Obamanomination

President Obama today announced he wants an apparent homophobic anti-Semite with a knack for appeasement to terrorism as his choice for Secretary of Defense.  RINO (Republican in name only) Chuck Hagel is a former Nebraska Senator.  He has served in the Obama administration as co-chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, a position which did not require confirmation by the Senate.  Hagel has, in the past, opposed any sanctions against Iran for its continued pursuit of nuclear weapons.  Hagel is also in favor of entering talks with the terrorist organization Hamas which lobs rockets into Israel like they are cheap fireworks (thanks to funding from....you guessed it, Iran).  Not that laying down for Hitler isn't enough to disqualify someone for Secretary of Defense, Hagel also once criticized an ambassador for being openly, aggressively gay, whatever that means.  Luckily, 14 years later, he managed to eek out an apology.

So what does this say about our fearless leader?  Mr. Hagel is unlikely to survive the nomination process and President Obama knew this before the announcement.  It may signal that Mr. Obama intends to go down the path of alienating Israel, in as much as he hasn't already done so.  This might be further supported by the fact that his nominee for director of the CIA.  Mr. Brennen has referred to Jerusalem as "Al Quds" as well as avoiding language that might tend to offend terrorists, like "jihadists".  It may also be a political calculation aimed at marginalizing Republicans.  The idea would be that he puts forth this token Republican who happens to have some very unattractive "qualities" so that media can splash headlines like "Republican Hagel's Anti-Israel, Anti-Gay Past Haunt Him At Hearings".  Call me a conspiracy theorist, but given the President Obama was offered all of the revenue he asked for in the "Fiscal Cliff" deal through tax reform and yet he insisted that it had to come through raising tax rates tells me his political calculations come before anything else.  The Cynic in Chief reigns supreme.