Fallon Insubordination?

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A recgnized, regarded and talented man of distinction whom happened to own a vision hence was an impediment to a regime that is entirely run by the Zionist-controlled W/H.
A dedicated soldier who cared about the protection of his men under his command, refused to sacrifice them for the sake of Cheney/Bush war profiteering agencies and their handlers in AIPAC and the rest of the consolidated Zionist consortium.
The death of 4000 Americans, 1.200.000 Iraqis, many thousands of Afghans and a ruined economy is not enough to satisfy the blood thirsty Zionists in conjunction with the on-going 60-years of genocide in Palestine.
And now Iran......?

karim 10:53AM March 23, 2008

Michael Barone's piece argues that the circumstances behind Admiral Fallon's forced resignation illustrates a pattern of insubordination by arrogant graduates of fancy liberal arts colleges serving in our security and diplomatic community. This would be interesting if the characters mentioned in the article fit the alleged pattern.
Everyone knows our civilian Commander in Chief graduated from Yale and Harvard, and that Secretary Gates is a Georgetown PhD. Mr. Barone's hero, General Petraeus holds a doctorate from Princeton. The example of insubordination offered by Mr. Barone's piece, Admiral Fallon, is a product of solid programs with admittedly less cachet: Villanova's ROTC program and an Old Dominion master's program. It may be that some members of the diplomatic and military communities resist administration advances toward conflict with Iran. Nevertheless, we can do better than class-driven populism to oppose those opposed to a confrontational approach with Iran.
No offense of course intended to the students and graduates of any of the schools mentioned.

Jon Warren of CA 6:27PM March 17, 2008

Just as General Douglas MacArthur forgot that Harry Truman was still President, Admiral Fallon forgot that George Bush was still President, as well. I was in the service when Jimmy Carter was President in the '70s and was asked, while deployed to New Zealand for cold- weather training, if the US was going to leave the Kiwis and Aussies alone in their part of the world. I had to say that I supported my Commander in Chief and that I didn't know where we were going in the future. Regardless, my loyalty was to the concept of civil control of the military. Admiral Fallon let his Academy ego forget just who's in charge.

Richard Baker of FL 9:21AM March 15, 2008

We live in a Republic and we all have the right to know what our government is doing, and the views of our senior military leadership are. Surely you are not suggesting that I and the American public can only get cherry-picked information about issues of national security. How do you expect a democracy to function, if the public is kept ignorant of the real situation ?
Maybe you don't want us to hear the truth, because you want to keep feeding us the same nonsense that got us into this mess, and would get us into a war with Iran.
We may be forced to stay in Iraq for a while, but that doesn't stop us from putting the Israeli fifth-columnists who got us into war on trial for treason.

John Collins of ME 5:54PM March 14, 2008

it is about time the military stand up and are counted for the payment of years and retirement and medical the people of the us has given them allthese years if they see the pres.going over the cliff. someone has gto save the nation and the pres from his own mistakes. look at all the mistakes he has committed so far. need we have more????

val von holt of NV 2:31PM March 14, 2008

I defend a divided country of wimps who talk and don't really say anything like Obama. I read articles from the experts who who been more wrong, then right. To all you spectators behind your boards of chance; throwing the dice, checking your horoscopes in making decision., put the uniform on, earn the respect, then let me give you the due respect of whatever you do in your profession. But, let us fight and win this war as a Christian Nation. Read your Bible. We as Christians WIN! Evil loses...As for the Admiral, let the traitor retire...apparently his age and the pressure of the real possibility of using nuke's was not on his professional agenda. The scenario may mirror what we did in Japan in 1945 by dropping two bombs which brought them to the table. Of course, a third one was ready to be used over Tokyo-(Tehran) to prevent the 1 million Americans who were going to have to invade the country and wipe the Japanese off the globe. War is not pretty, but is necessary to preserve our way of life and the McDonald drive-up's for my morning coffee.

John Q Rock of DC 8:32AM March 14, 2008

Now that Admiral Fallon is out of the way, prepare for an October Surprise! You sure drink the juice Barone. I pity such fools.

Tommy Hubbs of CA 1:21AM March 14, 2008

How about Bushs' insubordination : taking premature military action based on false information.

John Miller of NJ 10:55PM March 13, 2008

Admiral Fallon reminds me of another ex-Navy clown who should keep his mouth shut - worst President in 100 years Jimmy Carter.

Dennis of OH 4:55PM March 13, 2008

Admiral Fallon was speaking out against the administration's policy toward Iran and doing so in a public way. This is insubordination and he should have been fired. The proper way to express his views was via the chain of command and not in a magazine interview.

Scott of IL 4:07PM March 13, 2008