“He raised the ire of the White House in August as the administration was ramping up its strategy to fight the Islamic State, 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.” White House officials later said they viewed those comments as unhelpful, although the administration still appears to be struggling to define just how large is the threat posed by the Islamic State.”
Yes, Hagel might not have been great, but he was obviously way too supportive of the US for Obama’s tastes. I do recall that there some of Hagel’s thoughts and goals became public this fall, and Obama was obviously outraged then.
He may seem weak and incompetent to us here, but by the standards of the WH, he was positively a Gen. MacArthur.
Betcha Obama appoints a Muslim now.
“He raised the ire of the White House .... directly contradicting the president....
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So for the next SecDef, they’re looking for an Obola butt-kisser ..... what could go wrong? [/sarc]
he’s under the bus. his comment(s) on the Islamic State did him in & he’s no good to the muzzie in the hut