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Is Chuck Hagel a George Soros Plant? We Look At the Evidence

Jan. 20, 2013 11:23pm Mytheos Holt

Could Chuck Hagel, the man President Obama wants to become Secretary of Defense, secretly be a pawn of George Soros? It is a question that liberals would not bear hearing, and one that many conservatives, no doubt, would not bear going unanswered.

And indeed, evidence has come to light suggesting that the answer to this question may incline toward the positive. Specifically, a recent report by Aaron Klein of KleinOnline suggests the following about the would-be defense secretary:

Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee for defense secretary, serves on the board of a George Soros-funded group that advocates a nuclear-free world.

The Ploughshares Fund has a long history of anti-war advocacy and is a partner of the Marxist-oriented Institute for Policy Studies, which has urged the defunding of the Pentagon and massive decreases in U.S. defense capabilities, including slashing the American nuclear arsenal to 292 deployed weapons.

The Poughshares Fund has also partnered with a who’s who of the radical left, including Code Pink, the pro-Palestinian J Street, United for Peace & Justice, the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and the Demos progressive group, where Obama’s former green jobs czar, Van Jones, serves on the board.[...]

A primary Ploughshares donor is the Tides Foundation, a money tunnel in which leftist donors provide funds to finance other radical groups. Tides is itself funded by Soros.[...]

Ploughshares is directed by Joseph Cirincione, who served as an advisor on nuclear issues to Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Cirincione also served as director of nuclear policy at the Center for American Progress.

Among the groups Ploughshares donates to the anti-Israel Americans for Peace Now, the Arms Control Association, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Center for Policy Alternatives, the Soros-funded Center for Public Integrity, the radical Citizen Action, Citizens for Environmental Justice, the Coalition for New Priorities and the radical the Institute for Policy Studies.

This is damning stuff, and no doubt many would take evidence of a Soros connection as proof beyond doubt that Hagel is an anti-American radical, or possibly even someone who takes his marching orders from Soros.

But is that proof really so strong? Certainly Hagel’s choice to be on the board of an organization like the Ploughshares Fund, which does list Hagel as a board member on its website, is an argument against his judgment. But how much the organization’s connection to Hagel proves about his involvement with Soros, and how much a simple connection with Soros would prove about Hagel, are wider questions.

Six Degrees of George Soros: Is Hagel Connected?

To begin with, there is the matter of Hagel being on Ploughshares’ board. Certainly, given Ploughshares’ generally extremely anti-war and anti-nuclear stance (as documented in the above article), this is evidence that Hagel holds far more dovish views possibly than even President Obama. In fact, given that far left websites have attacked Soros as a war profiteer in the past, and Soros himself bought 2 million shares of Halliburton in 2007, it may indicate that Hagel holds views to the left of Soros himself.

But does serving on the board of an organization that takes some of its money from Soros prove that Hagel himself is in Soros’ pocket? Probably not. For one thing, given Soros’ aforementioned investment in Halliburton, that would make anyone serving on Halliburton’s board into a potential Soros puppet. It would also open the way to an accusation of Soros-fraternizing against people such as Dick Cheney, which is a difficult accusation to stomach. It is also unclear how much money the Tides Foundation donated to Ploughshares, whether Hagel himself drew a salary from nonprofit work with this group, and how much Hagel was involved in the day-to-day decision making at Ploughshares.

Moreover, if the aforementioned standard that serving on an organization’s board makes you complicit with the people funding it were applied, it would mean that Ploughshares is not Hagel’s only connection to Soros. In fact, given that Hagel is listed as serving on the board of the Chevron Corporation, it would mean that until last year, when Soros sold his shares in Chevron, Hagel was connected to Soros through two separate channels. In fact, given Soros’ prolific charitable giving (not all of which goes to partisan causes), there are probably more connections still to be found in the full list of other organizations whose boards Hagel sits on. That list is as follows:

Bread for the World, Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, Center for the Study of the Presidency, Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, George C. Marshall Foundation, Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Global Strategy Forum, Global Zero, Hamilton Project, Initiative for Global Development, Lung Cancer Alliance, International Center for the Study Of Radicalization and Political Violence, National Bureau of Asian Research’s Next Generation Leadership Board, Ploughshares Fund, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, U.S. Institute of Peace Middle East Senior Working Group, U.S. Middle East Project, America Abroad Media, American Security Project, and The Washington Center. He is also co-chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Corporate Council.

