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Those are mild issues compared with the guy I saw making a speech. He is Slim Pickens in Dr Strangelove. Undiluted, doubt-free zealot.


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Re: Dangerous Appointee Alert
By: clo
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Sat, 12 Nov 16 4:51 PM
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I agree, he scares me.

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Since leaving government, Flynn has angered U.S. officials over his friendly ties to Russia, with which he has publicly advocated better relations and military cooperation in the Middle East — a departure from the official Pentagon line. He even recently sat at the head table at a dinner in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin, whom Trump has praised.

In addition to his unwelcome warnings after the killing of Osama bin Laden that the brand of terrorism he represented was still alive and well, Flynn also met resistance in the Obama administration by trying to reform the 17,000-strong DIA.

In December, he told a congressional committee that there are “some who abuse the system so badly that it makes corrupt governments in Third World nations blush.” He went so far as recommending that “half or more” of the civilian workforce in the Pentagon be let go, amounting to some 400,000 government jobs — a proposal bordering on sacrilege in D.C.’s corridors of power.

"He was not political while he was in uniform because of his professionalism," said Graham Plaster, a Navy officer and informal adviser to Flynn who is in contact with him regularly. "Now that his personal views are emerging that is because he has the benefit of being a civilian. I think the big contrast people are seeing, especially from inside the Pentagon, is simply due to the transition out of uniform."

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-general-michael-flynn-vp-225253


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