PTSD Spirituality

The New York Times on-line reported today that Adm. William J. Fallon, the commander of American forces in the Middle East is to retire.  Fallon will have completed at or near one year in that command position.

Recall that a previous Chair of the Joints Chief of Staffs predicted, in congressional testimony, before the wars the high level of manpower and money that would be required for the mission.  The White House balked at these experience-based estimates of the real cost of invading Iraq.  The General’s assessment disagreed with that of the civilians in the Admninistration who had no or very little experience military.  He was forced to retire.  The results are the current quagmire in Iraq and his predictions came true.

 While I usually focus my blog concerns on PTSD Spirituality, I am quite concerned that now that with Adm. Fallon gone, we will have an “event” to start a war with Iraq.  I am grateful that both Giuliani and Rommney are out of the presidential race as they both had affirmed that they would attack Iran based on what the Bush Administartion had asserted…having learned no lessons from the missing WMD in Iraq.

 Please pray that the Unites States of America will have the wisdom to not go to war with Iran.

Semper Pax, Dr. Z