Until his retirement in March of this year, four-star general John Abizaid was commander of CENTCOM, responsible for U.S. military operations throughout the Middle East and south and central Asia (i.e., overseeing both the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan, along with other operations). His successor, Admiral Fallon, is General Petraeus' commanding officer.
So when Abizaid said that the world could abide a nuclear-armed Iran, the conservative movement accepted his wisdom with good grace and due deference, right?
Not exactly.
Glad he is retired
sounds like he’s out of the loop
senile is more like it.
Every effort should be made to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but failing that, the world could live with a nuclear-armed regime in Tehran...
This first sentence is beyond shizo. "Every effort" means pulling out all the stops, including bombing them back beyond the stone age. But obviously the author doesn't mean he wrote, or he forgot what was written just after finishing the sentence.
Love those liberals. [...]
What the heck.. it must be nice to live in fantasy land. [...]
Sorry General.. Heaven on Earth hasn’t arrived yet... hate to break it to you.
What an idiot he is.
...general, you moron [...] This guy is the biggest @ss clown the military has produced since John Murtha.
I think General Abizaid's ethnicity (I know, he's of Arab, not Persian, extraction, but from the Mid-East nonetheless) is playing him false on this one.
Total idiot!
This is a great example of the narrow vision of many military commanders...