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Pace Gone
Gates has decided to replace General Pace as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when his term ends in September. Gates further said that he’d recommend Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chief of naval operations, for the job.
If you’re wondering who Admiral Mike Mullen is, I suggest going here. There are speeches, messages, etc. His message:
Everyone in the Navy has the potential to lead. We have to pull that potential out of our Sailors. My emphasis is on our people, leadership and accountability. Those are three crown jewels of our Navy.
It will be interesting to see how having a navy guy in charge, instead of an army guy, will influence everything.
More at The Washington Monthly and The Newshoggers.
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9 Responses to “Pace Gone”
Gates is equivocating. Pace was a shoo-in for a second term but the defense secretary said himself that Mullen was chosen so Pace wouldn’t have to face hostile questioning about the war before Congress at reconfirmation hearings.
Yes, things have gotten that bad.
“I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe that the armed forces of the United States are well served by saying through our policies that it’s OK to be immoral in any way.” – Pace
Bye bye bigot.
People said the same thing when ADM Fallon was nominated to CENTCOM. It won’t make a difference.
Also, I hope Gen Pace doesn’t read this post. He’d be most upset to know you called him a soldier instead of a marine.
Well, I haven’t heard you guys label Gates as a neocon, Nazifascist tool of Big Oil, so maybe its political calculation or maybe there’s some more credible reason to it. I’ll let the deep military guys sort it out.
Regardless, though, this Administration is now so overspent on credibility, it’s otherwise likely to be received by the uninitiated as just doing something with those deck chairs.
p.s. thanks for adding the preview feature
May be something more going on: a behind-my-back change by Bush who never admits mistakes. Yesterday we learned that
Stephen Hadley, father of the Surge, was out of the loop on Iraq:
Well they are making changes right and left- maybe to forestall criticism from Congress that they’re not holding anyone accountable for the mixed success of the surge. Gates seems to pull no punches and doesn’t mind getting rid of people at the top, which I admire. Maybe if he’d been Sec Def all along we wouldn’t be in such a mess.
But for anything to really change, you’d have to get rid of the people who are really responsible for all of the bad decision-making- Bush and Cheney.
this will be the first Navy man in 18 years since Admiral Crowe. The conventional wisdow has always been that the navy is the worst at joint operations and the least cooperative with the other services. It comes from the cultures of the services.
well said Kim