Flynn stopped military plan Turkey opposed after being paid as its agent
Source: McClatchy DC
One of the Trump administrations first decisions about the fight against the Islamic State was made by Michael Flynn weeks before he was fired and it conformed to the wishes of Turkey, whose interests, unbeknownst to anyone in Washington, hed been paid more than $500,000 to represent.
The decision came 10 days before Donald Trump had been sworn in as president, in a conversation with President Barack Obamas national security adviser, Susan Rice, who had explained the Pentagons plan to retake the Islamic States de facto capital of Raqqa with Syrian Kurdish forces whom the Pentagon considered the U.S.s most effective military partners. Obamas national security team had decided to ask for Trumps sign-off, since the plan would all but certainly be executed after Trump had become president.
Flynn didnt hesitate. According to timelines distributed by members of Congress in the weeks since, Flynn told Rice to hold off, a move that would delay the military operation for months.
If Flynn explained his answer, thats not recorded, and its not known whether he consulted anyone else on the transition team before rendering his verdict. But his position was consistent with the wishes of Turkey, which had long opposed the United States partnering with the Kurdish forces and which was his undeclared client.
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No wonder there were no takers when he was asking for immunity. He's going to do hard time.
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(101,308 posts)That's the summary.