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Kudos to President Obama for dumping this inept Republican from his fine staff
President Obama crossed party lines to nominate Republican Hagel to this position. He gave this man a chance to meet Obama's high standards, demonstrating that ideological purity does not hamper his selection of people or solutions to address the problems which plague this nation. Hagel, the Republican, simply couldn't do the job. He couldn't keep up with the many problems which were popping up around the world. He simply was overwhelmed by the complexity of it all, like a true Republican. So our great President Obama told him to get the hell out.
Republicans simply can't hack it, as Hagel so recently has demonstrated. The pathetic Republican Congress will want another one of their rejects to replace him.
White House Spin: President Obama says he only freed the Taliban Five to free an alleged POW. But that's not true. Two years ago, he was trying to spring the same Taliban leaders without any bargaining chip.
The original deal was a straight release, naked any "patriotic" trade for a U.S. soldier allegedly taken hostage by the Taliban.
According to reports in the Afghan, British and American press in the summer of 2012, the White House was working out a "peace-building" deal with the Taliban that involved cutting loose their entire leadership from Gitmo.
Reportedly, Obama had been negotiating behind the scenes with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who was the key broker. The release — which included the Taliban's deputy intelligence chief, interior minister, defense chief and military commander — hinged only on Karzai certifying they no longer posed a threat.
They had to disavow terrorism and any allegiance to al-Qaida, even though such promises have proved meaningless in the past.
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"We actually sent a delegation three months ago to Guantanamo prison where Taliban prisoners were interviewed," Karzai told reporters in July 2012 following talks with other Taliban representatives in Japan.
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Obama agreed to their release as part of his Afghan withdrawal strategy. He and Karzai thought it would buy good faith and peace among the Taliban — an insurance policy against a Taliban takeover as American troops exit Afghanistan. The release, in fact, was part of a larger amnesty program for Taliban fighters, known locally as the Afghan Peace and Reintegration Program.
The original Taliban Five deal fell apart as Obama met stiff resistance from the U.S. intelligence community. And it proved too politically radioactive to sell to Congress.
I bet the ghost writers are lining up around the block to help Hagel do his book.
Think about it ..... 3 of Obama's Defense Secretaries with books about him while he is still in office.
4 Defense Secretaries in less than a full 6 years is amazing in itself, but 3 Books while still in office - that is Historic.
President Obama crossed party lines to nominate Republican Hagel to this position. He gave this man a chance to meet Obama's high standards, demonstrating that ideological purity does not hamper his selection of people or solutions to address the problems which plague this nation. Hagel, the Republican, simply couldn't do the job. He couldn't keep up with the many problems which were popping up around the world. He simply was overwhelmed by the complexity of it all, like a true Republican. So our great President Obama told him to get the hell out.
Republicans simply can't hack it, as Hagel so recently has demonstrated. The pathetic Republican Congress will want another one of their rejects to replace him.
LOL...seems he is doing better and stayed longer than even...say....holder....LOL...
I guess even holder a "D" could not even keep up Obama amazing standards....LOL...
Where or where will Obama find another incompetent yes-man to replace him?
Obama is just playing damage control at this point. His appointments are not chosen for their abilities, experience and competence, they are chosen for their slavish loyalty to Obama.
Hagel's problem was that while he met the low bar for incompetence, he was too independent, and spoke out of turn too often, making the Preezy look bad. Only Joe Biden can get away with that kind of behavior.
President Obama crossed party lines to nominate Republican Hagel to this position. He gave this man a chance to meet Obama's high standards, demonstrating that ideological purity does not hamper his selection of people or solutions to address the problems which plague this nation. Hagel, the Republican, simply couldn't do the job. He couldn't keep up with the many problems which were popping up around the world. He simply was overwhelmed by the complexity of it all, like a true Republican. So our great President Obama told him to get the hell out.
Republicans simply can't hack it, as Hagel so recently has demonstrated. The pathetic Republican Congress will want another one of their rejects to replace him.
Oh, please, he wanted a Republican to be able to blame. I am waiting with baited breath for who is idiotic enough to agree to take the job on now.
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LOL...seems he is doing better and stayed longer than even...say....holder....LOL...
I guess even holder a "D" could not even keep up Obama amazing standards....LOL...
What a failure of a post....
Holder was AG for 6 years, which destroys your argument.
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