Hagel: Obama hurt his credibility by failing to act in Syria

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel criticized President Barack Obama on Friday over his failure to act in Syria after he warned President Bashar Al-Assad that the use of chemical weapons would be crossing a “red line”.

Speaking to the Foreign Policy magazine, Hagel said he believed Obama dealt a severe blow to the credibility of both Obama and the United States by not taking action after Assad used chemical weapons against Syrian civilians.