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................he was pressed into retirement for questioning the Obama administration’s public narrative that Al Qaeda was close to defeat.[32] Flynn told Seymour Hersh that his agency "had sent a constant stream of classified warnings ... about the dire consequences of toppling [Syrian President] Assad." Flynn recounted that the Obama administration's efforts to arm "moderate" Syrian rebels benefited extremists such as Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, stating: "If the American public saw the intelligence we were producing daily, at the most sensitive level, they would go ballistic." According to former DIA official W. Patrick Lang: "Flynn incurred the wrath of the White House by insisting on telling the truth about Syria ... they shoved him out. He wouldn't shut up."[33] In an interview with Al Jazeera, Flynn has criticized the Obama administration its delay in supporting rebels in Syria, thereby allowing for the growth of Al Nusra and other extremist forces: "when you don’t get in and help somebody, they’re gonna find other means to achieve their goals" and that "we should have done more earlier on in this effort, you know, than we did..............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_T._Flynn

The progressive humanist media like the NY Times, Guardian and the BBC are describing Flynn as a two headed fire breathing monster.

However, here is a quote from Wikipedia:

In May 2016, Flynn was asked by an Al Jazeera reporter if he would support Trump's stated plan to "take out [the] families" of suspected terrorists. In response, Flynn stated, "I would have to see the circumstances of that situation". In an interview with Al Jazeera, Flynn criticized the reliance on drones as a "failed strategy", stating that "what we have is this continued investment in conflict. The more weapons we give, the more bombs we drop, that just … fuels the conflict.”

That seems reasonable to me.