Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will soon be stepping down at the apparent behest of the White House, and many reports are at least partly blaming friction between Hagel and Obama about their differing views of the ISIS threat:
you can't have Hagel out there telling the nation how dangerous ISIS is while Obama wants to dismiss them as irrelevant
It's gonna get ugly— RockPrincess (@Rockprincess818) November 24, 2014
NYT says Hagel contrast w/ Obama in this vid was a reason WH turned on him. Guilty of not portraying ISIS as the JVs. http://t.co/PvqoHsIh3h
— Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) November 24, 2014
VIDEO: NYT: White House Found Hagel Guilty of Not Portraying Islamic State as The JV Team http://t.co/07f9q1dh1a pic.twitter.com/L4xUB8slfr
— Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) November 24, 2014
Hagel's big mistake, according to NYT: he told the truth about ISIS.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 24, 2014
Obama called ISIS a "JV team." Hagel called ISIS an "imminent threat" and "beyond anything we've seen." The wrong guy is resigning.
— Razor (@hale_razor) November 24, 2014
ISIS is now taking credit for Hagel’s ouster as U.S. SecDef:
ISIS claims the resignation of Chuck Hagel as a victory with a hashtag via @p_vanostaeyen https://t.co/OPNeDbooPB pic.twitter.com/DsBFTlYivN
— Sam Gad Jones (@samgadjones) November 24, 2014
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Secretary of Defence Hagel resigned … #ISIS celebrates with hashtag#الدولة_الإسلامية_تطيح_بوزير_الدفاع_الامريكي pic.twitter.com/a7PEvwJAUQ”
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) November 24, 2014
Ahhhhhh. ISIS has a hashtag celebrating the dismissal of Hagel. What a time to be alive. #Thismodernworld
— Disgruntled Barves Fan Off Szn (@TheScudStud) November 24, 2014
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