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Early Open Thread | 202 comments (202 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

I don't mean to inject a bit of levity into this evening's serious Open Thread, but Centcom commander Adm. Fallon has resigned disputing any idea that it was because he opposed Bush's desire to bring democracy and targets to Iran. If you flip the spin-dry cycles 180 degrees a few times, you'll end up with "he was fired."

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Tue Mar 11th, 2008 at 04:41:35 PM EST

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The esquire piece by Thomas P.M. Barnett might have sped up the process a little.

The piece is a bit thin on substance, and in the process of talking up Fallon, I got the feeling that Barnett spins Fallon heavily towards his own preferred strategies.

Barnett has a blog, by the way.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Tue Mar 11th, 2008 at 05:09:38 PM EST
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And my boss wonders why I voted as I did in the Virginia primary. Cue the "Kyl Lieberman wasn't a vote to go to war" excuse-making from those Dems who voted for it.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Mar 11th, 2008 at 05:39:56 PM EST
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That's just great (none / 0)

We just lost the one intelligent, decent, none-insane person left around.

Just great. Well, I guess McCain or whoever wins might make him SecDef.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Tue Mar 11th, 2008 at 05:40:24 PM EST
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And why exactly would neocon McCain appoint him SecDef, given that he has as much of a hard-on for bombing everything into liberal democracy as Bush? And by "liberal democracy", I mean a charred hellscape of death and destruction and unimaginable horror.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Tue Mar 11th, 2008 at 06:22:20 PM EST
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Re: That's just great (none / 0)

Plus it legally cannot happen as no officer can serve as Sec Def less than 10 years after leaving active duty.

by Francois in Paris on Tue Mar 11th, 2008 at 10:47:08 PM EST
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