That’s Weird
Joshua Foust on Mar 07 2008 at 5:15 pm | Filed under: Around the Web
Thomas Barnett practically licks the boots of CENTCOM commander Admiral William Fallon. When asked about it, however, Fallon call it, “poison pen stuff” that is “really disrespectful and ugly.”
Though overly laudatory, I thought it was well done. Any guesses as to why? I would wager it has something to do with rumors about Fallon’s low opinion of a strike against Iran, but he’s staying mum about it. In fact, there have been several rumors about Fallon—his personal dislike of General Petraeus and his willful friendliness toward the Chinese among them—that have lent a certain bad boy air to the man. But ugly? That’s the opposite of Barnett’s portrait.
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[…] it was over a recent interview he did in Esquire, written by Thomas P.M. Barnett (regarding which Josh noted Fallon’s strange reaction last week). However, you can rest assured that a different meme will be floated as to why Fallon is gone: […]