Still, say for the sake of argument that Hagel was connected to Soros. Would that mean Hagel was an anti-American or anti-Israeli radical? Maybe, but not necessarily so. Even though Soros himself skews very far left, not everyone with a connection to Soros even qualifies as being a Democrat, let alone being a far left radical, though most of them do qualify as being relatively non-interventionist on foreign policy. For instance, Texas Congressman Ron Paul was accused by Frontpage Magazine of taking advice on foreign policy from Soros-funded scholars during the 2012 election. Paul’s foreign policy views were, obviously, far to the left of the Republican party, and arguably even to the left of the President, but no one would accuse Paul – whose time in Congress included vigorous anti-communist rhetoric prior to the fall of the Soviet Union – of being as far to the Left as the Institute for Policy Studies, which some claim was originally a communist front, though Paul may agree with its scholars on foreign policy.

Finally, retiring Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton may be preparing to assume leadership of one of Soros’ many organizations after leaving her present position. Clinton also spent Election Night 2004 at Soros’ apartment. Clinton’s tenure in office has been criticized for many things, but rarely for insufficient hawkishness. In fact, when she assumed office, Clinton was considered one of the more hawkish members of Obama’s cabinet by some sources.

Granted, from a conservative perspective, Soros’ views on foreign policy are troubling, to say the least. However, those looking for evidence of Hagel’s foreign policy extremism need not go so far as to ascribe sinister motives to his connection to an organization that gets money from another organization that is connected to Soros. The fact that Hagel supported resurrecting a draft, and the mission of the Ploughshares Fund more or less provides that evidence on its own:

Since 1981, Ploughshares Fund has led and supported a community of experts, advocates and analysts to implement smart strategies to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.

As a publicly supported foundation, we have raised over $80 million to fund the smartest people with the best ideas. We’ve leveraged the impact of those funds with our own advocacy, connections, media profile and leadership. Combining high-level advocacy, an enhanced grantmaking capacity and our own expertise, we are enhancing global security.

In short, when a nominee serves on the board of an organization that wants to do away with nuclear weapons altogether, focusing on that organization’s connection to Soros is arguably missing the forest for the trees. The fact that Hagel skews left on foreign policy has become common knowledge by this point, and has not deterred President Obama from nominating him. Skewing far enough left to want to do away with nuclear weapons, on the other hand, may be a tougher sell come Hagel’s confirmation hearings.

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Comments (124)

SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 7:20am
God will take care of Soros, make no mistake about it. Pray for that day!

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- BlueStrat
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:22am
  Maybe God will manifest as a garage-built drone.
  
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piper60
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 7:19am
Unfortunately, we have a rubber stamp congress, when it comes to cabinet appointees. The last secretary of defense is unqualified, so why shouldn’t this one be?

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- truthnstuff
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:26am
  This entire regime is an extension of the Muslim Brotherhood. Congress is entirely inept or complicit. If the few new constitutionalists , like Paul and Cruz cannot start reversing, or at least halting, the tyranny we are being brought under, we will be herded up.
  
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cloudsofwar
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 7:12am
four more years of obama’s bullcrap. hagel? who cares. were finished, if you don’t believe it just follow the news.

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- freedomofspeech
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:28am
  Yeah, can’t trust your doctor, can’t trust our government, if you read GB Agenda 21, I’m going into the shadows for the next 4 years.
  
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lisalake
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 5:35am
It doesn’t really matter, does it? The senate will huff and puff for a day or two in their lame dog & pony show where they pretend they are doing their job…. and then confirm him.

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TrueSoundsOfLiberty
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 5:27am
Is this site a breeding ground for conspiracy nuts? The evidence says yes!
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- dietrdeb
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 5:52am
  So you come here with an anti Christian logo, and then start by paying insults. Your a Douche ****** aren’t you? Laying around with your mom’s house coat on, eating ice cream to calm you down after another girl you were stalking filed a restraining order against you. And now you are left with nothing to do but put the old trench coat on again and head to the mall to flash another mother who is just trying to load a few bags into her trunk! How is that for a conspiracy theory, I think that you belong to the religion of MORONS!
  
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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 5:57am
  TRUESOUND, How about this, why dont you comment specifically on the information in the article, instead of the typical leftist tactic of demeaning the messenger?
  
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- LogCabinRepublican
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 7:09am
  @TRUESOUND – Conspiracy Theory – Conspiracy are two different things and what this is, is honest reporting and questioning unlike any of the other news outlets. If you don’t like REAL reporters then get your ASH off this site and back to MSNBC
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:06am
  It appears to be effective bait for godless morons.
  
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- marybethelizabeth
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:57am
  I always wondered how this secret puppetry worked.
  
