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'Something was desperately wrong with this guy': US Army lieutenant general who served with Mike Flynn weighs in on his downfall
A retired US Army lieutenant general weighed in on Michael Flynn's guilty plea in the ongoing Russia investigation. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, who served with Flynn in the US Army, said he believes the former national security adviser's downfall was the result of an unexplained "hubris and vengeance" that overcame any sense of professionalism.
. . . Hertling, at turns seeming both somber and dismayed, said Flynn's political rhetoric and his increasingly fiery evangelism for Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign was troubling particularly for a three-star general.
"Mike Flynn went over the top, and that was the first indicator that something was desperately wrong with this guy," Hertling said. "I think something went wrong toward the end of his career; that demons got ahold of him, and for one reason or another, hubris and vengeance took over where, in the past, there had been professionalism."
http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-flynn-what-happened-russia-investigation-plea-deal-2017-12
KT2000
(20,577 posts)it felt good to hear someone who does not equivocate on their principles. He spoke forcefully.
BigmanPigman
(51,591 posts)world wide wally
(21,743 posts)FreeState
(10,572 posts)safeinOhio
(32,676 posts)Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
― Confucius
Hekate
(90,683 posts)I'm sure Obama saw it and that's what led to Flynn's firing.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)an angry man after he was let go from DIA, even though they worked a deal to make sure his retirement pension would be set at his highest pay grade.