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Cruz: Hagel, Dempsey more ‘social workers’ than military leaders
The Washington Times ^ | September 17, 2014 | Kellan Howell

Posted on 09/17/2014 9:33:18 AM PDT by jazusamo

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz accused top U.S. military officials of behaving like “social workers” in Iraq and Syria rather than showing military strength.

In an interview Tuesday night with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Mr. Cruz said he was disappointed by responses from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey after he questioned them at a Senate hearing on the administration’s plan to defeat the Islamic State.

“Frankly, their answers were far more those you would expect of a social worker, than of military leaders,” Mr. Cruz said.

The Republican senator, who is considering a bid for the GOP’s 2016 presidential nomination, said that he pressed Gen. Dempsey and Mr. Hagel for a strategy to militarily destroy the Islamic State within 90 days, but was told that the current strategy was focused on solving political issues in the region.

“When I asked General Dempsey, militarily, how would we go in and kill the terrorists before they’re able to take jihad to America, his answer was, ‘Well, we need to see political reconciliation,’” Mr. Cruz said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; dempsey; hagel; obama; socialexperiments; socialworkers
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To: jazusamo

Ph I know

The liberals and those pretending to be conseravtive will be echoing the he’s not a charismatic movie star schmoozed line hard

As if such a dope can bring back the cpuntry


41 posted on 09/17/2014 12:37:31 PM PDT by stanne
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42 posted on 09/17/2014 12:40:47 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: jazusamo

You’re right. Dempsey and Hagel are nobama’s lackeys, Boot lickers, yes men,


43 posted on 09/17/2014 1:12:37 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: jazusamo

You’re right. Dempsey and Hagel are nobama’s lackeys, Boot lickers, yes men,


44 posted on 09/17/2014 1:15:11 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: tillacum

WOOOPS sorry for the double post.


45 posted on 09/17/2014 1:16:18 PM PDT by tillacum
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46 posted on 09/17/2014 1:58:16 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: Forty-Niner

The play on words was from the book titled “None Dare Call it Treason”


47 posted on 09/17/2014 3:55:27 PM PDT by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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Yes I knew that......a cousin of my moms brought a copy over for my dad to read when it first came out......


48 posted on 09/17/2014 8:11:10 PM PDT by Forty-Niner (The barely bare berry bear formerly known as Arctos Horribilis.)
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