WASHINGTON – In a meeting with Jewish leaders, Chuck Hagel, US President Obama’s defense secretary nominee, affirmed his commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and to maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge.
“[Sen. Hagel] discussed his commitment to the US-Israel relationship, including his determination to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, to maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge, and to sustaining the Obama administration’s unprecedented security cooperation with Israel,” a statement Tuesday from Hagel’s office said. “He appreciated the opportunity to have a constructive, informed and wide-ranging discussion.”
…The meeting came days after after Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, conferred with top Jewish Democrats and apologized for a 2006 comment in which he described the “Jewish lobby” as “intimidating” and reassured them that despite his past skepticism of some sanctions on Iran and wariness of a military strike to keep it from obtaining a nuclear weapon, he was now on board with President Obama’s postures on those issues.
So after all the neocon scary stories and all the Dem centrist hand-wringing and after all the progressive pearl-clutching about finally beating back AIPAC and the Lobby…it’s Beltway conventional wisdom for the win!
Color me entirely unsurprised.
Yep just another sell out and why would anyone think he might work for Amerika interest.