Contentions Hagel: “Let the Jews Pay for it”

Commentary Mag ^ | 1/4/13 | Alana Goodman

[Nachum]

Adam Kredo reports that Chuck Hagel’s anti-Israel animosity was obvious well before his career in Congress. While heading up the USO, he clashed with Jewish leaders over a USO port in Haifa:

Hagel, who served as president and CEO of the World USO from 1987 to 1990, expressed intense opposition to the USO Haifa Center during a tumultuous 1989 meeting with Jewish leaders, according to multiple sources involved in the fight to keep the post open.

“He said to me, ‘Let the Jews pay for it’,” said Marsha Halteman, director for military and law enforcement programs at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), which led the battle to keep USO Haifa operational. …

“He essentially told us that if we wanted to keep the USO [in Haifa] open—and when I say ‘we’, he meant ‘the Jews’—he said the Jews could pay for it,” said Halteman, who recalled being taken aback by the comment.

“I told him at the time that I found his comments to be anti-Semitic,” she said. “He was playing into that dual loyalty thing.”

Eventually, a Jewish member of the USO board helped bring in money to keep it open, reports Kredo. But the fact that Hagel went out of his way to oppose the Israeli USO port–over objections from the pro-Israel community, the Navy, and Congress–is part of a pattern. His response about the “Jews” paying for it, because it was in Israel, is also revealing. While Hagel’s supporters will likely argue that this happened back in the late 1980s, that hardly means it should be discounted. In fact, it shows how deep-seated Hagel’s hostility toward the Jewish state has been.

[Nachum]

Hagel the fagel

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[SunkenCiv]

Of course, the Partisan Media Shills starting with the online shills will “joke” about how Hagel is and was a Republican, so his attitude is completely in character. Thanks Nachum.

[kstewskis]

I’m not a RINO Hagel fan, never was.... but to be fair, he said “I’m an American Senator, not an Israeli Senator.” Won’t fault him for keeping American interests first before foreign interests. Would anyone get this upset if he said the same thing about the Brits?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Hagel is polarizing.

Half the people think he’s great. The other half are fit to be tied.

There is virtually zero overlap.

[kstewskis]

Is there anyone in this admin that isn’t polarizing? I think that’s the main criteria for them.

[Noob1999]

Hey, no problem
It sounds like Hagel, as SecDef, is more than
tripally qualified than Lurch Kerry is as SOS.
Hell, they’re both purple heart decorated vets.

Now maybe Larry the Cable Guy to replace Geitner,
and Madonna to take over EPA from Jackson, and
in a tri-fecta, Michael Moore to oust Holder!

[Karliner]

John Kerry as sac of state and Hagle the Meshugha as secdef? Nooooooooo, Ameicca the beautiful, America the land of the free, America the republic, our children and fathers and ancestors who have died for Liberty, for each other in selflessness, America my love, my life, my memories is/are dying.

we must pray often and with heart, with indomitable spirit, for the principlalities and powers of darkness are destroying the very fabric of all that was built by our blood,sweat and tears.We must not let it end this way, must,hold the line.

Hagel must remember Genesis chapter 12. Must remember God exists and must remember Israel is the apple of His eye, and anyone not allied with His love( though He love His church),His Abrahamic covenent are doomed as a nation. This I believe. Therefore FOAD you government scumbags, FOAD!

Amein

[SueRae]

Note reports that gays have a problem with him because of a reported slur over a decade ago...nothing on his anti-Israel view.

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[Eleutheria5]

Every time the gnomic “the Jooos!” is used, I need look no further. He’s a skunk. What else to expect. I wonder if he’s one of the fagelach that want to outlaw circumcision in Frisco. Note I did not say “the Gays”.

[Nachum]

Hagel’s ah fagel?

[Eleutheria5]

That’s freep scuttlebut. I don’t have any other info, not interested enough to dig.

[SunkenCiv]

He’ll “apologize” for that and be confirmed. In part it’s one of those “choose your battles” things. In part it’s one of those “give them enough rope” things which will help whittle away Demwit control of the Senate in the next two elections, and of the presidency.