GG Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Last one out, please turn out the lights. How much more damage can be inflicted in the world over the next 25 months? Can't wait for that memoir to emerge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 The Secretary of Defense takes a bullet for "foreign policy failures." As though no one's even heard of John Kerry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 From the NYT report of the resignation of the Secretary of Defense: [senior administration] officials described Mr. Obama’s decision to remove Mr. Hagel, 68, as a recognition that the threat from the Islamic State would require a different kind of skills than those that Mr. Hagel was brought on to employ. A Republican with military experience who was skeptical about the Iraq war, Mr. Hagel came in to manage the Afghanistan combat withdrawal and the shrinking Pentagon budget in the era of budget sequestration.... He raised the ire of the White House in August... directly contradicting the president, who months before had likened the Sunni militant group to a junior varsity basketball squad. Mr. Hagel, facing reporters in his now-familiar role next to General Dempsey, called the Islamic State an “imminent threat to every interest we have,” adding, “This is beyond anything that we’ve seen.” A top comment at the NYT: "This is just another example of silencing your critics. Chuck Hagel called 'em as he saw 'em." . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 The Secretary of Defense takes a bullet for "foreign policy failures." As though no one's even heard of John Kerry... I heard he served in Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I cant wait to see who wants to be Obama's 4th Defense Sec. Obama’s Incoherent Explanation for Chuck Hagel’s Departure It's kind of funny that Obama's team says Hagel can't handle ISIS, given that when they disagreed, Hagel was right FROM: Every Republican TO: Every Democrat RE: Chuck Hagel We told you so. We told you so. We told you so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 One wonder why they didn't fire the Director of NASA for failing in his "foremost" mission to make Muslims feel better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) The Secretary of Defense takes a bullet for "foreign policy failures." As though no one's even heard of John Kerry... Kerry was for foreign policy failures before he was against it. Clearly it was not his fault. Romney has a horse. Edited November 25, 2014 by Koko78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 So Obama will accept incompetence (Kerry), blatant agendas (Holder), targeting political opponents (Lerner), negligence (VA), and dereliction of duty (Clinton). But in no way is he willing to tolerate criticism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 So Obama will accept incompetence (Kerry), blatant agendas (Holder), targeting political opponents (Lerner), negligence (VA), and dereliction of duty (Clinton). They were wrong, he was right. But in no way is he willing to tolerate criticism Because he's right, not wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) Dana Milbank: With Chuck Hagel’s departure, Obama is turning into George W. Bush. Most of Bush’s flaws, none of his virtues. Plus: “Obama went on at great length about the ‘class and integrity’ of the ‘great friend’ he was pushing out the door, praising Hagel for everything from drawing down U.S. forces in Afghanistan to working to reduce sexual assaults. Only in passing did Obama mention the war that threatens to dominate the last two years of his presidency.” Yeah, winning the war is job number one. Obama’s failure here will come to dominate his portrayal in history. The other stuff, not so much. UPDATE: The New York Times Changes Its Story Deleting The Most Remarkable Thing About Chuck Hagel’s Firing. Taken as a whole, the original New York Times story paints a pretty damning picture of the White House’s national security policy setting. Mr. Hagel, so long as he was a loyal foot soldier for the President, was okay even if he was on the outside of the White House cool kidz team. But the moment Hagel spoke up on ISIS, contradicting the White House, it was game over. In other words, Chuck Hagel was not fired for incompetence. He was fired for telling the truth on ISIS — calling it an “imminent threat to every interest we have,” thereby forcing Barack Obama to deal with a threat he very much would like to ignore. It’s only made more interesting by the New York Times’s decision to complete delete that bit explaining the motivation for his firing. Someone from the White House called them, presumably . Edited November 25, 2014 by B-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Security Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 So Obama will accept incompetence (Kerry), blatant agendas (Holder), targeting political opponents (Lerner), negligence (VA), and dereliction of duty (Clinton). But in no way is he willing to tolerate criticism Kathleen Sebelius thanks you for not even bringing her up. He did let another minority, Eric Shinseki fall on a resignation sword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Clearly the next Secretary of Defense needs to be a close, trusted associate of Obama who knows about bombs & insurgency. . . . . . ......... William Ayers? (stolen from Jim Gerharty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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