Pace: Bush fired me

Oh my.

In his first public comments on the Bush administration's surprise decision to replace him as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Peter Pace disclosed that he had turned down an offer to voluntarily retire rather than be forced out.

To quit in wartime, he said, would be letting down the troops....

Pace said, he assured [Defense Secretary] Gates that he was willing to go through even a contentious confirmation process.

So is Pace saying that Bush let down the troops by firing him? And it seems that Bush is only willing to fight for something when it's other people who are doing the fighting, and suffering the consequences. He never was one for supporting the troops outside of political rallies.