"Ass-kissing Little Chicken Shit" tapped to replace Fallon as CENTCOM Commander

[99th_Monkey]

This nickname was, of course, given to Patraeus by none other than Admiral Fallon, who resigned as CENTCOM Commander under
protest of Bush's ME warmongering, particularly related to attacking Iran.

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Gates taps Petraeus to lead Central Command
RAW STORY
Published: Wednesday April 23, 2008

Army Gen. David Petraeus, the four-star general who led troops in Iraq for the past year, will be nominated by President Bush to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.

Gates also announced that Bush will nominate Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno to replace Petraeus in Baghdad.

Gates' recommendation must go to President George W. Bush, who will then send the nomination to the U.S. Senate.

If confirmed by the Senate, he would replace Navy Adm. William Fallon, who abruptly stepped down in March after a magazine reported that he was at odds with President Bush over Iran policy. Fallon said the report, while not true, had become a distraction.

At a hastily arranged Pentagon news conference, Gates said the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other problems in the Central Command area of responsibility, demand knowledge of how to fight counterinsurgencies as well as other unconventional conflicts.

"I don't know anybody in the U.S. military better qualified to lead that effort," he said, referring to Petraeus.

Another reporter asked if these moves signified a "stay the course" strategy, which Gates didn't deny.

[Submariner]

1. Bush has his YES-man right where Cheney wants him to stage for an Iran attack

I hope the senate has Fallon testify at the coronation hearings.

[99th_Monkey]

4. Now there's an idea. I sure hope Dems don't just take this lying down

like they have for so many of Bush's yes men.

[Ian David]

2. I hate people like that. n/t

[99th_Monkey]

3. I forgot that part. Sad fucking state of affairs. no wonder our military is demoralized. n/t

[theoldman]

5. This is for you young people.

Ass kissing works, that is why people do it. I witnessed this on my job for many years. You can be intelligent and work hard but it's the ass kisser that succeeds.

[99th_Monkey]

6. Works especially well when the "Ass" being kissed is a psychopathic liar & hypocrite ~nt~

[Traveling_Home]

7. And from another old man....

He's right...


But another way of framing the same thing is that one element of success is that it matters if folks like you Especially people who can give you promotions and teach you new skills.

Now just 'cause we're old doesn't mean we have to be bitter

;-)