Navy Admiral Fallon is "unusual choice to head CentCom, which is responsible for land-based region"

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: Bush builds new Iraq team
January 5, 2007

....U.S. Navy Adm. William Fallon, who currently oversees U.S. forces in the Pacific, has been tapped by Bush to replace Gen. John Abizaid, the head of U.S. Central Command who is retiring this year, two senior U.S. military officials told CNN Friday....

If confirmed by the Senate, Fallon would take over Central Command, which controls U.S. forces in the Middle East, including Iraq and Afghanistan.

During his Navy career, Fallon commanded U.S. forces in the Atlantic and served as vice chief of naval operations, according to his biography from the U.S. Pacific Command.

Fallon is an unusual choice to head the Central Command, which has responsibility for a land-dominated region that includes the Middle East and parts of Africa.

Until now, the post has always gone to an Army or Marine general, just as the ocean-dominated Pacific Command usually goes to a Navy admiral. But Fallon does have the advantage of representing a clean slate in regard to the current Iraq policy...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/05/us.iraq/index.html

[mike_c]

1. they're running out of career brass willing to put their careers...

...on the line for Bush's folly.

[Marrak]

2. Sea, looky hear…

Preznit B**h knows that there hole he’sa been a diggin in Irak some day gonna be so deep it’ll hit water (damn an’i thought they had oil)! Brillant! Hand‘im a bigger shovel and he’ll hit water sooner’n later! As the hole fills his Naval avaitor can bomb the turds (not kurds) as our preznit knows (from personal experience), sh’ite floats!

[doublethink]

3. Check this link out ...... another perspective on it ....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3047433&mesg_id=3048409

Peace.

[DeepModem Mom]

5. Interesting! Thanks for the link. nt

[MyNameGoesHere]

4. maybe the next phase

will be trying to figure out how to stop Iran from sinking our ships. For me this is another indication Iran plan is moving ahead and the end of the world as we know it.