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Originally Posted by The Reaper
This has traditionally been an Army-USMC rotating command.
What part of his career prepares an AF general officer to take over a geographic command and fight a ground COIN campaign?
I do not see an Army GO getting STRATCOM, TRANSCOM, or SPACECOM.
There are probably good reasons for that.
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The logic behind appointing Fallon was that the theater commanders run the wars directly for the President and the CENTCOM Commander job is more about the Iran contingency and regional relations. If the administration still believes in that model, then qualifications for the ground fight might not be first on their list.
I agree with you completely, don't get me wrong. I'm just saying, I could see it happening (given some of the previous decisions/behavoirs of the administration) if their priority is to really put the squeeze on Iran before they leave office in Jan 2009.