By Gen. Michael Flynn,FlynnMovie.com
President Biden’s recent snapping at his staff when he forgot to introduce Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi did nothing to restore confidence in his capability to serve. The good news was that when he met with Ukraine’s President Zelensky at the end of the week, at least he did not call him President Putin, as he did when they met in July.
With the exception of the White House staff and those out-of-touch Leftists who work at MSNBC, there is almost no one remaining in America who really believes that President Biden is functioning as our nation’s Commander-in-Chief. But, if not him, who? It doesn’t seem like it is Kamala. (She is sleep-walking toward the Presidency — as if she thought that she already “had it in the bag,” as if “the fix was in,” to mix metaphors.) Who else? Jill? Hillary? Bill? Barack? White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients — not exactly a household name. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan? White House Counsel Ed Siskel – another Obama retread? Secretary of State Antony Blinken? Or, most likely, a committee of all of the above and maybe a few more?
It would be my view that if Biden cannot do his job, he should be replaced — by the Vice President — not by a secret committee. That would be the Constitutional way — even though I know these people don’t hold much stock in the Constitution. Some may disagree, thinking that if Kamala were actually sworn in as President, it might cause more people to vote for her as the incumbent, but at least it would prevent her from telling us what she would do when she takes office — because she would be not only in office, but in the highest office.
What really threatens the nation is the reckless manner in which this anonymous committee is running the government, particularly in matters of foreign policy. There is no caution, no professionalism, and indeed, no maturity. Do they really think it wise to continue to provoke the country with the world’s largest store of nuclear warheads?
Based on my experience in government, those who are protected from accountability act increasingly irresponsibly. That seems to be what is happening here. Only days ago, it appeared that “our government” had authorized Zelensky to use our weapons, including ATACMS missiles, to strike deep into Russia. President Putin made clear he would consider such an attack to come not from the Ukraine, but from the United States and NATO countries. Just yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov passed on a similar warning at the United Nations. Have we backed off our reckless position? No one knows for sure.
General Mike Flynn is a 30+ year army veteran and served both under President Obama as head of the DIA and a former National Security advisor to President Donald Trump. Gen. Flynn was interviewed this summer on VDC-TV’s Friday at Four, and appeared live via Zoom at a screening of his film in Williston.