Fox News Military Analyst Endorses DADT Repeal, Criticizes McCain For Flip-Flopping

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"This morning, Fox & Friends Weekend hosted Col. David Hunt, a Fox News military analyst, to discuss whether to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

According to his bio on the Fox News website, Hunt is a retired colonel with “over 29 years of military experience including extensive operational experience in special operations, counter terrorism and intelligence operations.” Hunt generally adheres to the conservative line on national security matters. For instance, he was an advocate for attacking Iraq. And instead of encouraging dialogue with Iran and Syria, Hunt said in 2006, “I think we can talk to them when we line them up and kill them.”

This morning, however, Hunt sided with progressives who are advocating repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. Hunt called the discriminatory law “an abject failure” because “we’ve lost somewhere between 11 and 14,000 soldiers.” He continued:..

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"Then Morris and Hunt took a swipe at Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who claims to heed the views of military leaders (except those with whom he disagrees):

MORRIS: On the campaign trail, then-Sen. John McCain said, look, when I hear from the military brass that they want to end Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, I’ll get right in line with them. That’s what happened — we heard from Admiral Mullen, we heard from Defense Secretary Gates. … Why is John McCain flip-flopping here?

HUNT: It’s just too damn convenient for McCain to be doing this. … He’s just wrong on this. We’re in a war. We’ve got guys deployed for 8 years in Afghanistan, almost 7 years in Iraq. And somebody says, I want to serve this country. And McCain wants to say, if you’re homosexual, you can’t serve. It’s wrong. We need these kind of people. .."

<much more><by way of Steve Benen>
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/02/07/fox-news-dadt-repeal/
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/

[alsame]

1. I wonder how many right wing heads exploded. nt

[Cha]

2. Right wing generals calling out mccain on his hypocrisy?!

:nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke: on fauxsn00ze:nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke:

[alsame]

3. Yep, lol. nt

[RoyGBiv]

6. Ah hell ...

*MY* head just exploded. One does not expect certain things to be heard in certain people's voices.

Col. Hunt criticizing McCain or *any* hard-line, right wing viewpoint is one of them I never expected.

[goclark]

4. Oh to be a fly on the wall at McPain's house

Didn't his wife come out and take the opposite view ~ saw her in an AD on TV I think.

[monmouth]

5. And then to annoy poor John more...this part I love...Meghan calls

out Palin and the repubs as hypocrits. Bet John is not in a good mood these days...I love it!

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7. Couldn't happen to a more deserving ex mavericky.