Before the Iraq War, George Bush made sure to purge the military of all the naysayers. And by naysayers, I mean people who knew what they were talking about. The invasion was essentially run by a group of retards and the results were exactly as expected. Now Bush is purging the military of naysayers as he prepares to attack Iran.

The latest victim of Bush’s assault on thought and reason is Admiral William Fallon. Fallon “resigned” this week from his position as head of U.S. Central Command, after speaking his mind for months.

Fallon has been doing everything possible to stop what appears to be an inevitable attack on Iran – mostly because he realizes such an attack would be profoundly moronic. Last fall he took some heat for this juicy statement.

Ah, you just killed Cheney's boner. The neo-cons, who are desperate for more human life to be taken, were furious with Fallon. Never mind that the vast majority of those assholes have never and will never step foot on a battlefield. (Hi Dick Cheney.) Fallon was a lone voice of reason in a sea of bloodthirsty morons.

Fallon’s latest – and most damaging statements – were made to Esquire Magazine. The Admiral apparently saw the writing on the wall and decided to go all out. If you are in George Bush’s military, you have to agree with every decision, no matter how stupid or suicidal it may be. Fallon did not hold back in Esquire and the magazine summed up what the removal of Fallon might mean.

Fallon has this crazy idea that diplomacy should come before bombs and that everything should be done to attempt to avoid war. The White House, obviously, feels differently.

It must have been confusing for the White House to see an actual leader leading. Fallon knew he was upsetting them, but he continued to do the right thing, understanding it was going to end his career.

Indeed.



Only a year ago, Gates praised Fallon for his strategic thinking, while he announced the Admiral’s promotion to chief of Central Command.

Turns out he is exactly not right because of the “strategic thinking” thing. Now the one man who stood in the way of an all out attack on Iran is gone. He has been forced out, quite simply because he is too sane for George Bush. Fallon and Bush butted heads over three points that should not even be up for discussion.

1) Fallon believes that the indefinite occupation of Iraq is a disaster for the US military, 2) that diplomacy has a central role in American foreign and national security policy, 3) that war is not a credible policy for the US to pursue in dealing with Iran.

The crazy part of this story is that Bush promoted Fallon. Although, Bush has had to promote quite a few military officials because he has purged all of the sane ones. There has never been a modern administration that has removed so many of our military leaders because of slight disagreements. The words, “I’ll take that under advisement” don’t exist in the Bush White House. Bush rules the military like a dictator. Every move he has made has been to degrade the autonomy, independence, and institutional authority of the Pentagon to align it with his insanely narrow view of the world. The disaster known as the Iraq War is a direct result.

Bush replaced Fallon with General Stanley McChrystal, who was in charge of special operations in Iraq. “Special operations” is also known as dealing with Iran’s activities in Iraq. Fallon will not even continue on the job until his replacement takes over. He’s out before. That’s called being fired.

Oh, and Dick Cheney is on a tour of the Middle East right now, meeting with leaders. Anyone think Dick just heads out and chats leaders up? You’d be wrong. Dick is telling those who need to know that Iran is about to experience a nice dose of shock and awe.

Last year, Dick explained to the world why a second aircraft carrier task force was needed in the Persian Gulf.

An influence that never would have grown if you idiots hadn’t invaded Iraq. The Bush Administration blames Iran for “growing instability in the region,” otherwise known as the greatest irony of all time. Fallon was, of course, against sending another aircraft carrier to the Gulf.

Now look who is gone. And apparently Fallon is not alone.

What a great description of the President and Vice President of the United States of America. Makes me feel all warm inside. Sadly, it is the only way to describe two men who lied to get us into one war and our trying to lie to get us into another.

After the “Iran is meddling in Iraq” story didn’t work and the “Iran is trying to kill us with nuclear weapons” story fell apart, Bush went fucking crazy and tried to blame a Jewish Community Center bombing in Argentina on Iran. 86 people died in the bombing. Don’t remember it? That’s because it happened in 1994 – but that didn’t stop Bush from trying to pin it on Iran in January 2008.

Wow. Reach much? The Wall Street Journal broke the “story,” but also said the Bush Administration and Israel pushed Interpol to blame Iran. Of course, it was all bullshit.

Have these fucking morons ever learned a lesson? The answer is “No.” Neither have the idiot Republicans and Democrats in Congress, because just as they gave Bush the green light to attack Iraq, they gave him the go ahead to attack Iran.

After the “Iran is going to murder our babies with nuclear weapons” story fell apart, the Bush Administration changed tactics. They focused on Iran’s army: The Republican Guard. The White House claimed the entire Guard were terrorists and pushed Congress to label them as such. Congress went right along with the plan and lawmakers like Hillary Clinton voted to declare the Republican Guard a terrorist organization. Now, Bush has the green light to attack the Republican Guard wherever they are – which coincidentally is ALL OVER IRAN.

Fallon understood this and he was able to see the broader implications of attacking Iran. If you thought Iraq was bad, wait until they unveil Disaster II, Electric Boogaloo.

Thank God the media is around to tackle this enormous story and put it in perspective. I mean, a man was forced to retire and the implications could be that hundreds of thousands of human beings lose their lives.

Go get ‘em, journalists. Please find out if Spitzer used a condom or came on her tummy.