Who would have thought? Admiral William "Fox" Fallon has resigned. See story from Times OnLine: Admiral Fallon Quits Over Iran Policy. Only a few days ago, Esquire magazine asked the question:
"As head of U.S. Central Command, Admiral William "Fox" Fallon is in charge of American military strategy for the most troubled parts of the world. Now, as the White House has been escalating the war of words with Iran, and seeming ever more determined to strike militarily before the end of this presidency, the admiral has urged restraint and diplomacy. Who will prevail, the president or the admiral?"
And now we have the answer ... the President is once again firm in his intent to escalate the possibility of another war -- this time with Iran.
What we worry about ... (1) Afghanistan needs more troops; (2) Iraq is a mess and we don't seem to be able to fix it, i.e., it is one thing to declare victory and another to have peace; (3) our military is stretched entirely too thin to support a third war.
What we worry about -- our shrinking middle class, the possibility of deeper recession, almost one-half billion dollars wasted in the Iraq war, the fact that our soldiers from rural America are dying (and being injured) at a 60% higher rate than the soldiers from urban America. What's fair about any of this?
We think the answer is nothing if fair, or right --just more proof that bad politics results in war.
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