Comments on: “Just give it more time.” http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/06/14/just-give-it-more-time/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:01:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/06/14/just-give-it-more-time/comment-page-1/#comment-13003 grumpypilgrim Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:12:11 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1379#comment-13003 More signs of (dis)stress: the U.S. Navy is stretched so thinly that it is looking for partners to help secure international seaways (<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070613/ap_on_re_us/joint_chiefs_mullen/">see here</a>). Moreover, the Bush Administration apparently chose its new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the Navy, because of the grilling over Iraq that would likely occur if it sought to keep Marine General Peter Pace in the position for another two years. More signs of (dis)stress: the U.S. Navy is stretched so thinly that it is looking for partners to help secure international seaways (see here).

Moreover, the Bush Administration apparently chose its new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the Navy, because of the grilling over Iraq that would likely occur if it sought to keep Marine General Peter Pace in the position for another two years.

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