https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/08/leave-hagel-alone/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:22:29 -0400<![CDATA[The most depressing aspect of Hagel’s nomination is not his severe case of Vietnam Syndrome and not even some of his foreign policy views. It’s been the unremitting and underhanded attack on him, especially the imputation of anti-Semitism. In fact, he could be the necessary corrective to the Netanyahu government’s expectation that anything Israel wants from Washington it’s entitled to get. Nothing Hagel has said about Israel is not said in the Israeli press on a daily basis. Trust me: By the Wall Street Journal’s standards, Israeli media would be deeply anti-Semitic.]]>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:50:27 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/08/leave-hagel-alone-n280743