a professional." Fallon said that he was not alone, according to the source, adding, "There are several of us trying to put the crazies back in the box."
Looks like the crazies escaped from the box and are running around, trying their best to committing American troops to fighting another war against another of Israel's "existential" enemies, Iran.
As for those who say we don't have the "boots" to put on the ground in Iran, look no further than the U.S. Air Force, which has been playing a secondary role in Iraq.
They are more than ready, willing and able to wreck havoc on Iran with a sustained bombing campaign.
That is what Israel wants: For Iran to be wrecked economically and physically devasted like Iraq.
The Air Force is more than able to do that and with it being infiltrated by the extremist evangelical pentecostal christians who think it's their god given duty and right to bring about WW III and their beloved "Rapture."
How far have these Christian "jihadist" gone in brainwashing the Air Force?
Just recently, Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem and Zachariah Anani addressed the 50th annual United States Air Force Academy Assembly in Colorado Springs, Colo.
(Controversial "terrorism expert" Steven Emerson was also invited to speak at the event.)
Most will recognize the name of the MOSSAD asset Shoebat and some might recognize the name of Emerson, who plotted and planned with another MOSSAD asset, Rita Katz, in writing books about Muslim terrorists.
Except Stevie boy seemed to have trouble distinguishing fact from fiction, as this article shows.
With Fallon out, look for the WH War Pigs to appoint someone who is well received in Tel Aviv and has already proven to have a taste for Arab/Muslim blood.
And with Israel making cooing sounds about peace in Occupied Palestine, something's in the air, since Israel does not want or desire peace in any form.
But they do want to see Iran in "pieces."
As for Fallon's replacement, any bets on General Petraeus?
As for setting the stage for this next 9/11, the WH and Tel Aviv are already priming the pump, like this statement yesterday, when talking about AQI: "We have some indicators that they may be planning on executing kind of a large media type event," said Major General John Kelly, commander of the I Marine Expeditionary Force in western Iraq.
"The good news is we don't believe they are at liberty to build some of these large bomb-type devices inside the province," Kelly said. "They have to kind of import them in."
Imported from where? Hell, that's easy to guess. The culprit has already been lined up; the clues have already been left to find and the American MSM is gnawing at the bit to get at this next spoon fed story about how another of Israel's "existential" enemies, Iran, was behind this latest MOSSAD/CIA fabrication.
And what a coincidence that Fallon resigned at the time when the American MSM is obsessed with a minor governor bedding down with a call girl.
From mcclatchydc.com
WASHINGTON — Adm. William J. Fallon, the commander of all U.S. military operations in the Middle East, abruptly ended his nearly 42-year military career Tuesday with a phone call from Iraq in which he asked to resign because of controversy caused by his criticism of the Bush administration's Iran policy.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Tuesday in a hastily convened news conference that he accepted Fallon's resignation because it was the "right thing to do."
Fallon's phone call, and Gates' decision to accept his resignation, ended weeks of speculation within military circles about how long a military commander who appeared to challenge Bush administration policy could hold onto his job.
Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, Fallon's deputy and a one-time commander of efforts to train Iraq's security forces, will lead U.S. Central Command until the Senate can confirm a permanent replacement, Gates said. Fallon's resignation is effective March 31.
Fallon's call was unplanned, senior military officials said. Just one day earlier, Geoff Morrell, a Pentagon spokesman, said that Fallon "still enjoys a working — a good working relationship with the secretary of defense."
But the controversy around Fallon had been hovering for weeks after an Esquire magazine story described him as lone bulwark stopping an overzealous Bush administration from starting a war with Iran.
The article, written by Thomas P.M. Barnett, a former professor at the Naval War College, described Fallon as "brazenly challenging the commander in chief." In it, Fallon is quoted as saying that the Bush administration didn't seem to understand why he was meeting with Middle Eastern leaders and explaining U.S. policy to business gatherings.
"What's the best and most effective way to combat al Qaida?" he said during an interview in Cairo. "I come from the school of walk softly and carry a big stick."
The article also quotes him as telling al Jazeera, the Arabic satellite television channel, that war with Iran was undesirable. "This constant drumbeat of conflict . . . is not helpful and not useful," he said. "I expect that there will be no war and that is what we ought to be working toward."
Tensions between Fallon and key military leaders became apparent early on. Fallon privately opposed the surge, and there was often tension between him and Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top military commander in Iraq. Fallon wanted to pull troops out of Iraq faster than Petraeus did. He suggested that the U.S. should take more risks and send a signal to the Iraqi government that the U.S. presence in Iraq could end soon.
