Thread: Clinton on Fallon's Resignation

Clinton on Fallon's Resignation

Posted by Greg Reeson
March 13, 2008 at 10:17 am

According to a statement posted on her Senate web site yesterday, Hillary Clinton is asking the Senate Armed Services Committee to conduct hearings into the resignation of Admiral William Fallon, who has been serving as the commanding officer of U.S. Central Command for just more than a year. The problem with her statement, and with her letter to Senator Levin, is that Mrs. Clinton is implying there should be limits on the President’s authority as Commander-in-Chief, limits I doubt she would impose on herself if she were to win the White House in November.

Expressing her concern over Admiral Fallon’s resignation, Senator Clinton said in her letter to committee chair Carl Levin of Michigan, “As you know, Admiral Fallon was a voice of reason in an administration which has used inflammatory rhetoric with respect to Iran, and I am deeply concerned by indications that Admiral Fallon’s decision to resign may not have been his own.â€

I have the utmost respect for Fallon. Somebody has to tell the truth about Iran, and we certainly can't trust Bush to do that. I only hope that if we do invade Iran, every American sees the light -we are bullying other countries, and for what reason? It can't be humanitarian if we haven't gone in and done something about Darfur.