The above is from Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Bye-bye". Note, due to problems at The Common Ills website, Isaiah was given today off. As Isaiah's cartoon notes, Peter Pace didn't come into the job sounding like a quitter. Turns out he wasn't one.
Kilian Melloy's "Peter Pace Reveals: 'I've Been Told I'm Done'" (EDGE Boston) reveals that Pace was told he was out and given the choice of announcing his early 'retirement' or the administration revealing that he was being fired. Pace explains, at length, why he did not want to be seen as a quitter.
People are forced out all the time. We'll give Pace credit for refusing to play the 'early retirement' game and for being honest about what happened.