GEN Petraeus nominated to lead CENTCOM

[nerdgirl 0]

This morning SecDef Gates announced that GEN Petreaus will replace ADM “Fox” Fallon as head of CENTCOM.
(Discussion of ADM Fallon’s removal resignation here.)

Speculating w/r/t impact on Afghanistan and (especially) Iran policy: CENTCOM does not equal ‘IRAQCOM.’

LTG Ray Odierno is being tapped to replace GEN Petraeus as head of Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I). Odierno has had significant experience in Iraq, altho’ he comes as relatively recent proponent of counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy, as opposed to Petraeus, who literally helped write the book.

VR/Marg

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[matthewcline 0]

He will be a good fit. His PHD is in the theater of operations and of course he did write the book as you stated.

This will be his last in uniform job, unless he is nominated for the Chairman's position but the timing and politics will not be right for that.

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So, start being safe, first!!!

[MajorDad 0]

I love it when skydivers do well.

General Petraeus must be the highest ranked USPA member out there! (assuming he is keeping up his membership )

Good Luck!

Major Dad
CSPA D-579

[gjhdiver 0]

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I love it when skydivers do well.

General Petraeus must be the highest ranked USPA member out there! (assuming he is keeping up his membership )

Good Luck!

Hopefully he'll be better at the new job than he was at skydiving. I seem to remember that his canpy control was so inept that he broke his legs and shattered his pelvis on a landing.

Mind you, considering his current job performance, I wouldn't get your hopes up.

[vortexring 0]

Really? Did he hook himself in or was it more of a visit to the hotdog stand?

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'