Admiral Fallon, CENTCOM - moved

[darin]

Stripey - I just combined FOUR of your posts into ONE. STOP THAT, please?
If you're going to reply to everyone, put them all in one reply.

Admiral Fallon is General Petraeus' boss... that's a little more than just one admiral and one general...

It's VERY Clear you didn't read the whole thread.

[Mr. P]

Only if his opinions on the Iraq war are the same as General Petraeus' or bush's opinions on it. If not, then they won't give a damn about what he has to say.



Admiral Fallon is General Petraeus' boss... that's a little more than just one admiral and one general...




nope... gates did...



booogy talking about marching orders... that's so presshhh-usss... you, of all people talking about marching orders... you were in the military, when again? which branch? what duty stations?

gates didn't send him to congress for approval, Bush did, right? He F'd-up, again.
A Navy guy running ground forces? Geeeezzzzz.

[BoogyMan]

booogy talking about marching orders... that's so presshhh-usss... you, of all people talking about marching orders... you were in the military, when again? which branch? what duty stations?

I see the fetid state of your case of cranio-rectal inversion is made known to all now Stripey. Now that you have played the "I am 12 and miss my mommy" card, how about actually dealing with the topic at hand, oh thats right, you don't debate. You simply come in, make ridiculous assertions, try to pit poster against poster, and then run away.

[retiredman]

gates didn't send him to congress for approval, Bush did, right? He F'd-up, again.
A Navy guy running ground forces? Geeeezzzzz.

the navy guy isn't "running ground forces"...he is running generals.

[darin]

Side note:

I don't care WHAT the service - anybody reaching General/Admiral status knows a LOT about EVERYTHING.

[Mr. P]

the navy guy isn't "running ground forces"...he is running generals.

That post, from a Navy guy, is a good example of why a Navy guy shouldn't be in charge.

If he runs generals he runs the ground forces, no?

[Mr. P]

Side note:

I don't care WHAT the service - anybody reaching General/Admiral status knows a LOT about EVERYTHING.

Do ya think Patton could have been a good Pacific Fleet commander in WWII, or a fish outta water?

[retiredman]

he tells the generals what he wants done...he doesn't tell them how to do it.

and I think Patton could have been a great CINCPAC...the commander of ALL US forces in the pacific - all services.

[darin]

Do ya think Patton could have been a good Pacific Fleet commander in WWII, or a fish outta water?

He would have kicked ass with the right staff.

[retiredman]

He would have kicked ass with the right staff.

I agree wholeheartedly.

[Kathianne]

and I don't think that Admiral Fallon's opinion of General Petraeus as an asskissing little chickenshit has much to do with the ground war fighting expertise of either one of them....

but it does have a great deal to do with Admiral Fallon's opinion of General Petraeus' personality and career path methodology.

I have never met Petraeus, but if Admiral Fallon's take on him is accurate, it would make sense that he would be the guy that Dubya would pick for that job.

It seems you are coming allegedly close to the Moveon crowd.

[manu1959]

I didn't want to spoil the surprise. I am sure that the republicans here will start attacking and denigrating Admiral Fallon like they do to anyone - military or not - that disagrees with their cowardly pissant of a president.

isn't that the same reason you all started bashing Petraeus....he didn't back up the opinions of the three stooges?.....

[Mr. P]

He would have kicked ass with the right staff.

I agree, but he was ARMY and knew how to KICK ASS!

[manu1959]

I agree, but he was ARMY and knew how to KICK ASS!

nimitz was pretty good on water....

[Mr. P]

nimitz was pretty good on water....

Very Good! On water. I am sure Fallon is as well.