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The Hagel Pick Telegraphs Weakness

uvuvuv Wrote: Jan 11, 2013 12:09 PM

it hasn't worked out and that's why i wonder why obama didn't fulfill his 08 campaign promise and withdraw our forces. this is why he was voted in, remember? and would being nice have changed events in new town? believe it or not being nice isn't necessarily wired into all people. foe example, if you want to be nice why don't you pay pal me $10,000 if i give you my account number? aha, see, you're not nice either.

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The Hagel Pick Telegraphs Weakness

Editor's Note: This column was co-authored by Bob Morrison.

President Obama’s choice of former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel for Sec. of Defense is a

dangerous choice that telegraphs weakness toward Iran. In the Senate, Mr. Hagel compiled a worrisome record toward the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism.

It is Iran that backs Hezbollah in Lebanon. We haven’t heard much about the Cedar Revolution in that war-torn country. That’s because Hezbollah murdered the democratic leaders for reform. Iran is behind Hamas in Gaza. Hamas defeated the corrupt regime of Mahmoud Abbas in elections in Gaza that soon degenerated into civil...

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