Whether it was the right decision or not, history will determine that, there’s no question in my mind that it hurt the credibility of the president’s word when this occurred. Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel More Quotes by Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel More Quotes From Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel A president’s word is a big thing, and when the president says things, that’s a big deal. Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel latest-headlines They already had my resignation, so what was the point of just continuing to try to destroy me? Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel latest-headlines I always thought that we needed to more clearly define our political strategy along with our military strategy, there is no military solution to this. We are up against an ideology, we are up against a reality, a set of dynamics we've never seen before -- sophistication of social media, the military prowess, the tactical strategic prowess that ISIS possesses, the funding. Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel top-news Let's seize on the common interest. What is the common threat to all of those countries? What's our common interest here? ISIS. And you build around that, i don't think you're going to find a resolution to Assad until you figure out how you're going to deal with ISIS. Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel top-news So we should more clearly define, what is our political strategies? What are our priorities? Is Assad the enemy or is ISIS the enemy? Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel top-news What's happening here is completely out of control, and there's no prospect for bringing any kind of stability, I think, on the path we're on now, and that was what I was talking about in the memo. Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel top-news
