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Thursday, March 13, 2008

The big military news this week is the retirement of Adm Fallon. I thought the Admiral's days were numbered after he reportedly referred to General Petraeus as “an ass-kissing little chickenshit.” The Admiral was not on board with the strategy Bush wanted to follow, so he needed to go. This is much like the situation that Lincoln faced during the Civil War. Lincoln had to fire several generals who did not perform. In the case of McClellan Lincoln had a general from the Democratic Party who did not want to win the Civil War. Bush faces similar challenges. Many Democrats, including those in the military, do not want to win in Iraq. Presumably they do want to defeat Islamic terrorists, but just not in Iraq because that would be a victory for President Bush, something that is intolerable for Democrats.

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