The man whom President-elect Donald Trump picked as his national security adviser has said he doesn’t believe that all cultures are “morally equivalent” and once described Islam as “a cancer”, comments that have many in the Muslim community anxious about what his new job might mean for them. Its analysts were not providing the kind of intelligence necessary in the counterinsurgency fight, Flynn said, and the US intelligence community “is only marginally relevant to the overall strategy”.
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“Islam is a political ideology“, Flynn said, as reported by Politico, adding “the American Founding Fathers wanted nothing to do with [it]”. “It definitely hides behind this notion of it being a religion”.
“General Flynn has also made inflammatory remarks regarding Islam, and not always distinguished between a faith practiced by millions of Americans and important allies around the world, and the perversion of that faith by the likes of ISIS and Al Qaeda”, Rep. Adam Schiff of California, said in a statement. “They have a worse problem than we do”.
His rhetoric rarely distinguishes between extremism and ordinary Muslims; instead, Flynn insists that Muslims have “banned the search for truth” because they believe the Quran, Islam’s holy book, is infallible. “I’ve gone through cancer in my own life”.
“I’ve said throughout the campaign that I am very passionate about certain issues”, Ivanka told “60 Minutes” last Sunday. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
Pompeo is a conservative Republican and a strong critic of Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.
Flynn is also noted for his ties to Russian Federation and respect for Vladimir Putin, an affection which may also bode him well in Trump’s administration.
“Every place you stare at the president’s policies you see what you just described”, Pompeo replied.
Kelley and Flynn Intel Group did not respond to calls and emails from the AP, and the Trump transition team did not respond to requests for comment.
“Neither Inovo, any of my other companies or my person are affiliated to the Turkish government in any form whatsoever”, he said. Since his stunning victory over Hillary Clinton last week, Trump has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Theresa May and almost three dozen other world leaders by telephone.
He drew public attention in January 2010, during his time in Afghanistan, for his unorthodox decision to have a Washington think tank, the Center for a New American Security, publish his critique of the USA intelligence system in Afghanistan.
Ruhle then asked how Flynn could respect Putin, “someone who kills journalists, who’s invaded Crimea”. You take those two things together, it means he has intimate knowledge of the intelligence community, intimate knowledge with how the men on the ground actually execute the mission.
Flynn replied, “Stop it with that kind of stuff….” “And we have to try to figure out: How do we combine the United States’ national security strategy along with Russia’s national security strategy, despite all the challenges that we face?”
“We have to deal with Russian Federation”, he said. We won’t succeed against this enemy with air strikes alone.
The video also insists people are unhappy in countries in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa – including Kenya, which it implies is a Muslim-majority country, but is actually largely Christian, with a small Muslim minority – yet are happy in Western countries that previously colonized those same Global South nations. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is a 20th century model and needs to be retooled for 21st century threats that we collectively face, you know cyber is one of them.
“Russia’s directly involved”, he said.
President-elect Donald Trump has begun to fill key law enforcement and national security positions as his team deployed “landing parties” to Washington, D.C.to expedite the transition process.
Mr Flynn’s army career was mainly in intelligence units.