Critics of George W. Bush’s foreign policy now find themselves taking the heat

Special to WorldTribune.com

By Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times

Dogged critics of President George W. Bush’s foreign policies suddenly have found that managing the world, and radical Islam, is not as easy as it looked from the outside six or more years ago.

Chuck Hagel, as a U.S. senator, was perhaps the Bush administration's harshest critic, calling it arrogant and incompetent. Now as defense secretary six years into the Obama administration, he says, "The world is exploding all over."  /Photo by Nati Harnik
Chuck Hagel.  /Photo by Nati Harnik

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, as a senator and ex-senator, was perhaps Mr. Bush’s most punishing reviewer.

He said of the Bush administration in 2007: “It is my opinion that this is one of the most arrogant, incompetent administrations I’ve ever seen personally or ever read about — the most arrogant in history.”

At the Council on Foreign Relations in a talk on national security, he said:

“I would rate this one the lowest in capacity, in capability, in policy, in consensus — almost every area, I would give it the lowest grade.”

Last week, nearly six years into the Obama administration, Mr. Hagel addressed troops and said, “The world is exploding all over.”

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