Chemi Shalev Gets to the Bottom of It: Politically Inspired Swift Boating
As Chemi Shalev points out in this article, Chuck Hagel’s positions on the Arab-Israeli conflict are right on target, even if his positions on Iran and Hezbollah may rightly concern those (including me) who see the Iranian regime as ideologically & fanatically committed to develop nuclear weapons that MUST be stopped. But the whole wave of attacks against Hagel, as Shalev demonstrates, are more biased and politically motivated against Obama by right-wing Republicans and apocalyptic Jews, as this article from the New Yorker persuasively points out.
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