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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy did Hagel get the boot?
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Hagel wanted to get booted to increase his Republican cred | |
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Hagel was too much of a hawk | |
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Hagel was too much of a dove | |
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Hagel did something naughty | |
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Hagel was incompetent | |
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Obama did it as a political show | |
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I have no idea whatsoever | |
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Greenwald is the most dangerous "human" alive | |
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Other (please enlighten us below) | |
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Jeez Manny, not this #%^* again | |
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Why did Hagel get the boot? (Original Post)
MannyGoldstein
Nov 2014
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Political show. Obama wants the smart people at the Washington Post to love his
TwilightGardener
Nov 2014
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. Political show. Obama wants the smart people at the Washington Post to love his
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).
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)2. Not making enough money for the MIC
zipplewrath
(16,648 posts)3. He wanted out
He was there to build a new military, not run a war. Obama is headed towards alot more war.