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MBS

(9,688 posts)
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 01:50 PM Jan 2013

Max Cleland on the prospect of a Kerry and Hagel cabinet duo


http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/max-cleland-chuck-hagel-bullshit.php?ref=fpblg

In a long interview, Cleland — who was severely wounded in the Vietnam War, leaving him in a wheelchair — praised Hagel as well as Obama’s pick to lead the State Department, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA). Hagel and Kerry also served in Vietnam. Cleland said having two combat vets at the top of the nation’s foreign policy will help set a new course after more than a decade of war following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

“Look at John Kerry and Chuck Hagel, two wounded combat veterans of the Vietnam War. They’ve got five purple hearts between them. That’s the kind of people we want withdrawing from Afghanistan and ending this insane war and occupation and focusing the country on using the American military to stay out war, but if we get in war to win war and win it quickly,” he said.

Cleland said the pair will bring harmony to the civilian and military sides of American foreign policy.

“I see them as the perfect dynamic duo — Batman and Robin, Salt and Pepper, Tom and Jerry. Whatever you want to call it, instead of State and DoD fighting each other all the time as is historically the case, I see them hand-in-glove together,” he said. The two “share a common background,” he added. “They have both been shot at and hit.”
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Max Cleland on the prospect of a Kerry and Hagel cabinet duo (Original Post) MBS Jan 2013 OP
They do both seem to be anti-war, in some sense Doctor_J Jan 2013 #1
Only if we the people arm them with flamethrowers. n/t Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #2
LOL. I like his enthusiasm. Mass Jan 2013 #3
Well, Kerry is taller karynnj Jan 2013 #4
Definitely :-) Inuca Jan 2013 #9
Second term... YvonneCa Jan 2013 #10
LOL, that was my first though when he started naming duos.n/t wisteria Jan 2013 #8
Still loving Senator Cleland LadyBirdJohnson Jan 2013 #5
I'm a Cleland fan, too MBS Jan 2013 #6
Perfect. Couldn't have said it better... YvonneCa Jan 2013 #7
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
1. They do both seem to be anti-war, in some sense
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 02:02 PM
Jan 2013

I wonder if they will be able to beat back the war profiteers and cut back our involvement/expenditure.

Mass

(27,315 posts)
3. LOL. I like his enthusiasm.
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 03:13 PM
Jan 2013

Just a question: who is Batman and who is Robin?

Anyway, for all my reservations concerning Hagel, it will be good to have two people on the same wavelength when it comes to these issues (and hopefully on the right wavelength).

LadyBirdJohnson

(17 posts)
5. Still loving Senator Cleland
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 04:26 PM
Jan 2013

No he didn't say, Salt and Pepper....lol. I love this man so much and I completely agree with him but I like to think of them as......Superman and Batman!

YvonneCa

(10,117 posts)
7. Perfect. Couldn't have said it better...
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 05:08 PM
Jan 2013

...myself. "Five purple hearts between them". Waiting for Faux News to report on that...

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