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Hagel blasts White House Syria strategy in memo to Susan Rice [Flashback]
The Washington Times ^ | October 30, 2014 | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 09/30/2015 12:29:04 PM PDT by Timber Rattler

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel sent a highly detailed memo to National Security Adviser Susan Rice in early October that blasted the White House’s strategy in Syria.

A senior U.S. official told CNN Thursday that Mr. Hagel wrote a blunt assessment of U.S. policy in the region “expressing concern about overall Syria strategy,” the network reported. The interview corroborates initial reporting on the existence of the memo by The New York Times.

Mr. Hagel’s memo conveyed to Ms. Rice that the U.S. needs “to have a sharper view of what to do about the Assad regime,” CNN reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Russia
KEYWORDS: assad; isis; putin; syria
Just to re-confirm who owns the current mess:

Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice [on Syria]

Samantha Power’s case for striking Syria

1 posted on 09/30/2015 12:29:05 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

This is what happens when Red lines become rainbow lines.


2 posted on 09/30/2015 12:37:27 PM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Timber Rattler

About that Susan Rice story of the chemical attacks by Assad on his own people

UN investigation found another story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXmzBFyXvVI


3 posted on 09/30/2015 12:56:03 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Timber Rattler

What strategy?

The occupant said there was no strategy.


4 posted on 09/30/2015 1:00:12 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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