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" What he's really talking about - and I'm speaking for Mike Flynn, not Donald Trump - is that he's saying, essentially, we have to have options. We have to have a lot of options. And, frankly, we do. We do have a lot of options. "

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Michael T. Flynn

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Know

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Michael T. Flynn

History

Decision

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" Iran has every intention to build a nuclear weapon. "

" I mentioned it yesterday: I'm one of these people that - I don't - like, on the abortion issue, it's not something that - I'm very uncomfortable talking about it. I'm not gonna kid you. It's a very uncomfortable thing. I think that it's a legal issue. Definitely a legal issue. It's been decided upon by our Supreme Court. "

" If Hamas were destroyed and gone, we would probably end up with something much worse. The region would end up with something much worse. "

Michael T. Flynn

Something

Worse

" We are tired of Obama's empty speeches and his misguided rhetoric. "

" Because of Obama's ill-advised actions, the world has lost American leadership. "

" There is no substitute for American leadership and exceptionalism. "

" Trump has a bigger, longer-term vision for this country than just sitting as a president for four years. He really does. And that's what I was impressed by. "

" You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists. "

" I've always operated so far outside my lane, I'm not sure what lane is mine anymore. "

" I believe that our country is going in the wrong direction, and I have a very strong desire to help out in any way that I can. "

" When my father served in World War II, he wasn't told, 'Go to Europe for four months, for six months, and then you can come back, and there'll be plenty of big bases there for you to serve on, and don't worry about it.' "

" I think ISIS is achieving the objectives that they have set out to achieve. I think that they feel probably very emboldened. They feel pretty good. Their resiliency is extraordinary. "

" DCGS is hard to learn. It takes a long time. You have to use it all the time, which means it's not a simple technology that people are used to and can buy off the shelf today. And frankly, it doesn't do what it's touted to do. That's why you see units out on the battlefield asking for very similar things. "

" We have to face the fact that ISIS and its army of like-minded jihadists are determined to win that war and believe they are on the path to victory. They may well be right. "

" Number One, if there is no America, then the world will be a complete mess. "

" What people do in their private lives, these are not big issues that our country's dealing with. "

" I've been called an extremist. "

Michael T. Flynn

Extremist

Been

" The world has lost faith in American leadership, and the threats are mounting. "

" Put simply, we are still at war with radical Islamic groups and an ideological movement that can't be ignored nor wished away. "

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" If we are going to conduct a population-centric strategy in Afghanistan, and we are perceived as backing thugs, then we are just undermining ourselves. "

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