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> |