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==Opposed Obama covert aid to the Islamic State==

==Opposed Obama covert aid to the Islamic State==

On March 31, 2012 ''[[Reuters]]'' reported that "President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]]...Obama signed the order, known as a presidential "finding", within the last two or three weeks"<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order-idustre72t6h220110331</ref> Responsibility to carry out the aid is given to the Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] at the State Department and Director [[John Brennan]] at the CIA; the Pentagon was kept out of the loop.  Another ''Reuters'' article noted Obama had CIA personal on the ground ''before'' signing the finding.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-rebels-idUSTRE72U7NM20110331</ref>

On March 31, 2012 ''[[Reuters]]'' reported that "President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]]...Obama signed the order, known as a presidential "finding", within the last two or three weeks"<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order-idustre72t6h220110331</ref> Responsibility to carry out the aid is given to the Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] at the State Department and Director [[John Brennan]] at the CIA; the Pentagon was kept out of the loop.  Another ''Reuters'' article noted Obama had CIA personnel on the ground ''before'' signing the finding.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-rebels-idUSTRE72U7NM20110331</ref>

When U.S. built [[MANPADS|shoulder fired missiles]] turned up in [[Afghanistan]] and were used to kill American soldiers,<ref>https://nypost.com/2014/06/08/how-the-taliban-got-their-hands-on-modern-us-missiles/</ref>  [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] director Michael Flynn found out about the Obama, Brennan, and Clinton run covert operation to arm [[jihad]]is.  Flynn issued a report on August 12, 2012 that circulated widely throughout the [[intelligence community]] exposing the covert operation and its aims. Copies went to the [[CIA]], [[FBI]],  [[State Department]], [[Homeland Security]], [[CENTCOM]], the National Geospacial Agency and other IC members. The report documented that Western powers, [[NATO]] powers, along with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council ([[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Oman]], [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[United Arab Emirates]]) and [[Turkey]], wanted the creation of an [[Islamic State]] ("Salafist principality in Eastern Syria") to oppose the [[Syria]]n regime of [[Bashar al-Assad]] and [[Iranian]] influence in the region.  

When U.S. built [[MANPADS|shoulder fired missiles]] turned up in [[Afghanistan]] and were used to kill American soldiers,<ref>https://nypost.com/2014/06/08/how-the-taliban-got-their-hands-on-modern-us-missiles/</ref>  [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] director Michael Flynn found out about the Obama, Brennan, and Clinton run covert operation to arm [[jihad]]is.  Flynn issued a report on August 12, 2012 that circulated widely throughout the [[intelligence community]] exposing the covert operation and its aims. Copies went to the [[CIA]], [[FBI]],  [[State Department]], [[Homeland Security]], [[CENTCOM]], the National Geospacial Agency and other IC members. The report documented that Western powers, [[NATO]] powers, along with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council ([[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Oman]], [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[United Arab Emirates]]) and [[Turkey]], wanted the creation of an [[Islamic State]] ("Salafist principality in Eastern Syria") to oppose the [[Syria]]n regime of [[Bashar al-Assad]] and [[Iranian]] influence in the region.