ADMIRAL FALLON HAS FALLEN

The Commander of the U.S. Central Command, Admiral Fox Fallon, resigned Tuesday, March 11. The reason was he spoke his mind and challenged presidential judgment once too often although, for the Bush people, once is always too often when it comes to questioning this administration’s judgment. The White House pressured and Defense Secretary Gates wouldn’t take his calls and the Admiral had to go. Among his wild and crazy ideas included the thought that a pre-emptive war against Iran would be “ill advised” and . . . that we had taken our eye off the ball in Afghanistan, becoming obsessed with war with Iraq instead. Where have we heard that before? His cardinal sin then obviously was taking on the President in public, and that is the only way you’re not ever allowed to criticize this President, ever, other than in private.