Man, you just can't get away with disagreeing with King George

If you do you're out the door or severely marginalized. Or that other cute thing they like to use now, demanding everything you say or publish for public consumption is massaged before it goes anywhere (if allowed to go anywhere).

Gen. John Abizaid, head of U.S. Central Command and military chief of the Iraq fiasco, will retire in March. Though officials say Abizaid tendered his retirement before Rumsfeld was pushed out, his departure will allow Defense Secretary Robert Gates and President Bush more flexibility in their Iraq makeover, as Abizaid has been a dogged opponent of increasing troop levels.

And get real here. Everyone leaving the military and the government is not "retiring". That's just silly. Especially if they have said or done something Bush doesn't like. Then its silly².

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