Obama White House made “willful decision” to support Al-Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood in Syria

Pamela Geller ^ | 08/07/15

[Enlightened1]

Former DIA director: Obama White House made “willful decision” to support Al-Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood in Syria.

Mehdi Hasan is a highly suspect analyst and Foreign Policy Journal appears to be a pro-jihad paleocon publication, and Al Jazeera is certainly a pro-jihad propaganda outlet. All that is noted, but if this transcript is accurate, former DIA director Michael Flynn is confirming that the Obama Administration knowingly decided to support al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, and directly enabled the rise of the Islamic State. And given the Obama Administration’s general stance toward the global jihad and Islamic supremacism, what would be unbelievable about that?

In a sane political atmosphere, this would be enough to bring down the Obama presidency. Instead, it will get little notice and no action whatsoever.

[Enlightened1]

“Rise of Islamic State was ‘a willful decision’: Former DIA Chief Michal [sic] Flynn,” by Brad Hoff, Foreign Policy Journal, August 7, 2015 (thanks to Joshua):

In Al Jazeera’s latest Head to Head episode, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Michael Flynn confirms to Mehdi Hasan that not only had he studied the DIA memo predicting the West’s backing of an Islamic State in Syria when it came across his desk in 2012, but even asserts that the White House’s sponsoring of radical jihadists (that would emerge as ISIL and Nusra) against the Syrian regime was “a willful decision.” [Lengthy discussion of the DIA memo begins at the 8:50 mark.]

Amazingly, Flynn actually took issue with the way interviewer Mehdi Hasan posed the question—Flynn seemed to want to make it clear that the policies that led to the rise of ISIL were not merely the result of ignorance or looking the other way, but the result of conscious decision making:

Hasan: You are basically saying that even in government at the time you knew these groups were around, you saw this analysis, and you were arguing against it, but who wasn’t listening?

Flynn: I think the administration.

Hasan: So the administration turned a blind eye to your analysis?

Flynn: I don’t know that they turned a blind eye, I think it was a decision. I think it was a willful decision.

Hasan: A willful decision to support an insurgency that had Salafists, Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood?

Flynn: It was a willful decision to do what they’re doing.

Hasan himself expresses surprise at Flynn’s frankness during this portion of the interview. While holding up a paper copy of the 2012 DIA report declassified through FOIA, Hasan reads aloud key passages such as, “there is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist principality in Eastern Syria, and this is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to isolate the Syrian regime.”

Rather than downplay the importance of the document and these startling passages, as did the State Department soon after its release, Flynn does the opposite: he confirms that while acting DIA chief he “paid very close attention” to this report in particular and later adds that “the intelligence was very clear.”

Lt. Gen. Flynn, speaking safely from retirement, is the highest ranking intelligence official to go on record saying the United States and other state sponsors of rebels in Syria knowingly gave political backing and shipped weapons to Al-Qaeda in order to put pressure on the Syrian regime:

Hasan: In 2012 the U.S. was helping coordinate arms transfers to those same groups [Salafists, Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda in Iraq], why did you not stop that if you’re worried about the rise of quote-unquote Islamic extremists?

Flynn: I hate to say it’s not my job…but that…my job was to…was to ensure that the accuracy of our intelligence that was being presented was as good as it could be….

As Michael Flynn also previously served as director of intelligence for Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) during a time when its prime global mission was dismantling Al-Qaeda, his honest admission that the White House was in fact arming and bolstering Al-Qaeda linked groups in Syria is especially shocking given his stature….

[Enlightened1]

This is coming from a Three Star General Director of Defense Intelligence.

[Diogenesis]

No one in the Pentagon or the “US” Congress
(EXEMPT liars) appears to remember the 911 Atrocity.

[SpaceBar]

As soon as I see ‘former’ I stop reading, since their pension is more important than the security of the nation.

[Carl Vehse]

Aid and comfort to the enemy! There’s a word for that, and, following a trial, conviction, and sentencing, a noose to follow.

And yet, Congress still does................................................................................................................... nothing.

It would appear Congress itself is also acting out the first six words.

[Enlightened1]

Agree it’s disgusting!

Now we know how these butchers are being supported.

[DoughtyOne]

And Libya, and frankly, Egypt too IMO.

[null and void]

EVERYTHING obama does either:

a) Weakens America/Americans
b) Distances America's allies
c) Strengthens America's enemies
d) Serves Islam
e) Harms Israel
Or some combination of the above.

There are NO counter examples.

I've also found this list as a VERY good tool for predicting what he will do next!

[Darksheare]

Lipstick Lindsey Graham wants several thousand soldiers over in Syria in support of the “rebels” aka ISIS/Al-Qeada.
McCain met with the so called rebels and was photographed with them.
And they were...drumroll..Al-Qeada!

[Enlightened1]

Yes sir that is correct.

Although Egypt seems to have turned things around.

[TexasCajun]

Egypt has sentenced Obama muslim brotherhood stooge, Morsi, to death.

Jailed or expelled what it could find of the muslim brotherhood.

Libya, that was just a free-for-all. ...disaster.

[boycott]

Obama should be put in trial for treason.

[boycott]

EVERYTHING obama does either:

a) Weakens America/Americans
b) Distances America’s allies
c) Strengthens America’s enemies
d) Serves Islam
e) Harms Israel

Or some combination of the above.
There are NO counter examples.

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So true. He cannot fade away soon enough.

[gleeaikin]

This mess really got off the ground when all the senior Iraqi military leaders were fired, and then all the low level troops were fired too. Instead of being taken over by non Saddam Hussein loyalists and retrained. A significant part of ISIL is former Iraq military leadership.

Meanwhile, the Iraq prime minister and Cabinet are proposing sweeping reforms to fight corruption and sectarianism.

https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/iraq-cabinet-backs-pm-abbadis-sweeping-reform-measures-175745985.html

http://www.wsj.com/articles/iraq-cabinet-approves-sweeping-reforms-to-political-system-1439133137?mod=fox_australian

In other news Turkey is reportedly killing hundreds of Kurds in northern Iraq.

[null and void]

So true. He cannot fade away soon enough.

Unless he is actually convicted of treason, he will fade away just like Jimmah Carter.

*sigh*

[DoughtyOne]

I agree with that. I’m glad they did too.

It sure wasn’t with our help.

We just dangled Mubarak out there not giving a damn what it would signal to all our allies and potential allies too.

[DoughtyOne]

Yes, I agree. Egypt did turn things around no thanks to our idiot.

[Gritty]

Nothing surprises me any more about Obama and his traitorous henchmen. We may as well have installed Fidel Castro as President.

On the other hand, let's talk endlessly about Donald Trump's misogynist insult to Megan Kelley. Now there's something that is getting 24/7 attention on the "news" cycle!

[boycott]

Unless he is actually convicted of treason, he will fade away just like Jimmah Carter.

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Unfortunately, I know you’re correct.

Even when this sorry trash is out of the White House, the media will go to him for his opinion on just about everything. He’ll be like a bad disease that won’t go away.

[null and void]

A social uh, socialist disease!