https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/12/18/hagel-i-greenlit-strikes-on-syria-after-red-line-crossed-but-obama-overrode-me/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 11:33:13 -0400<![CDATA[Many questioned Barack Obama&#8217;s judgment when he backed away from his own &#8220;red line&#8221; in Syria, but Chuck Hagel tells Foreign Policy in an exclusive interview that it was actually worse than that. Obama lost his nerve, Hagel alleges, calling off promised strikes on Syria after Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s use of chemical weapons. Hagel also says that Obama&#8217;s team then stabbed him in the back as he was heading for the exits, and tried to &#8220;destroy me&#8221;:]]>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:06:10 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/12/18/hagel-i-greenlit-strikes-on-syria-after-red-line-crossed-but-obama-overrode-me-n229635