# ADM Fallon, CENTCOM, to resign

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**Created:** [March 11, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adm-fallon-centcom-to-resign/441007 "2008-03-11T19:50:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adm-fallon-centcom-to-resign/441007/1 "2008-03-11T19:50:18Z")

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Per DoD release,

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

\*\*"\*\*WASHINGTON — Admiral William Fallon, the head of U.S. Central Command, which leads U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan is stepping down, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Tuesday.

Gates said Fallon said misperceptions about differences between his ideas and U.S. policy are making it too difficult for him to operate. Gates said their differences are not extreme, but the misperception has become too great.

I don’t know whether he was misinterpreted or whether people attributed views to him that were not his views, but clearly there was a concern," Gates said\*\*"\*\*  
So new to the job, too. Three months… tops. The house of cards has begun to wobble…

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adm-fallon-centcom-to-resign/441007/2 "2008-03-11T20:34:28Z")

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I wonder if he’s a Democrat…_cough_veep_cough_

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**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adm-fallon-centcom-to-resign/441007/3 "2008-03-11T20:49:57Z")

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An article recently appeared in _Esquire_ suggesting that Fallon was the only thing standing between the Bush Administration and war with Iran.

True or not, the suggestion that a military officer is insubordinate to civilian authority is going to cause him considerable anxiety.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adm-fallon-centcom-to-resign/441007/4 "2008-03-11T20:53:02Z")

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Iran?? Aren’t 2 wars enough for the commander in chief? eeesh…

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adm-fallon-centcom-to-resign/441007/5 "2008-03-11T21:14:05Z")

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[QUOTE=ChiefScott]

So new to the job, too. Three months… tops. The house of cards has begun to wobble…  
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? [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/11/fallon.resigns/index.html) says he’s been in for a year. [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Fallon) concurs.

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adm-fallon-centcom-to-resign/441007/6 "2008-03-11T21:51:38Z")

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[QUOTE=FairyChatMom]  
Iran?? Aren’t 2 wars enough for the commander in chief? eeesh…  
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Third time lucky ? :dubious: