Chuck Hagel is the right person at exactly the right time as
Secretary of Defense, for his thinking is in concert with main street America ~
but not necessarily in agreement with our AIPAC dominated Congress: Allen L Roland
Chuck
Hagel is a potential breath of fresh air in the corporate polluted and AIPAC
dominated belt way which
enjoys a good or excellent Congressional approval rating from a scant 9% of
American voters ~ and where 53% of Americans still
rightfully feel that neither party represents the American people.
Watch
and listen to Hagel's opening statement and you'll witness a humble and plain speaking American patriot who has
seen war and carnage first hand as an infantryman in Vietnam ~ and who is
committed to this refreshing declaration "that
our military policies must be worthy of the sacrifices of our military and
their families." 20 Minute video
Susan Eisenhower correctly writes on January 9th ~ " The Republican Party is now at a crossroads. Over the last decade moderate Republicans have felt increasingly out of place in its ranks. If the GOP confirms Hagel, it could bolster the idea of a “big tent” Republican Party. A GOP-led rejection of a Republican war hero with impeccable centrist credentials, however, could well be a fatal blow to that concept, along with some of the party’s longest and most successful traditions.." See article ~ http://susaneisenhower.com/2013/01/09/chuck-hagel-a-turning-point-for-the-gop/
Uri
Avery in Israel, precisely summed up my feelings about the Hagel nomination on
January 12, 2013 ~ " I FIND
Chuck Hagel eminently likeable. I am not quite certain why…
Perhaps
it’s his war record. He was decorated for valor in the Vietnam War (which I detested).
He was a mere sergeant. Since I was a mere corporal in our 1948 war, I find it
elating to see a non-commissioned officer become Minister of Defense…. Like
so many veterans who have seen war from close up (myself included), he has
become an enemy of war. Wonderful… NOW Hagel is violently attacked by
all the neocon warmongers, almost none of whom has ever heard a bullet whistle
in the wars to which they sent others, and the combined political regiments of
the American Jewish establishment….His main sin
seems to be that he objects to war against Iran. To be against an attack on
Iran means to be anti-Israeli, anti-Semitic, indeed to wish for the destruction
of Israel if not all Jews. Never mind that almost all present and past
chiefs of the Israeli army and intelligence community object to an attack on
Iran, too. But Benyamin Netanyahu apparently knows better…..
HOWEVER, HAGEL’S most heinous sin is
not often mentioned. While serving as the Republican senator for Nebraska,
he once uttered the unspeakable words: “I am an American senator, not an
Israeli senator!” That
is really the crux of the matter." See article ~ http://original.antiwar.com/avnery/2013/01/11/welcome-chuck/
Many Jewish groups and columnists are
strongly supporting Hagel. It appears to be only AIPAC ( the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee) and die hard neo-conservatives, like Senator
Lindsey Graham and the Weekly
Standard's Bill Kristol, who brought us
and supported the past decade of wars and
occupations ~ who obviously oppose him.
Lindsey Graham reading from his AIPAC script
Hagel is a ray of light in the darkness of
our illegal and costly occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan as well as our
current policy of thinly disguised Regime Change in Libya and Syria ~ so
watching Hagel effectively duel with John 'Bomb, Bomb' McCain as
well as Lindsey 'Israeli patriot' Graham gives me some hope for our immediate and
long term future ~ that is if this truth
teller is confirmed by the Senate.
Hagel's time has come and he is the right
person at the right time for an over-extended American empire that is
financially, morally and spiritually bankrupt.
"The bottom line is this:
Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government
is willing to comply with international law." - Jimmy Carter
Allen
L Roland
Freelance Alternative
Press Online columnist and psychotherapist Allen L
Roland is available for comments, interviews, speaking engagements and private
consultations ( allen@allenroland.com )
Allen
L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and
lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his web log and website allenroland.com
He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net
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