Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:59 pm
In a statement today, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee John McCain, said that “General Flynn’s resignation “raises further questions about the Trump administration’s intentions toward Vladimir Putin’s Russia.”
In a brief interview with ABC News McCain repeated this assertion, saying that there are many questions to be answered and that the Trump administration “is in significant disarray as far as national security is concerned.”
Watch courtesy of ABC News:
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.@SenJohnMcCain tells @ABC the Trump admin "is in significant disarray as far as national security is concerned." https://t.co/qdZJiCzvGS pic.twitter.com/Jm9jW12I9p
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 14, 2017
Read his full statement below:
“I thank General Flynn for his many years of distinguished service to our country, especially his invaluable contributions in the fight against terrorism. I wish him the very best in his future endeavors.
“At the same time, General Flynn’s resignation is a troubling indication of the dysfunction of the current national security apparatus. As our nation confronts the most complex and diverse array of global challenges since the end of World War II, it is imperative that the President select a new National Security Advisor who is empowered by clear lines of authority and responsibility and possesses the skills and experience necessary to organize the national security system across our government.
“General Flynn’s resignation also raises further questions about the Trump administration’s intentions toward Vladimir Putin’s Russia, including statements by the President suggesting moral equivalence between the United States and Russia despite its invasion of Ukraine, annexation of Crimea, threats to our NATO allies, and attempted interference in American elections. American policy toward Russia must be made clear and unequivocal: we will honor our commitments to our NATO allies, we will maintain and enhance our deterrent posture in Europe, we will hold Russian violators of human rights accountable for their actions, and we will maintain sanctions on Russia so long as it continues to violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
“As Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I look forward to working with the President’s administration, especially Secretary Mattis, to defend the nation and support our military service members.â€
Of course, all sorts of questions have already been raised about Donald Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin, and as McCain says here, Flynn’s resignation has done nothing to quell those concerns. Rather, as CNN’s Chris Cuomo said this morning to McCain’s fellow Republican Rep. Chris Collins, the press has no intention of “moving on” from the Flynn Scandal.
The press is not going to let it go, and that means Congress will find it very difficult to let it go, whatever Republicans like Chris Collins want now that it is a Republican and not a Democrat in the news. Republicans did everything they could to perpetuate the fake Benghazi scandal and many of them are as eager to dismiss the Flynn Scandal. John McCain has just shown that some Republicans, at least, are not willing to so easily let matters be.
Hrafnkell Haraldsson, a social liberal with leanings toward centrist politics has degrees in history and philosophy. His interests include, besides history and philosophy, human rights issues, freedom of choice, religion, and the precarious dichotomy of freedom of speech and intolerance. He brings a slightly different perspective to his writing, being that he is neither a follower of an Abrahamic faith nor an atheist but a polytheist, a modern-day Heathen who follows the customs and traditions of his Norse ancestors. He maintains his own blog, A Heathen’s Day, which deals with Heathen and Pagan matters, and Mos Maiorum Foundation www.mosmaiorum.org, dedicated to ethnic religion. He has also contributed to NewsJunkiePost, GodsOwnParty and Pagan+Politics.
