CENTCOM's Adm. Fallon: "'I'm in hot water again' with the White House... for telling Hosni Mubarak that the United States would not attack Iran"

Via War&Piece, in Esquire here

"....Well-placed observers now say that it will come as no surprise if Fallon is relieved of his command before his time is up next spring, maybe as early as this summer, in favor of a commander the White House considers to be more pliable. If that were to happen, it may well mean that the president and vice-president intend to take military action against Iran before the end of this year and don't want a commander standing in their way...."

Read more here in the WaPo's Tom Rick's piece.

And here, Fallon described Petraeus as an "an ass-kissing little chickenshit" ...