Bush to General Casey - Dismissed
Another top general that publicly opposed President Bush’s strategy in Iraq gets the boot. Bush has decided General George W. Casey Jr., the top American commander in Iraq, will be replaced by General David H. Petraeus.
Additionally, Adm. William J. Fallon, who is the top American military officer in the Pacific, will replace retiring Gen. John P. Abizaid as the head of Central Command (CENTCOM).
Casey and Abizaid are retiring, but Casey’s retirement appears to be hastened by several months from his previously planned schedule.
Officially, Casey’s dismissal was said to be part of the Commander in Chief’s “broader effort to change almost all of the top American officials in Iraq.” However realistic that may or may not be, every active General that has disagreed publicly with the Bush administration has been fired. Furthermore, Rumsfeld is not around to take the heat for this decision.
I can’t attest to Gen. Casey’s performance, but removing all of the experience of the senior command in the Middle East and Iraq specifically does not sound like a wise decision. It’s no different than the CEO firing every senior executive in a major corporation; a recipe made for failure.
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