The Hagel haters
A senior pro-Israel advocate in Washington told The Daily Beast on Thursday, “The pro-Israel community will view the nomination of Senator Chuck Hagel in an extremely negative light. His record is unique in its animus towards Israel.”
Josh Block, a former spokesman for AIPAC and the CEO and president of the Israel Project, told The Daily Beast, “While in the Senate, Hagel voted against designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, refused to call on the E.U. to designate Hezbollah a terrorist group, and consistently voted against sanctions on Iran for their illicit pursuit of nuclear weapons capability. It is a matter of fact that his record on these issues puts him well outside the mainstream Democratic and Republican consensus.” …
The former senator was not only a frequent no vote on sanctions against Iran, but The Washington Free Beacon reported on Thursday that he also serves on the board of directors of Deutsche Bank—which is reportedly being probed by U.S. authorities for possible violations of the very kinds of sanctions Hagel opposed when he was in Congress.
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Things are lining up nicely against Israel lately, almost as if it was planned.
Wait…did I say that?
Bishop on December 14, 2012 at 9:26 AM
More good comments on the post about this…
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/12/14/jewish-leaders-not-so-keen-on-rumored-hagel-nomination/comment-page-1/#comment-6572602
Lourdes on December 14, 2012 at 9:33 AM
His job as Secretary of Defense would not be to agitate for Israeli concessions so I’m not sure how relevant his alleged prejudices against Jews are to his actual prospective responsibilities. No doubt he will oppose anything that might incur Muslim wrath while Americans are in harm’s way, or stretch US warfighting capacity, but that’s been true of the (non-Rumsfeld) Pentagon generally for a long time.
Of course if he himself is shown to have been a tool of the Arab Lobby, that will make him something of athe hypocritical laughing-stock. And if he complains to Der Angriff because Monsieur Rick rips up his Deutsche Bank credentials and tells him his cash is only good at the bar, you can stick a fork in him and you can also call me Meyer.
Seth Halpern on December 14, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Betcha 70-80% of American Jews still vote D if Israel gets nuked on President Dumf*k’s watch.
The Count on December 14, 2012 at 10:59 AM
What? We don’t hate him – we despise him.
Ward Cleaver on December 14, 2012 at 11:19 AM