[movermike] movermike: Fallon Resigns As Mideast Military Chief

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Fallon Resigns As Mideast Military Chief
http://www.movermike.com/posts/1205299459.shtml


   Never believe anything until it's denied:

     Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a Pentagon news conference that
     he accepted the request of[1]Adm. William Fallon, commander of the
     U. S. Central Command, to resign and retire from the Navy, agreeing
     that the Iran issue had become a distraction. But Gates said
     repeatedly that he believed talk of Fallon opposing Bush on Iran
     was mistaken.

     [...]

     Fallon was the subject of an article published last week in Esquire
     magazine that portrayed him as at odds with a president eager to go
     to war with Iran. Titled "The Man Between War and Peace," it
     described Fallon as a lone voice against taking military action to
     stop the Iranian nuclear program.

   It has been rumored for some time that once Fallon was out of the way,
   President Bush could widen the war to Iran. By my count, we have ten
   months or until January 20th, 2009 for the rumors to be wrong.

   [2]Adm. William Fallon [3]Iran [4]Mover Mike

References

   1. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080312/D8VBJ5UO0.html
   2. http://technorati.com/tag/Adm.+%20William+Fallon
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/Iran
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/Mover+Mike