Iraq war claims another political victm ...
... this time it's Joint Chiefs' of Staff Chair, Marine Corps General Peter Pace. Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, said during the announcement of Pace's replacement (Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen) that he had intended to re-appoint Pace but that after consulting with senators in both parties, he had concluded that "the focus of his confirmation process would have been on the past and not on the future."
So Gates' decision to replace Pace has politics written all over it. Can you say Iraq?
Also, Pace's replacement with a Navy veteran suggests to me that the next war American fights, will rely HEAVILY on the Navy. Are you thinking the same way, too?
Labels: Civil War, Middle East, Military, Politics, Public Service, Republicanism
posted by KYJurisDoctor at 4:02 PM
3 Comments:
Did Democratic Senator Carl Levin "call the shots" on General Pace's sack?
“Perfect Peter” Pace has an outstanding professional reputation within the military. He is a boy scout and it is unfortunate he had to work with the neocons and Rumsfeld. Gen Pace should have seen this coming (and I think he did) years ago and should have tried to keep Rummy on the right track. Instead, we are up to our ears in a war we are very close to losing strategically.
Pace says he was ousted and didn't leave voluntarily. Well, you could have knocked me down with a feather. REALLY, General Pace? As if we couldn't not figure that one out by ourselves!
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