==Opposed Western aid to the Islamic State==
On August 12, 2012 DIA chief Mike Flynn circulated a document throughout the intelligence community, including . Copies went to the [[CENTCOMCIA]], the [[CIAFBI]], [[FBIState Department]], [[Department of Homeland Security]], NGA (National Geospacial Agency), [[State DepartmentCENTCOM]], the National Geospacial Agency, and many others. The document stated that the West, that is [[NATO]] powers, along with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council ([[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Oman]], [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], and the [[United Arab Emirates]]), and [[Turkey]] wanted an [[Islamic State]] ("Salafist principality in Eastern Syria") to oppose the regime of [[Bashar al-Assad]] and [[Iranian]] influence in the region.
{{Quotebox|THE WEST, GULF COUNTRIES, AND TURKEY [WHICH] SUPPORT THE [SYRIAN] OPPOSITION… THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A '''DECLARED OR UNDECLARED [[Salafi|SALAFIST]] PRINCIPALITY IN EASTERN SYRIA''' (HASAKA AND DER ZOR), AND THIS IS '''EXACTLY WHAT THE SUPPORTING POWERS TO THE OPPOSITION WANT''', IN ORDER TO ISOLATE THE SYRIAN REGIME…}}
Flynn had been Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency for about three weeks. Flynn opposed the Western alliance giving aid for the creation of the Islamic State. After [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]] declared the re-establishment of the [[Caliphate]] in [[Mosul]] in June 2014, Flynn was fired.