Fallon Calls Petraeus "Chickenshit"

Why Didn't Bush Defend Him?

With all the uproar regarding this past week the MoveOn.Org ad, where was Chimpy and the rest of his Republican thugs when CENTCOM Chief, Admiral William Fallon called General Petraeus an "ass-kissing little chickenshit"?

In January, President Bush replaced Abizaid and Casey, who were “surge” skeptics, with Adm. William Fallon and Gen. David Petraeus. This week, Petraeus — in the first public hearings since taking on his new role — delivered his Iraq assessment to great media fanfare. But where was his boss, Admiral Fallon? Inter-Press Service suggests animosity between the two might be one reason for Fallon’s absence:

Fallon told Petraeus [in March] 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.

...Nice...