Comments on: Admiral Fallon For VP?

National Review Online: Military Giant’s Abrupt Resignation Could Be A Calculated Political Move

[fettkonserv]

Admiral Fallon certainly has better qualifications than No Major Sea Command Captain (Wackjob) McCain!
NRO should see if they can fit their other foot in that mouth who wrote this article. I would like to hear what Admiral Fallon has to say about this article. Vote Democratic! Vote Often!

[joyous88]

right on veteran 71

the fascists party of republiCONs will attack any military man that does not bow down to them

[joyous88]

well, finaly arrived, the Bush Administrations propaganda piece attacking another, one more in a long line of military victimes of busCo, milutary officer that did not agree with them.

Bush is an incompetant criminal

he needs to be impeached

[vet_sk]

I agree with the posters disagreeing with the disparagement of Adm Fallon. This man is in the weeds every day, trying to keep the beast that is George Bush in bay from invading another solvereign country like Iran - knowing the damage that has been done to America''s reputation over the world in the last 7 years.

To say that Adm Fallon broke the code of civilian leadership of the military is fully disingenuous. Adm Fallon leads a huge part of the buroucracy that is the military. He must not just follow orders of the the commander in chief but a buroucrat must weight that directive against all other law and treaties of the United States, which according to our Constitution are the Supreme Law of the Land. If a general officer was just suposed to follow orders, then why do they need teams of lawyers (general counsels) to help them make correct legal decisions.

If you want military without buroucracy, you get BlackWater. I serverd in Iraq for a year as well as a combat soldier and know that while Blackwater servers a purpose (quick highly training and skilled response teams to pull military patrols under fire out of harms way), we certainly do not want them to override the good decisions that a good military buroucracy make.

I would like to see Adm Fallon further vetted by good people. From the first glaces I have seen of this man, it appears that he would fit the foreign policy of Obama, where we should explore diplomatic relations rather then military force.

[vet_sk]

I agree with the posters disagreeing with the disparagement of Adm Fallon. This man is in the weeds every day, trying to keep the beast that is George Bush in bay from invading another solvereign country like Iran - knowing the damage that has been done to America''s reputation over the world in the last 7 years.

To say that Adm Fallon broke the code of civilian leadership of the military is fully disingenuous. Adm Fallon leads a huge part of the buroucracy that is the military. He must not just follow orders of the the commander in chief but a buroucrat must weight that directive against all other law and treaties of the United States, which according to our Constitution are the Supreme Law of the Land. If a general officer was just suposed to follow orders, then why do they need teams of lawyers (general counsels) to help them make correct legal decisions.

If you want military without buroucracy, you get BlackWater. I serverd in Iraq for a year as well

[vet_sk]

I agree with the posters disagreeing with the disparagement of Adm Fallon. This man is in the weeds every day, trying to keep the beast that is George Bush in bay from invading another solvereign country like Iran - knowing the damage that has been done to America''s reputation over the world in the last 7 years.

To say that Adm Fallon broke the code of civilian leadership of the military is fully disingenuous. Adm Fallon leads a huge part of the buroucracy that is the military. He must not just follow orders of the the commander in chief but a buroucrat must weight that directive against all other law and treaties of the United States, which according to our Constitution are the Supreme Law of the Land. If a general officer was just suposed to follow orders, then why do they need teams of lawyers (general counsels) to help them make correct legal decisions.

If you want military without buroucracy, you get BlackWater. I serverd in Iraq for a year as well

[collinsej]

I am an ex-Army Major who served in Iraq for a year, and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service. I resigned my commission as an officer from the US Army after I concluded I could not in all conscience continue, on account of my lack of confidence that the commander-in-chief can competently serve the interests of my country.

Admiral Fallon has worked hard to preserve peace and prevent another tragic war. As a physician who saw the effects of war close up, I believe that war is not something to be lightly entered into. Unfortunately this is not true of the swaggering armchair warrior neoconservatives and Israeli fifth-colunists who dominate the President''s administration and the staff at National Review. As a citizen, I do not want to live in some kind of perverted Empire that is engaged in perpetual war for nefarious purposes. I want to live in a Republic where I and my children can be free.

I would be very interested to find out more about why Admiral Fallon resigned, rather than rely on cheap attempts at character assassination.

[collinsej]

I am an ex-Army Major who served in Iraq for a year, and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service. I resigned my commission as an officer from the US Army after I concluded I could not in all conscience continue, on account of my lack of confidence that the commander-in-chief can competently serve the interests of my country.

Admiral Fallon has worked hard to preserve peace and prevent another tragic war. As a physician who saw the effects of war close up, I believe that war is not something to be lightly entered into. Unfortunately this is not true of the swaggering armchair warrior neoconservatives and Israeli fifth-colunists who dominate the President''s administration and the staff at National Review. As a citizen, I do not want to live in some kind of perverted Empire that is engaged in perpetual war for nefarious purposes. I want to live in a Republic where I and my children can be free.

I would be very interested to find out more about why Admiral Fallon resigned, rather than rely on cheap attempts at character assassination.

[spetiya]

There are plenty of other ex-generals who could be on the VP list, a new one isn''t needed.

[brianbwb-2009]

If Mr. Obama did choose Adm. Fallon as VP, the GOP would be extinct, that would be as close to a 95% landslide as could be possible.

I say he should seriously consider it, float a few balloons out there, and watch the neocon war mongers start crying.