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(131,391 posts)especially his decision to invade and occupy Iraq, which he once called "an absolute replay of Vietnam."
In the years since, he's remained a strong critic of Republicans in Congress.
"Now the Republican Party is in the hands of the right, I would say the extreme right, more than ever before. You've got a Republican Party that is having difficulty facing up to the fact that if you look at what happened during the first 8 years of the century, it was under Republican direction," Hagel told The Cable in a May interview. "The Republican Party is dealing with this schizophrenia. It was the Republican leadership that got us into this mess. If Nixon or Eisenhower were alive today, they would be run out of the party."
"Reagan would be stunned by the party today," Hagel said.'
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/11/28/chuck_hagel_being_vetted_for_national_security_post