As you read this assessment, bear in mind that Michael Flynn was the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from April 2012 to November 2014 (The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is a Department of Defense combat support agency). If anyone in the DC bureaucracy is in a position to know whether the Iran deal is good for America — or the world for that matter — it would be him.

CAMERA BLOG
June 12, 2015

Lieutenant General Michael Flynn (Retired- U.S. Air Force) testified on June 10, 2015 before the Joint Foreign Affairs and HASC subcommittees of the United States Congress on Iran…. Flynn’s testimony on Iran is unequivocal. The picture he paints is one of an ominous and increasingly unstable future for the Middle East and for the world as a whole. The following are some selected quotes from his testimony: Our closed, 20th Century bureaucratic system appears unable to adapt to the rapid and complex changes and threats we face in the 21st Century…Iran has every intention to build a nuclear weapon. They have stated it many times, they have attempted well over a decade to move rapidly to nuclearizing its capability…Iran’s stated desire to destroy Israel is very real…Iran has not once contributed to the greater good of the security of the region….The notion of “snap back” sanctions is fiction…Iran’s nuclear program has significant – and not fully disclosed – military dimensions. The P5+1 dialogue with Iran has glossed over a number of such programs (including warhead miniaturization blueprints) in pursuit of an agreement. READ MORE