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Report: Hagel called State Department an adjunct of Israel’s foreign ministry
The State Department has become adjunct to the Israeli Foreign Minister’s office…
Wow. A very bold statement by Hagel bound to further raise the ire of the “Jewish Lobby” (yawn…), but it does express his strong belief in a comprehensive solution to problems in the Middle East. Hagel mentioned this theme several times – comprehensive, he said, in the sense that all tools should be used to achieve American foreign policy objectives (diplomatic, political, economic, and military), but also comprehensive in the James Baker sense of addressing the Arab-Israeli conflict holistically as both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have proved too lazy and too incompetent to do.
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And he tried to hide it from the committee…
d1carter on February 14, 2013 at 12:03 PM
*WOW* he thought the STATE Department was Pro-Israel? He IS an anti-Semite….I didn’t realize Israel funded post-Foreign Service jobs a la SAUDI ARABIA….
JFKY on February 14, 2013 at 12:06 PM
Won’t matter. Senate will still confirm. There’s nobody watching anymore; certainly not the press. You can pretty much get away with anything as long as you’re not republican.
flydiveski on February 14, 2013 at 12:07 PM
They only hear dog-whistles.
Ben Hur on February 14, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Joooooooosssssss!!!!!!!
trs on February 14, 2013 at 12:10 PM
too funny how the lsm is crying foul over the filibuster of chuckie…yet they had NO PROBLEM with the filibuster of any of W’s nominees…
suck it up
cmsinaz on February 14, 2013 at 12:11 PM
Reid the Pompous Liar uses his position to outright create his own reality in re to the Hagel nomination.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/340701/gop-filibuster-hagel-nomination-andrew-stiles
Panetta himself said that he would continue to serve until his replacement was sworn in.
Call out the liar Reid, who uses his position in the Senate well to hide.
onlineanalyst on February 14, 2013 at 12:12 PM
He’s a Jewish lobby truther and he is not bright to boot.
mwbri on February 14, 2013 at 12:16 PM
Wow, does this guy have a real problem with Jews.
I mean, this is Jimmy Carter grade.
KingGold on February 14, 2013 at 12:20 PM
Why can’t these people understand that the reason we have pro-Israel policies is because (1) the American people overwhelmingly support it and (2) it’s a pluralistic liberal democracy with a free press and independent judiciary that – unlikes all of her neighbors – guarantees its people freedoms that we hold dearly.
It’s not because of AIPAC.
The argument that we should be “even handed” means we should treat oppressive regimes the same way that we treat open ones. That’s stupid.
Realism is sometimes necessary; there are limits to our power. But it’s an amoral, if not immoral, policy and we must never forget that.
SteveMG on February 14, 2013 at 12:22 PM
Well, that was way back in 2007 – now, the ‘obama State Department’ is an adjunct of the ‘cult of islam’.
Pork-Chop on February 14, 2013 at 12:23 PM
Yer right… Saudi’s and MB have all the choice spots on that ladder.
CPT. Charles on February 14, 2013 at 12:41 PM
Filibuster him.
rbj on February 14, 2013 at 12:52 PM
So that’s why Obama nominated him!
Ward Cleaver on February 14, 2013 at 1:13 PM