Hagel Submits Resignation as Defense Chief Under Pressure
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/us/hagel-said-to-be-stepping-down-as-defense-chief-under-pressure.html?comments#permid=13420608
The notion of "honorable men" in politics seems to be a quaint relic of past times, but Mr. Hagel was/is just that.
Knowing the cruelty and, in his case (Vietnam), the senselessness of war, he spoke the truth as he saw it, repeatedly voicing skepticism about the insane reengagement in Middle Eastern wars, where we demonstrably have no clue and a terrible track record.
As much as I support President Obama's domestic goals and policies, in his conduct of the Middle East wars, he has been the captive of the incompetent military leadership at the Pentagon, where ignorance and ineptness is hidden behind "patriotic" blathering. Mr Hagel was a welcome exception, but ultimately (and expectedly) he lost to the Generals.
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