From: "Mark" 

I feel bad for Pace getting the heave ho, but the Dems were salivating at
raking him over the coals for what they've decided (declared that is) is a
lost war; thus by bringing in a new guy with an attitude of looking forward
to the challenges that await us in Iraq, and yes in Iran (vs. Ostrich
method endorsed by too many) and without command responsibility over the
past, the Dems are cut off at the knees for yet another grandstanding
circus they'd have drawn out forever...

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:466c88df{at}w3.nls.net...
YAWN....

So he was not reappointed because all the democrats say he was too big a
supporter of Rumsfeld and the Iraq war, and now according to this no name
idiot he's not reappointed because he's stood up to Bush too much.  GMAFB.

Come on Rich you used to have a more critical eye with your posts.

Gary

Rich Gauszka wrote:
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> http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_levey__m_070609_was_general_pace_fir.
htm
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> I’ve been writing for over a year now that the Joint Chiefs have been
> blocking the White House’s efforts to expand the war to Iran. No matter
> what you might think of Gen. Pete Pace, this really is TERRIFYING news,
> unless you crave a wider war in the Persian Gulf and South Asia.
>
> Pace has been the most visible symbol of the push-back within the military
> against the Long War.
>
> George W. Bush, in effect, just fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
> Staff, Gen. Peter Pace, USMC. This is unprecedented, as it is the first
> time the JCS Chair has not been reappointed.
>
> Pace's replacement will be Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael
> Mullen, if the Senate approves his nomination.
>
> The Admiral appears to be a much more convinced true-believer than Pace.
> Mullen was quoted in an address earlier this month to naval personnel:
> http://starbulletin.com/...
>
> "The enemy now is basically evil and fundamentally hates everything we
> are -- the democratic principles for which we stand ... This war is going
> to go on for a long time. It's a generational war."
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