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It makes absolutely NO sense to me.

The military leadership has to be CRUSHED in this country. Virtually all the leadership has to be fired/retired. The colonels and majors have to be moved up. It will take generations to do this. Fallon is part of the problem. He is part of the military industrial complex that Obama was talking about when he said we have to change our mindset.

Putting Fallon on the ticket would be as good as saying a military dictatorship would be OK-fine.

nalbar

by nalbar (nalbarsatgmaildotcom) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 07:27:04 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Virtually all the leadership has to be fired/retired.

Bush fired/retired Fallon. That means nothing to you?

A president can't even begin to confront the military industrial complex without having some (former) members of it on board.

Like Microsoft and the military-industrial complex, the Republican Party is a racket.

by Alexander on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 07:58:46 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I thought I read that Obama declared (some time ago) that the military was off limits for the vp.
by Heart of the Rockies on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 09:43:20 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Huh? He'll confront it by appointing a Secretary of Defense, a Joint Chief, and Chiefs of Staff. To say that he must choose a retired admiral for VP is absurd. The last candidate to do that was Ross Perot.
by along on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 09:47:39 PM EST
[ Parent ]
All right then. So how about Fallon for Secretary of Defence?
by priscianus jr on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 10:25:18 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I really don't know. His approach and philosophy would have to mesh with Obama's. I do admire him for his outspokenness re Iran.

re SecDef: I will not begrudge Obama one (1) top-tier Republican Cabinet member, and if that happens I hope it will be Hagel heading the Defense Dept. Perfect mesh on short and medium-term philosophy: end Iraq war, win Afghanistan, refocus on Al Qaeda. As for long-term deployments and reform, I actually don't know what either of them favor.

by along on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 11:31:59 PM EST
[ Parent ]
He has to be retired from the military for something like 10 years before he can accept a civilian leadership position with authority over the military (like Secretary of Defense.)
by RandyH on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 01:03:14 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Admiral Fallon, before he was fired, probably did more to stop the United States attack on Iran than anyone. That's why he was fired.
by priscianus jr on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 10:29:28 PM EST
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