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Gen. [[Michael Flynn]] as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) oversaw an analysis in 2012 that foresaw the [[Obama administration]]'s support for Syrian and foreign jihadis would create “a declared or undeclared [[Salafi]]st principality in eastern Syria," the group that in June 2014 declared itself the [[Islamic State]] [[Caliphate]].<ref>https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/07/01/obama-and-the-dia-islamic-state-memo-what-trump-gets-right/ </ref>
Gen. [[Michael Flynn]] as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) oversaw an analysis in 2012 that foresaw the [[Obama administration]]'s support for Syrian and foreign jihadis would create “a declared or undeclared [[Salafi]]st principality in eastern Syria," the group that in June 2014 declared itself the [[Islamic State]] [[Caliphate]].<ref>https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/07/01/obama-and-the-dia-islamic-state-memo-what-trump-gets-right/ </ref>
The partially declassified report<ref>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2012-report-warned-about-rise-of-isis-3wljf5g06zq </ref> embarrassed the advocates for an escalation of the war in [[Syria]] and the ouster of secular President [[Bashar al-Assad]]. Flynn went further in a 2015 interview when he said the intelligence was “very clear” that the '''Obama administration made a [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group|“willful decision” to back the jihad]]ists in league with Middle East allies, a choice that looked particularly stupid when Islamic State militants started beheading American hostages''' and capturing cities in [[Iraq]].{{fact}}
The partially declassified report<ref>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2012-report-warned-about-rise-of-isis-3wljf5g06zq </ref> embarrassed the advocates for an escalation of the war in [[Syria]] and the ouster of secular President [[Bashar al-Assad]]. Flynn went further in a 2015 interview when he said the intelligence was “very clear” that the '''Obama administration made a [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group|“willful decision” to back the jihad]]ists in league with Middle East allies, a choice that looked particularly stupid when Islamic State militants started beheading American hostages''' and capturing cities in [[Iraq]].<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2017/02/14/trump-caves-on-flynns-resignation/ </ref>
===Ukrainian coup===
===Ukrainian coup===