It is easy to spout off and call an independent thinker any name that comes to mind without considering that person's background and the reasons for his thinking. Hagel is honest in his beliefs and that is more than you can say for most of our politicians and their followers who are more interested in manipulating public opinion than honest beliefs.
What's so strange about wanting to find WMDs? Do you want them floating around in God-knows-whose hands? I don't. I want them secured.