So.... Ray, admittedly I just havent followed as much of this campaign outside of the Johnson/Weld World....
So, what's the scoop on this Flynn dude?
(There, politics thread officially started...)
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May as well have a version of this convo going on here, Dweb, & D90 right?
Flynn is a polarizing figure in my world. He has very loyal supporters-not surprising given the community he grew up in (SpecOps) but his tenure at DIA did not go well and even apology pieces long on praise and short on substance don't have a good explanation for that (
http://observer.com/2016/11/the-mike-flynn-i-know/). I know the guy who followed him very well and lets just say it is has been very easy being the guy that followed him and improving the organization not just in terms of morale but more importantly output.
As far as what it gets us, you get someone who seems to genuinely believe ISIS is an existential threat to the US (it isn't, even if they formed a Caliphate of all the Arab Muslim world it would have the GDP of Spain, and then be easily targeted) but has some close ties with Russia-which is an existential threat to the US.
You'll note that he ended up as NSA...b/c he isn't going to make it through Congress for a more important position (SecDef, DNI, etc).
At this point I hope that Mattis gets the nod for SecDef, as unlikely as I think that will be, just because we could use a warrior in that spot-and to tell the rest of the swamp draining swampies what is what about the real world.