Who could have imagined in 2004 that a Republican senator would get away with this?
Chuck Hagel is a scumbag, I hope Barry asks him to be his running mate.
Senator from where?
Basra?
Der Weasel in Der Spiegel.
We have such RINO’s because the R-Party doesn’t vet their applicants.
He and McClellan have a lot in common.
Chuck Hagel showed his true colors long ago.
Obviously, Hagel never was a conservative.
Hagel is a nit-wit.
The fundamental problem is not that the Arabs (and Iranians, and etc.) don’t trust the US, its that the US CAN’T trust the Arabs (and Iranians and etc.). That whole negotiation business is beside the point.
The queer thing here is that if there is anyone the Arabs (and Iranians and etc.) DO trust, its the US. They certainly know better than to trust each other
Nor the Europeans either, not that it matters very much in their case, as they are impotent. That was Rumsfeld & Co.’s realization. Long ago they were useful in keeping off the communists. Now they are useless for anything at all. Hagel and his ilk are living in the past.
Hagel is either blind or hishonest.
What damage has the war done to our country? The only thing I can think of is that disappointment in the war has put the country in danger of returning to the days of Jimmy Carter. There is a case to be made, even if Bush and Rice are incapable of making it, that we have had success, even if it is hard to see. IN todays WSJ, Fouad Ajami does this. . “It is not easy to tell people of threats and dangers they have been spared,” says Ajami. The public has taken the lack of recent attacks on American interests to mean that there were no dangers in the first place. The Left is convinced that Al Qaeda is a mere bogey man. It cannot admit that the “surge” prevented Al Qaeda from establishing a base right in the middle of Iraq, and more importantly, discredited Al Qaeda in the minds of many Arabs. In this respect, the surge recapitulated the early success in Afghanistan. Furthermore, its lessons are not being applied in Afghanistan against the Taliban. “Clear, hold, and build”
ought to work even better than in Iraq because the Afghanis are tougher troops.
those are all denver bronco supporters in nebraska,
you hafta wonder why they vote for hagel.
“We invaded Iraq, we are occupying Iraq and we have made Iraq dependent on us”
I see: we helped the Iraqi people become independent of Saddam, independent of Iran, independent of the Saudis, and independent Al Queda and because each and every one of those entities does not like such an independent Iraq it is somehow a bad and ignoble thing that, in opposition to those forces they are “dependent” on us, for the security assistance we provide.
Mr. Hagel is either an idiot a dupe or both.
Because a conscious decision was made to become the "Big Tent Party".
Well as the Circumference of principles is diluted, the Sphere of treachery increases.
