Retired
three star General Flynn being grilled by the media must wonder about
the thanks one gets for military service from the media. Flynn's
record is pretty good and he worked within the Obama era for the
military and to lead the Defense Intelligence Agency following the
President's nomination. President Obama Nominated Gen Flynn (ret.) to
head Defense Intelligence Agency 2012
C.B.S.'s story on the general doesn't do much to help clear up Flynn's reputation publicly speaking. The media seem to be trying to trim Trump with hi association to Flynn and through Flynn; the Russians!
Flynn retired from the Army in 2014 after 33 years of distinguished service. After the President, Congress and Supreme Court forced homosexual marriage upon Army and the nation it must have been very tough to continue to serve.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/08/527406535/watch-live-sally-yates-testifies-before-senate-on-russia-trump
Evidently the general, according to his wikipredia biography, differed politically from the administration on foreign policy somewhat. Generals move into the political realm if they are high enough and if they really don't agree with the President's policies such as building up conflict in Syria then friction will grow.
It is a shame the Michael T. Flynn has to receive such public relations toasting so soon after retiring from the military. Russia is something of a common combatant in arms defending against Muslim terrorists and meeting with them was not a bad thing-especially since the Obama administration has done whatever it can to create bad Russian-American relations.
Politics has deeper root causes that the public never really learns. When Trayvon Martin was killed President Obama said that he could have been the son he never had. When two Boston doctors were slain by Bumpumim Teixeira former President Obama who received the Profiles in Courage from the Kennedy's the day before, did not say that Bumpumim Teixeira was like the son he never had; politicians choose carefully who they want to identify with.
General Flynn was a reasonable choice for the job of National Security Adviser. Apparently his main fault that is tarnishing a stellar career for any ordinary soul, was failing to disclose his payment for speaking in Russia. If he had been as famous as President Obama who just got a half million or so for a speaking engagement from his Wall Street admirers, everyone would have known without need for disclosure.
Former General Flynn's talk was not any sort of criminal or espionage related activity. Speaking for even the Russian media isn't a thing one does if trying to conceal payments from foreign enemies or even occasional friends like the French. He said that he believed he did not need to disclose the payment for public speaking, and that probably is true. It seems as if the real problem with the general is political and concerns Syria and Muslim terrorism.
Probably President Trump should pardon Michael Flynn and restore him to some sort of decent job. The USA. cannot really afford to toss people like that out with the trash.
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