Bad Nominations, Worse Future

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Canada Free Press:

When one considers the damage to the nation’s economic system by the various ideologues appointed to Barack Obama’s cabinet during his first term, the nominations of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense, and John Brennan, the president’s national security advisor, to head the Central Intelligence Agency, are a disaster waiting to happen as is the proposed nomination of Sen. John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.

 

 

On March 13, 2012, I wrote a commentary, “Obama’s National Security Advisor ‘Went Native’ Years Ago” in which I cited a YouTube video in which Brennan praised Islam and Arab culture. At one point he addressed them in fluent Arabic. In 1996 he was the CIA station chief in Riyadh when a truck bomb killed U.S. servicemen. He has a long record of bad judgment and bad decisions regarding U.S. policy in the Middle East and one wonders if he had a hand in the Banghazi scandal cpver-up that was initially passed off at a random attack triggered by a video no one had seen.

His rise to the top ranks of the CIA ensures his selection will influence its approach to the rise of Islamism throughout the Middle East, including Obama’s tilt toward the Muslim Brotherhood and its takeover of Egypt, and the current Syrian civil war in which al Qaeda is playing an active role beside the Syrian rebels seeking to remove its dictator. That said, Brennan gets credit for his reported role in the assassination of Osama bin Laden and further efforts to degrade al Qaeda. It is a curious juxtaposition given his admiration for Islam and Arabs in general.

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The Anti-War/Anti-Semitic Defense Chief

 

 

President Obama has nominated former Senator and Vietnam war veteran Chuck Hagel to replace Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense, and John Brennan to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Although Brennan’s Senate confirmation may meet less resistance, Hagel’s nomination is sure to spark a fierce confirmation battle in the Senate — a battle that would be completely warranted. Hagel, after all, has espoused a deep kinship with the radical anti-war Left, advocated reckless foreign policy positions such as direct talks with terrorists and their leading sponsor, Iran, and demonstrated a nasty hostility to Israel and to Jews in general. To have this kind of individual serving as the head of the U.S. Defense Department is to severely jeopardize the security interests of the U.S., our ally Israel and the rest of the free world.

Hagel has become the darling of the radical anti-war crowd for his virulent attacks on President Bush’s Iraq war policies, his appeasement of Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas, and his sharp criticism of enhanced interrogation. Back in 2008, when Hagel’s name was first being floated for a possible cabinet position in the Obama administration, Medea Benjamin, executive director of the far-Left group CodePink, said: “Hagel would be a good choice. I think he’s shown himself to be an outspoken critic of the terrible policies of the Bush administration.”

 

 

Just the other day, Michael Moore reflected on Hagel’s stance against the Iraq war and wrote, “thank you, Chuck Hagel.”

 

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/the-anti-waranti-semitic-defense-chief/

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Jihad-Denialist Nominated to Head CIA

 

 

President Obama’s determination to keep his Middle East outreach agenda alive, no matter how at odds with reality, continues. Yesterday, John Brennan, Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, was nominated to head the CIA, replacing scandal-scarred David Petraeus. “John knows what our national security demands,” Obama announced.

“John has an invaluable perspective on the forces, the history, the culture, the politics, economics, the desire for human dignity driving so much of the changes in today’s world…He knows the risks that our intelligence professionals face every day.”

 

 

At best, the 25-year CIA veteran’s record is a mixed bag. At worst, he becomes another link in the administration’s efforts to normalize relations with Islamic terrorists.

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/arnold-ahlert/jihad-denialist-nominated-to-head-cia/

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