Now that Admiral William Fallon, head of CENTCOM, has resigned, the blogosphere is, naturally, shifting into overdrive. Best one-stop summary of comment so far is on Wired’s Danger Room blog; here’s Thomas Barnett’s Esquire article on Fallon which appears to have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Spencer Ackerman:
Gates said in a press conference just now that no one should think the move reflects any substantive change in policy. That sure won’t be how Teheran sees it. The Iranians will consider Fallon’s resignation to indicate that the bombing begins in the next five minutes.
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Alex Evans is founder of Larger Us, which explores how we can use psychology to reduce political tribalism and polarisation, a senior fellow at New York University, and author of The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough? (Penguin, 2017).
He is a former Campaign Director of the 50 million member global citizen’s movement Avaaz, special adviser to two UK Cabinet Ministers, climate expert in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and was Research Director for the Business Commission on Sustainable Development.
Alex lives with his wife and two children in Yorkshire.
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