Sen. Hagel: "Iran Probably Has More Influence In Iraq Than We Do"...

Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) went on Fox News Sunday this morning to discuss the Middle East. The Senator, a vocal critic of the war in Iraq as of late, had harsh words about the situation in the Middle East.

SEN. HAGEL: "We've got a very unstable Middle East, I think the most unstable Middle East we've seen since 1948, and you can measure that any way you want. The fact is the future of Iraq will be determined by the Iraqi people, just like it was in Vietnam. The answer, in my opinion, is not to just keep feeding more American troops into it"...

"We, in fact, are in probably in a low-grade, perhaps very defined civil war. You've got corruption, everywhere, as bad as it's ever been. You've got uncontrolables that we can't control, we can't deal with. Iran probably has more influence in Iraq than we do"...

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