So it looks like BushCo wasn't too pleased about Adm. Fallon's Esquire interview

[sabra]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,336849,00.html

WASHINGTON — Admiral William Fallon, the head of U.S. Central Command, which leads U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, is stepping down, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Tuesday.

Fallon claimed ongoing misperceptions about differences between his ideas and U.S. policy are making it too difficult for him to operate, Gates said, agreeing. He added that the differences are not extreme, but the misperception had become too great.

"I don't know whether he was misinterpreted or whether people attributed views to him that were not his views, but clearly there was a concern," Gates said.

The misperceptions relate to an article published last week in Esquire magazine that portrayed Fallon 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.

[Submariner]

1. This is not a good sign

My gut feeling is Dumbya and company want to attack Iran in Sept/Oct to give McCrazy a "were at war" edge in the GE. Fallon is strongly against the Iran attack.

[Uncle Joe]

2. I agree and am feeling the same way.

I believe Bush/Cheney view war in the same way as someone addicted to drugs view their escape. They see 9/11 and the beginnings of war in Afghanistan and to some extent Iraq as Bush's high water mark in the polls, not disaster.

I imagine they see Iran as another needed fix to stimulate his popularity via nationalism or patriotism. I also believe the greatest danger will come close to the election so as not to give it time to wear thin with the American People before they vote.

[12string]

3. not a good sign

indeed.I worry that shrub will use it as an excuse to stop the elections and invoke PD51.I do not trust these people.