IT ONLY TOOK THREE MONTHS

Back in March Theosebes predicted that General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wouldn't be long for the job after his comments condemning homosexuality in the armed forces. Three months later Pace is retiring. Now whether or not the remarks were directly tied to him being forced out is unclear, but it's unlikely that someone who holds such sensible views can stay in a position of power for long.

NO SURPRISE that General Peter Pace is trying to calm things after his downright shocking statement that homosexual sex is immoral. Both Democrats and Republicans were distressed at Pace's moral judgment:

House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was "disappointed in the moral judgment" voiced by Pace and the military should consider changing policy on allowing gays to serve in its ranks.

"We need patriotic Americans who exist across the board in our population," the California Democrat said. "We don't need a moral judgment from the Chairman of Joint Chiefs."

Republican Sen. John Warner, a veteran member of the Senate's Armed Services Committee, said through a spokesman: "I respectfully but strongly disagree with the chairman's view that homosexuality is immoral."

We are now on Day 2 of the official Pace Resignation Countdown Watch.

COUNTDOWN TO RESIGNATION

Following Marine General Peter Pace's comments about homosexuality...

“I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts,” Pace said in the audio recording of the interview posted on the Tribune’s Web site. “I do not believe that the armed forces of the United States are well served by a saying through our policies that it’s OK to be immoral in any way.”

...Theosebes is now on official countdown to his forced resignation or reassignment.