".......I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually move Petraeus into CENTCOM......."

In War&Piece, here

Update: A few former military officer types have written to say something to the effect of, "this is far from normal." Writes one former Air Force officer: "Having spent six years serving on the Joint Staff, I can only state the obvious -- this resignation is far from normal behavior by 4-stars. It is also long overdue and should have happened six years ago. If Gen Tommy Franks or another 4-star had resigned in 2002, the US would not be mired in a Middle East conflict today and Osama bin Laden might well be dead."

According to a friend, Fallon's proposed successor as Centcom commander, Ltn General Martin Dempsey, is a good guy: "In 2006-2007 he was the 3-star head of MNSTC-I, the U.S. command in charge of training Iraqi security forces. Good guy. He was the 2-star Division commander for the 1st Armored Division in the year after regime change and did an okay job. Don't know his positions on Iran. I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually move Petraeus into CENTCOM, Chiarelli to MNF-I, and maybe move Mattis over to EUCOM (which has authority over NATO in Afghanistan). That would create the COIN dream team for the wars in Iraq and Afghanstan."