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2015-08-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Former DIA director: Obama White House Made "Willful Decision" to Support AQ and MB in Syria

[Freedom Outpost] In Al Jazeera's latest Head to Head episode, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Michael Flynn confirms to Mehdi Hasan that not only had he studied the DIA memo predicting the West's backing of an Islamic State in Syria when it came across his desk in 2012, but even asserts that the White House's sponsoring of radical jihadists (that would emerge as ISIL and Nusra) against the Syrian regime was "a willful decision." [Lengthy discussion of the DIA memo begins at the 8:50 mark.]

Amazingly, Flynn actually took issue with the way interviewer Mehdi Hasan posed the question--Flynn seemed to want to make it clear that the policies that led to the rise of ISIL were not merely the result of ignorance or looking the other way, but the result of conscious decision making:

Hasan: You are basically saying that even in government at the time you knew these groups were around, you saw this analysis, and you were arguing against it, but who wasn't listening?

Flynn: I think the administration.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-08-10 01:56|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Why limit yourself to internal policies---why mess a single country, when you can mess the entire world?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-08-10 02:11|| 2015-08-10 02:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Arab Spring regime change [picking winners and losers] gone terribly wrong. The Russians are not about to write Assad off. Any junior foreign affairs or policy analyst could have predicted this.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-08-10 08:33|| 2015-08-10 08:33|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm always amazed to see what general officers are willing to disclose as soon as the designation "(Ret.)" appears after their names. I'm tempted to put that designation after all their names so we can get the full picture.

Posted by Matt 2015-08-10 13:19|| 2015-08-10 13:19|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm always amazed to see what general officers are willing to disclose as soon as the designation "(Ret.)" appears after their names. I'm tempted to put that designation after all their names so we can get the full picture.Posted by: Matt

I generally agree Matt, but Flynn pretty much stayed at war with the regime [and their Klingon handlers] until he and his deputy were fired/told to retire. Mike Flynn uses every opportunity and forum at his disposal to stick it up Champ's arse.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-08-10 14:30|| 2015-08-10 14:30|| Front Page Top

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