  According to young Mr. Holt’s article, he thinks if anyone once owned stock in a company they become a puppetmaster of the board of directors, even after they sell the stock, as George Soros has by selling his holdings in Chevron. Is this some kind of special stock class that includes puppetry rights?
  
  And now that young Mr. Holt has exposed this secret relationship, what is the correct terminology to use to describe it? “Once Secret Puppet” doesn’t work. “No Longer Secret Puppet” doesn’t either.
  
  Mr. Holt again gets an incomplete article past theblaze editors. Are the editors Mr. Holt’s secret puppets? That does appear to be the case.
  
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- jcldwl
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:02am
  @ true
  It was Cass Sunstein who said call it a conspiracy even if it’s the truth. Are you really that bald headed narcissistic, egomaniac, lying, regulations writing, communist, fool.
  
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- thibx
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:38am
  true sound of liberty–you would not know truth if it hit you in the face.
  
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- jordy2010
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 4:29pm
  I find your avatar EXTREMELY offensve………
  
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hillbillyinny
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 4:53am
I would not be surprised at all to learn that there is a “Soros” or other insidious connection in all this!

Money rules the world, and this man considers himself “a messiah.”

God help us all!

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- Obama Been Lauding
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 5:19am
  Someone needs to check up on the “Ghosttown Cities” built by the Chinese.
  Are these possibly to be inhabitated by some Americans, for slave labor, to pay off our debt to the Chinese, once the dollar craters???
  
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- SimretYusef
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 5:34am
  Nooooo…of course not! There is nobody that would do anything to hurt the United States of America!
  
  RIGHT?
  
  Ok then…with that settled now…pop…let’s go fish’n? Ok Opie…let’s go…and we’ll pick up Barney on the way…in case something bad happens…Nah….nothing bad could happen could it pop?
  
  WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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tonypro
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 4:49am
Why not, he’s one of ocommies puppet masters.

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50Caliber
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 4:47am
The Obama administration is out to destroy America. They already have a good start because of the idiots who vote, and know not a damn thing except …”FREE STUFF”

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resme
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 4:13am
Chuck Hagel is a member of the CFR. Don’t believe his anti-war rhetoric. He’s itching to bomb Pakistan children…

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- justangry
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 5:36am
  Yeah really. It’s not like Soros is the only member in the CFR trying to establish world governance. I can’t believe the left isn’t crying fowl about appointing Brennan to the CIA. CEO of a security firm, huge neocon, and supported torture under Bush. Kind of suggests that Obama and the neoconservatives aren’t really adversaries.
  
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- resme
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 7:20am
  “Kind of suggests that Obama and the neoconservatives aren’t really adversaries.”
  
  That’s why Obama and bush aren’t really different. Both surrounded themselves with CFR members and previous employees of the Federal Reserve. It’s like they have no say in the matter, huh? Example; George Bush’s treasury sec was Henry Paulson. (CFR member) Now the new treasury sec for Obama is Jacob Lew. ( CFR member)
  
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- justangry
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:33am
  Don’t forget Newt Gingrich (CFR) and Paul Ryan wrote that article for their blog, “the Globalist”. Every media mogul in the country… CFR. World governance doesn’t appear to be a right vs. left issue. Could the masses be fooled by propaganda? Nah… Pfft!
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 4:07am
Soros does not directly control Hagel, yet you can be sure his choice comes from some very well placed ‘suggestions’ to Obama.

Remember, Soros is not known as the puppet master for nothing. You always have to look at all he does six-ways from Sunday to anticipate or discover the links and his intentions.

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- M24
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 6:10am
  Soros is a Vile ,Evil ,Pathetic Excuse for a gathering place for DNA. I have Seen Evil Men in my time ,but Soros Goes to the Top Of The Chart.
  
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ThoreauHD
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:40am
I’m glad Glenn’s staff finally picked up on this. He has more of Soros’ fingers rammed up his backside than Obama.

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- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 2:07am
  Good, Christian rhetoric there.
  
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rickroland
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:48am
Anyone connected to Soros should be automatically banned from Federal public office (elected or appointed), as they couldn’t possibly uphold their oaths of office:

An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services shall take the following oath: ‘I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

Specifically the “… support and defend the Constitution of the United States…” part.

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- Thatsitivehadenough
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:37am
  HE’S DEFINITELY ASSOCIATED. As are everyone associated with everything on this list: http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1237
  
  Ploughshares is included in this list.
  
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:47am
Gee, Sounds like a wacko nutty conspiracy theory.

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Rock_Moninoff
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:46am
Why hasn’t this guy, Soros, assumed room temperature by now?

