Final reflections on the Fallon article in Esquire (Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog)
I've been waiting to blog Admiral Fallon's (the military's former central command commander overseeing the Middle East) retirement until we heard a good recap from Barnett. Barnett's article in this months Esquire was specifically mentioned by the New York Times as the straw that broke the camels back with the Bush Administration and Fallon. I'm intrigued by this because I have always been one one hand, amazed by the depth of Barnett's thinking and on the other in strong agreement with his ideas.
What Barnett points out is that his article highlighted the debate between the military and the administration and possibilities in and with Iran. Something that is generally kept very quite. I for one, agree with Barnett, this debate needs to be very public. This policy effects everything the military is currently doing and I think we can all agree that the American people need to weigh in on this. Naturally, the Bush administration knows where everyone's weight will be as far as terse talk with Iran. Goodness, we can't possibly be serious enough about entertaining new Iranian policy to oust Fallon.
