January 6, 2007

BE PREPARED:

EYEING IRAN: WHY W'S TAPPING ADMIRAL TO HEAD CENTRAL COMMAND (Ralph Peters, January 6, 2007, NY Post)

WORD that Adm. William Fallon will move laterally from our Pacific Command to take charge of Central Command - responsible for the Middle East - while two ground wars rage in the region baffled the media.

Why put a swabbie in charge of grunt operations?

There's a one-word answer: Iran.

ASSIGNING a Navy aviator and combat veteran to oversee our military operations in the Persian Gulf makes perfect sense when seen as a preparatory step for striking Iran's nuclear-weapons facilities - if that becomes necessary.


Ayatollah Khamenei has made sure it's not going to be necessary, but it's sensible to be ready...just in case.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 6, 2007 9:02 AM
Comments

A non-story. At that command level, everything is joint, which is the way the United States applies the principal of Unity of Command to its major operations. The conclusions drawn by the article are unwarranted.

Posted by: Lou Gots at January 6, 2007 10:24 AM

I agree that by dying Ayatollah Khamenei has reduced the count of our enemies by 1, but why does that make sure an attack won't be necessary?

Posted by: pj at January 6, 2007 10:30 AM

Because he used his authority to completely subvert Ahmedinejad and Yazdi.

Posted by: oj at January 6, 2007 10:32 AM

Bunk. There's unity in name only. The military is just like any other bureaucracy, with guys looking out for their own branch first.

Posted by: oj at January 6, 2007 10:33 AM

All one need point out to refute the denial of jointness is the employment of the Marine Corps by Army commanders in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Posted by: Lou Gots at January 6, 2007 6:20 PM
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