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- LDSmommy
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 3:26am
  THAT is funny! Room temp…lol. Yeah, he is rather vampish now.
  
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- jettson
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:12am
  This is the one guy I wish someone would shoot. He like Bozo wants to destroy the country.
  
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CathyvanDyke
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:15am
What you say Glenn? Why the heck are Republican members not asking the hard questions? What about John Boehner? .

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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:36am
  Prior to the election Glenn Beck would have been on the Hagel/Soros connection lickity split. Glenn … please refocus and continue to expose the Marxist and Islamic appeasers who have deceptively infiltrated the American administration under the Democratic banner.
  
  Glenn Beck: Van Jones unhinged
  September 1, 2009
  http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/29967/
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:26am
  What does it matter? doesn’t any good to “expose” this guy of nobody is going to do anything about it. If Glen is so sure of Soros’s diabolical plans and wrongdoing, why haven’t there been lawsuits filed, charges pressed? Makes you wonder if Glen is not also working with Mr. George. What is going to happen when Soros goes to grass, he is pretty old. WHy doesn’t Glen expose the heir to the kingdom?
  
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- donsfirstwife
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 3:02pm
  I am beginning to think Boehner and a lot of the House Republicans are merely Rinos and tools of the Left. The House is supposed to control the purse strings so why in heaven’s name don’t they put the brakes on all the unnecessary spending.
  
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Damocles
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:04am
I don’t trust anything that comes from Vlad Soros the undead blood-sucker, the teflon President or any of his minions, potential or otherwise. The American people are largely tuned out and being fed the pork by products of the presstitutes and hollyweird to even care.

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IndyGuy
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:57pm
“”Is Chuck Hagel a George Soros Plant?”"…YES!!!

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- CatB
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:07am
  So is Obama … are we supposed to be surprised by any of this?
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:25am
  Low information voters would be…
  
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- LDSmommy
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 3:22am
  No IndyGuy-the low info voters wouldn’t be surprised by this, they simply DON’T CARE.
  
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Grand design
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:53pm
It doesn’t matter much because his soon to be boss is a Soros indentured servant! Hagel will just follow orders from his boss!

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nzkiwi
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:52pm
Still, the suggestion is not without merit…

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SUNTZU
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:50pm
I feel like I’m back at the Alamo.

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- M13
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:07am
  Why do you need to rent a car?
  
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- Spitfire1938
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:46am
  @M13
  Jeeze… get a grip man… this is serious… I tried real hard… but couldn’t resist a chuckle. Thanks
  
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Leveraction3030
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:46pm
The question may be what does Soros’s have on him? An affair or two, maybe some funds went into the wrong bucket, it is anybody’s guess. It appears he has been bought lock stock and barrel.

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aproudinfidel
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:36pm
And the benefits would be manifold.

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aproudinfidel
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:29pm
Seriously, would this surprise any of us? I don’t think so. I would trust Hagel about as far as you could throw him. This guy is scary.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:45pm
  No scarier than Rumsfeld or Cheney….At least Hagel isnt talking about killing people
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:31am
  Soy-
  but Brennan sure is. He is the drone murder mac-daddy. That is the future of American interventionism.
  And just wait for the blow back on that, drones are not hard to make and soon other countries will be sending them over the border for targeted killings in response.
  
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- FreeUsAll
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:49pm
  Soy, the elected dictator stated he wanted to end the wars, then jumped in on at least three more. Don’t think for one second Hagel isn’t a neocon warmonger like the rest. He’ll go to war, just not with boots on the ground.
  
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civilwarcometh
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:29pm
Anyone who obama pick’s for anything is evil.He will sell us out to China. C’mon blaze this is important.http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/china-poised-to-play-debt-card-for-u-s-land/

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- LetThereBeLight
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:42pm
  Worth reading in my opinion!
  
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- LetThereBeLight
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:44pm
  Your link, I mean!
  
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- BIG_G
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:41am
  read your WND post CIVILWAR, funny how when it was Clinton, he gave a way sensitive ICBM intel to those chicomms, and now Obama with a white trashy mama wants to give them our land. Another reason they want to disarm us and with China’s blessing.
  
  China is the NWO globaist model for controlling the population & their planned economy. I know one thing, it’ll be easy ammo pickings for anyone who totes the trusty AK.
  
  never give up your weapons..
  
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TotallyNotATroll
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:26pm
Sorry The Blaze, he’s not a plant, he’s an animal (ba dum ching)

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- IndyGuy
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:52pm
  Good one…
  
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