Try that link again......
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2007/s2187958.htm

Yeah, we do understand I think.

I admit I was a tad bit leery at the time that Fallon was selected by the Bushies to replace the former guy that they either fired or promoted. (somebody will remember his name, or I can look for it later.)

The switch over happened around the same time that Gates took over for Rumsfeld, and we know that there’s no difference between them. So, I wasn’t sure if this was just another political appointment/choice for the thugs to get somebody to do what they had been planning all along, which was to attack Iran.  AND…Cheney was pissed because they were already behind schedule, after getting bogged down in Iraq.

So, I admit I was leery, and it didn’t help when Fallon went to Iraq on the heels of Cheney, Condi, Gates, (and I don’t remember who else) to push the Iraq Oil Draft Law, because Cheney was REALLY in a snit about that. (the Iraqis were refusing to sign over their oil). And, it was also right after the ‘surge’ had been announced, and just after we discovered that 3 ADDITIONAL war ships had been dispatched to the Humotz Straight, to join 6 other warships already in the Persian Gulf. So MUCH was going on then, and of course so much of it all is secret anyway, that the facts are hard to sort out. Just makes everybody paranoid after 6 years of this shit.

But, Fallon turned out to be the real deal, and there’s no doubt that the Dick Bush Whitehouse didn’t expect that.

So yeah, he’s been the only one standing in the way of Cheney bombing the crap out of Iran, (because they didn’t think they’d need that many boots on the ground, since they were just gonna blast away at them from the air with nuclear bunker busters) and that’s why they’ve dumped him. (Fallon)

Happens to anybody who doesn’t do what Cheney wants. Thank God they didn’t ‘suicide’ him. Because, if he can stay safe enough for the next 10 months, I think Obama is gonna need him. I mean, we DO need military commanders and generals and all of the other things that make a military.

We DO need a military. It’s just that we need them to operate in terms of DEFENSE and not as OFFENSE.

As of now, we are losing our military, the troops, and not replacing them.

Here’s more on that..

Defense Official Says Recruitment Declining
Stars and Stripes

Saturday 08 March 2008

A senior Defense official says U.S. military recruitment is declining despite studies suggesting the armed forces are more diverse and educated than ever, The Washington Times reported Friday.

David Chu, undersecretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, and other military and data analysts discussed the issue Thursday at the Heritage Foundation, the Times reported.

The longevity of the Iraq war, a negative view of military life and rising obesity rates nationwide were cited as principal reasons for the decline, the Times noted.

(I’m guessing those aren’t the ONLY reasons, but then..I don’t much trust Chu or the Heritage Foundation).

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030808G.shtml

Demise of a man who spoke his mind - “...navy admiral knows when it’s time to ‘walk the plank’.  Perhaps some politicians could learn a lesson...” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7291140.stm