"Well it depends on which part of the Pentagon," Williams said, "I mean the politically appointed civilian officials and the high ranking officers who have been appointed by the Bush administration would find him very unpopular. But for many of the more serious US military, they know just how overstretched the forces already are. They know there is no conceivable way the plans that are being hatched by the same dreamers who gave you Iraq would work in the case of Iran."
Williams said, however, with his resignation Fallon will now be free to speak his mind in public.
"If he feels that with a lame duck president who has no sort of accountability in the short nine months left of his tenure, then perhaps he needs to be in a position to speak out publicly about this, unconstrained by alleged loyalties to his Commander-in-Chief, the President," he said.
Steinberg shared the sentiment that as a civilian, Fallon could become even more effective in preventing the Vice President and the White House from embarking on any ill-advised military adventures.
"I certainly hope so," she said, "I would hope that is the case and he would join very outspoken individuals in the military who have been critical of the rush to war. Also it is possible that Congressional committees may call upon him, retired Admiral Fallon, and other retired military and diplomatic officials to give their advice in terms of what direction the United States should take." Ian William's blog http://www.ianwilliams.info/Michele Steinberg http://www.larouchepub.com/
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