Foreign Policy.com has an interesting take on Iraq and Hagel...

[karynnj]

5. I quite agree that this is a very good explanation of what is happening

The fact is that the Republicans have worked hard to make the CW that Iraq was a success. It is very interesting that this team will make it more likely that Obama can really change overall foreign policy.

My husband made the comment to me that it looks like with Biden, Kerry and Hagel as the core people supporting him on foreign policy, Obama will have his own team. He commented that the first term included may people like Gates, who was a Bush guy and Clinton, who was needed for American political reasons more than foreign policy. It is interesting to think that Senator Lugar likely influenced every one of these people.