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MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 07:52 PM Nov 2014

Why did Hagel get the boot?


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Hagel wanted to get booted to increase his Republican cred
1 (13%)
Hagel was too much of a hawk
0 (0%)
Hagel was too much of a dove
3 (38%)
Hagel did something naughty
1 (13%)
Hagel was incompetent
0 (0%)
Obama did it as a political show
1 (13%)
I have no idea whatsoever
1 (13%)
Greenwald is the most dangerous "human" alive
0 (0%)
Other (please enlighten us below)
1 (13%)
Jeez Manny, not this #%^* again
0 (0%)
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Why did Hagel get the boot? (Original Post) MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 OP
Political show. Obama wants the smart people at the Washington Post to love his TwilightGardener Nov 2014 #1
Not making enough money for the MIC OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2014 #2
He wanted out zipplewrath Nov 2014 #3

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
1. Political show. Obama wants the smart people at the Washington Post to love his
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 08:31 PM
Nov 2014

foreign policy again, so now they'll start applauding him for being newly "tough" on defense with Flournoy or Carter at the helm. (Even though Hagel wasn't in charge of foreign policy, of course).

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