Draft Hagel for Defense

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Draft Hagel for Defense
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/draft-hagel-for-defense_b_6012.html

At this point, nearly everyone agrees that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld should be fired (with the obvious exception of Vice President Dick Cheney, and hence, the President). Republican Senators like John McCain and Trent Lott have called for his dismissal. Nearly every Democrat in Congress believes he should be fired.


This plan should have political appeal for everyone involved. Senator Hagel gets to take an important position in the administration and bolster his resume for his possible presidential run in 2008. The administration gets to quiet their strongest critic inside the Republican Party by bringing him into the fold. They also get to bring everyone inside the GOP together by showing a willingness to include dissenters and still stay strong.


I have been an opponent of this administration for the last four years, so why would I suggest something that helps them politically? Because I care about the country.

I think Senator Hagel is right. We have botched the war on every level. And although I disagree with Senator Hagel's initial vote for the war, I agree that there were better ways to conduct this operation throughout. Hagel has consistently suggested what those ways were. He has been a far stronger voice of constructive criticism on the war than any of the Democratic Senators.

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1. Prefer Zinni myself but that ain't going to happen. Hagel would seem

a good choice, as would be several former Generals and
Lindsey Graham would be interesting.

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2. So instead of

a guy that loves war and makes friends with dicators before he kills them, we put a guy that was the Chairman of the company that became ES&S, who might run for President, into his post?

So we all basically understand that democracy is little more than a sham then?