Hagel just like I am is a Vietnam vet and unlike Kerry and others I think he has more integrity then the rest of the administration. It’s my understanding that the split was because Bowe Bergdahl was traded for 5 Taliban commanders. What Bergdahl did is not accepted in the military.
By Colonel Kenneth Allard (U.S. Army, Ret) ~
It took almost 40 years but the VietCong finally nailed Chuck Hagel, the only Vietnam enlistee to serve as Secretary of Defense. He was one of three people at the White House podium, taking a bullet for his Commander-in-Chief and offering his resignation like a good soldier even though his leadership was the only one not seriously in question.
Whether he was fired or voluntarily resigned, Chuck Hagel’s decision signified only one thing: Barack Obama no longer enjoys the confidence of the American military establishment. Basically, Sergeant Hagel resigned because his generals either would not or could not.
By law, the Secretary of Defense is the President’s alter ego, his twin in a Pentagon chain of command that begins at the top with a collective entity known as the NCA, or National Command Authorities. In the American civil-military relationship, civilians decide the…
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