Hagel Allies Coordinate Smear Campaign Against Critics, Emails Reveal

Free Beacon ^ | 1/14/13 | Adam Kredo

[Nachum]

A group of anti-Israel activists and journalists are engaged in a coordinated campaign to stifle criticism of controversial secretary of defense nominee Chuck Hagel by attacking the former Republican senator’s critics, according to emails obtained by the Free Beacon.

Fenton communications chief executive officer David Fenton, the Atlantic’s national correspondent James Fallows, former diplomat Charles ‘Chas’ Freeman, Just Foreign Policy director Robert Naiman, and American Conservative founding editor Scott McConnell participated in a recent email exchange dedicated to silencing Hagel’s critics, the emails reveal.

The emailers targeted recent comments made by Elliott Abrams, a former Bush administration National Security Council adviser who said Hagel “seems to have some kind of problem with Jews,” a sentiment that has been echoed by several lawmakers and Jewish leaders.

[Nachum]

Attaaaaack Waaaaaatch

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[faithhopecharity]

The enemy within...

[onyx]

The e-mails can be read here

[sauropod]

Precisely.

[bert]

If Hagel was not officer material in Vietnam, he is not Sec Def material now.

He might be a GS 15 manager but no more than that

[raybbr]

In what way did Hagel make it known he was against Israel? All I’ve ever read was where he said, “ “I’m not an Israeli senator. I’m a United States senator.” Any more to it than that?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Hagel must not be approved. He is not right for the military.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Nachum.

Fenton communications chief executive officer David Fenton, the Atlantic’s national correspondent James Fallows, former diplomat Charles ‘Chas’ Freeman, Just Foreign Policy director Robert Naiman, and American Conservative founding editor Scott McConnell participated in a recent email exchange dedicated to silencing Hagel’s critics

[SunkenCiv]

[snip] In 1968, as a student at a New Hampshire boarding school, McConnell canvassed for Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy. After working on the the 1976 presidential campaign of Jimmy Carter, McConnell earned a Ph.D in history at Columbia University... He has since [1997] emerged as one of the leading figures in the broadly defined paleoconservative movement, becoming a prominent supporter of Pat Buchanan... After spending many years as a columnist for the New York Press and Antiwar.com, in 2002 he collaborated with Buchanan and Taki Theodoracopolous in founding The American Conservative... At the end of 2004, McConnell became the sole editor of TAC; during the year he had written forcefully in favor of John Kerry’s candidacy for President... McConnell is an heir to the Avon fortune and stepson of actor Sterling Hayden. [/snip]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_McConnell

Here’s his poison pen at work:
http://mondoweiss.net/author/scott-mcconnell

[rmlew]

Scott "Mary was a Palestinian" McConnell is not a conservative or paleo anymore. He no longer has problems with immigration. And he supported Obama in 2012 "I’m voting for Obama without qualm or hesitation…. [H]is temperament is steady and his results are, actually, better than decent…. The verdict is out on Obamacare, but it if turns out badly, it will be modified or repealed." http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-conservative-vote-a-symposium/#McConnell

The American Dhimmi is likewise not conservative. Sure, they publish some conservatives on cultural issues. But they gave up on immigration and in 2010 endorsed amnesty. And from 2004 onwards, they keep telling their readers to vote for Democrats or worse. For them Ralph Nader is a "conservative" or was preferable to Bush. The only things that matter to them is giving up to Jihadis and attacking Israel. Any commie who supports this can be published there. Meanwhile conservatives who support Israel get fired. http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/002151.html

[raybbr]

If you really haven’t read any more that, we’ll let Oliver North fill you in.

Okay, North claims Hagel supports Hamas with no real proof. Do you have any links to where he supports Hamas?

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[Abiotic]

To put a foreign power on equal (or greater) footing in terms of allegiance to the USA is treason is my book. Unfortunately, the converse is true in the eyes of AIPAC, some radical ‘End Times’ false-Christian elements, and others of their ilk. Washington and the founders spin in their graves.

[TheOldLady]

Hag’s name has extra letters.