[Peace-discuss] MoveOn petition in support of war skeptic Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense

[Robert Naiman]

Yup, he did. Then he turned and became an Iraq war skeptic and then a
sharp critic. Hagel is far and away the most war-skeptical person
being mooted for Secretary of Defense, and that's why the Jewish Right
is pulling out the stops to try to scuttle his nomination.



On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:43 PM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hagel voted for the Iraq war.
>
> From: Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
> To: Peace-discuss List <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:21 PM
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] MoveOn petition in support of war skeptic Chuck
> Hagel for Secretary of Defense
>
> Reportedly, Obama's first choice for Secretary of Defense is former
> Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, who was a sharp critic of the Iraq war,
> wants to end the war in Afghanistan, has publicly trashed the idea of war
> with Iran, and signed a letter initiated by Henry Siegman calling for the US
> to try to engage Hamas.
>
> Surprise! You Know Who is organizing a Swift Boat campaign on Hagel.
>
> So, I'm trying to get people engaged on the other side.
>
> One tool for doing so: I set up a community petition at Signon.org. The
> hope, among other things, is to get some liberal Democrats engaged who may
> be so-so on the idea of engagement with Hamas but are down with the idea
> that the President should get to pick the person that he wants.
>
> http://signon.org/sign/back-obama-in-tapping-1?source=c.url&r_by=1135580
>
>
>
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> Just Foreign Policy
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