Fallon: I was pressured for months
source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=58325§ionid=3510203
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In an interview with the New York Times, Admiral William J. Fallon said that he had felt the pressure building for several months before his departure. He had, after all, taken public positions favoring diplomacy over force in Iran, troop withdrawals from Iraq that were greater than officially planned and more high-level attention to Afghanistan.
Former US Middle East commander Fallon announced his sudden resignation in March after an Esquire magazine article described him as the only man standing in US President George Bush's way, not allowing him to wage war against Iran.
“I wanted us to get focused on Iraq and Afghanistan at a high level, not just rubber-stamping every request, or whatever that was coming out of Baghdad,” he said during the interview.
He also said that he favored dialogue and patience, not war, with Iran, and that the US Navy could provide a way to begin the process.
“In the conduct of daily business, we routinely have excellent communications with the Iranian Navy,” he said.
“When the conditions are right, it might be a reasonable way of interaction, to build on existing maritime communications.”
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Admiral Fallon had been my security blanket for the past year. As I read articles talking about George W.'s war drums for war with Iran, I was comforted knowing Admiral Fallon was in charge and had openly stated, 'War with Iran would not happen on his watch'. He's gone, I have no security blanket today.
All I have is Congress and they have proven to be ineffective, time and time again. They have been all bark and no bite. Book after book hits the news stand, no action. They are always waiting for the never ending campaign to end.
Democrats won in 2006 and before the new congress and senate took their seats, we had mainstream media spinning '08. Now they had to wait for the White House, Congress and Senate majority wasn't enough? It's an 'Assault on Reason'!
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