Temperatures in the low 50s the last couple of days have made short work of our massive piles of snow. I think there's even a little green in the lawn! Perfect for the St. Patrick's Day weekend.
It's been a long time since we've seen any sign of these plants in the front bed.
There's also been a meltdown going on in the Central Command leadership in the Middle East. Adm. William J. Fallon, the top American commander in the Middle East whose views on Iran and other issues have seemed to put him at odds with the Bush administration, is retiring early.
The admiral’s premature departure stemmed from policy differences with the administration, and with Gen. David H. Petraeus, the American commander in Iraq. Admiral Fallon had rankled senior officials of the Bush administration with outspoken comments on such issues as dealing with Iran and on setting the pace of troop reductions from Iraq.
The admiral’s premature departure stemmed from policy differences with the administration, and with Gen. David H. Petraeus, the American commander in Iraq. Admiral Fallon had rankled senior officials of the Bush administration with outspoken comments on such issues as dealing with Iran and on setting the pace of troop reductions from Iraq.
In an article in Esquire magazine by Thomas P.M. Barnett, a respected military analyst, profiled Admiral Fallon under the headline, “The Man Between War and Peace.” The article highlighted comments made fall, in which he said that a “constant drumbeat of conflict” from Washington that was directed at Iran and Iraq was “not helpful and not useful." With him out of the way, can the march to Tehran be far away?
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