Posted on 11/24/2014 11:17:10 AM PST by C19fan
Senator Chuck Hagel, America’s defense secretary, was today chosen as President Obama’s sacrificial human Thanksgiving turkey. As we disseminate that shock decision, it’s important to remember the kind of man Senator Hagel is and what qualified him for the job. Hagel served on the ground in the jungles of Vietnam and Cambodia throughout 1968, the worst year of the war in which nearly 17,000 Americans died. On March 28, 1968, Hagel and his brother Tom were crossing a stream when a mine exploded. It killed a number of men. Tom Hagel looked back and saw Chuck lying on the ground, blood pumping from his chest. ‘Every heartbeat it would squirt out,’ he recently recalled in an interview with Politico.
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None the less, Morgan’s statement is factual, FWIW.
It's wrong either way. Look it up.
So which other SecDef was a combat vet? If you know one just say so.
Common sense told me Morgan had to be wrong. I verified it. You can, too. And it's not just one or two, either. Besides, it's bullshit. Whether you call it War or Defense, combat veterans have been the head civilians in charge of the US military establishment since the founding of the Republic. Being an Irishman, Morgan probably has no clue Defense used to be called War.
So you can’t name a person who held the title Secretary of Defense who was a combat vet, and won’t admit you were wrong. Instead you changed the question. You haven’t verified anything.
Thats part of why he was asked to resign.
I haven't changed the question. Either way, Morgan is wrong. Look it up. Won't take long. And that is my final attempt at trying to get you to look up some information instead of insisting that others spoon feed it to you. Although I have actually taken you most of the way by confirming that he is wrong.
I’m not going to read the bio of every SecDef because you can’t or won’t name a name you claim to know, and it amuses you to waste my time. And it’s not just Morgan, I’ve seen that several other times in the media, so if you know different just say who.
>>Distinction without a difference
Incorrect, sir.
We had a Secretary of the Navy as well, which included the Marines. Before WWII and the creation of DoD, the President “got” the Navy (and Marines), and could generally do as he saw fit with them without a declaration of war. If the Army / Secretary of War needed to get involved, a declaration of war was seen as a requirement.
After the creation of DoD, this got all muddled, with overall poor results.
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