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SugarMyChurro -> What Fallon Said (9/13/2007 12:00:13 AM)
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"U.S.-IRAQ: Fallon Derided Petraeus, Opposed the Surge"
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39235
WASHINGTON, Sep 12 (IPS) - In sharp contrast to the lionisation of Gen. David Petraeus by members of the U.S. Congress during his testimony this week, Petraeus's superior, Admiral William Fallon, chief of the Central Command (CENTCOM), derided Petraeus as a sycophant during their first meeting in Baghdad last March, according to Pentagon sources familiar with reports of the meeting.
Fallon told Petraeus that he considered him to be "an ass-kissing little chickenshit" and added, "I hate people like that", the sources say. That remark reportedly came after Petraeus began the meeting by making remarks that Fallon interpreted as trying to ingratiate himself with a superior.
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And, as usual, we get the viewpoint that the White House likes best shoved down our throats instead.
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