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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAgain We Ask - Who Gave Flynn the Orders to Talk to Russia?
New YorkerEven before Flynns rapid fall, his closest military colleagues had been struggling to make sense of what had happened to the talented and grounded general they once knew Some of Flynns former military colleagues, even those from whom hes drifted apart in recent years, told me they were skeptical that Flynn would have conducted shadow diplomacy on his own. Despite his reputation as an agitator, he was, in the end, a soldier who followed orders, they said.
Said one intelligence official: This story is bigger than Mike Flynn. Who told Mike to go do this? I think somebody said, Mike, youve got some contacts. Let them know its gonna be all right. Mikes a soldier. He did not go rogue.
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Again We Ask - Who Gave Flynn the Orders to Talk to Russia? (Original Post)
Jimbo101
Feb 2017
OP
He has been trained to carry out orders from his superiors his entire career!
FreeStateDemocrat
Feb 2017
#1
He was THE National Security Advisor - does he need orders? He was talking to Russia for years.
jmg257
Feb 2017
#4
FreeStateDemocrat
(2,654 posts)1. He has been trained to carry out orders from his superiors his entire career!
wishstar
(5,268 posts)2. Bannon calls the shots and made sure Trump said what Flynn did wasn't wrong
" I didnt direct him ― but I would have directed him, because thats his job, Trump said during a press conference at the White House.
What he did wasnt wrong, the president added. "
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-michael-flynn-russia_us_58a5eefde4b037d17d25d8e8
Seems very clear that if Trump didn't direct him, Bannon must have with Trump's approval
kacekwl
(7,016 posts)3. You'd think this is one of the questions the FBI asked him.
Was an answer given ?
jmg257
(11,996 posts)4. He was THE National Security Advisor - does he need orders? He was talking to Russia for years.
as a General, as a civilian, why would someone have to tell him to do his job?
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)5. I want to know what was said. Trump knows... if it's so innocuous, why can't we know what he said?
spanone
(135,816 posts)6. on THE day Obama placed the sanctions on russia and closed russian compounds
no coincidences in politics