Hagel Fired Not Resigned

                              Hagel Fired Rice Still Has Obama's Ear

 

The word is that Hagel did not resign but was fired

When independent thought conflicts with the CinC’s insular views, he quickly tires

Obama’s view of the world remains wishfully surreal

He cannot view the world as it is but through glasses unreal

Hagel saw ISIS as a threat and did not believe air alone would contain

He did not along with the top brass buy into the air strikes alone refrain

China’s footprint growing in Asia, Putin knocking on NATO’s Eastern door

Iran with another extension to a nuke build, our military downsizing struggling to remain top drawer

ISIS not contained with air strikes alone, jihadist terror on a steady rise

With Susan Rice advising Obama, we should be terrified of the next surprise

The true JV team is Coach Obama and the players he listens to for advice

Independent lions not but rather more like blind mice

One would hope that Obama has finally realized the world is a dangerous place

And his lack of leadership throughout the world is a complete disgrace

One knows not who the new Secretary of Defense will be Obama’s choice

But the grilling in the Red Senate on defense policy will not give cause for him to rejoice

If Obama’s ego were not so inflated and his narcissism so of the charts

He would not have fired Hagel, not forced him to depart

But to collect a paycheck on the Obama team one must follow the Obama slant

Check your intellectual integrity and assume the role of the sycophant

© November 24, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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