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Op-ed: 

A Witch Hunt by Any Other Name is Still a Witch Hunt 

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots

"I see no evidence or no data to support the notion that General Flynn complied with the law."     

- House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz   

                                                                                 

And so it sadly seems that one of our own, as in House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), and one of theirs, as in Democratic Ranking Committee Member Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland), both believe that President Trump's former National Security Advisor retired Lt. General Michael Flynn might have broken federal law after failing to disclose on his background security check forms both his most recent trip to Russia and payments from Russia, as well as payments from a Turkish businessman.

Apparently it means not a thing to either man that Flynn's attorney, Robert Kelner, said in regards to the Russia trip that Flynn did indeed report his plans to travel to Russia, including his dining with Vladimir Putin, to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)...the very agency Flynn headed until 2014 when he was forced to retire from the military by Obama...and that he had most certainly briefed officials at the agency after his return.

And Kelner saying that during his briefings that Flynn "answered any questions that were posed by DIA concerning the trip," is in addition to DIA spokesman Jim Kudla saying that General Flynn most assuredly did brief the agency in advance about his trip to Russia and did so "in accordance with all standard security clearance procedures." In fact, a personal spokesman for the general has said that Flynn also disclosed the Russian trip in question when he last came up for a security clearance review in January 2016.

And yet even with all this Chairman Chaffetz continues to say that General Flynn could be criminally prosecuted because, "He (General Flynn) was supposed to seek permission and receive permission from both the secretary of state and the secretary of the Army prior to traveling to Russia to not only accept that payment, but to engage in that activity...No former military officer is allowed to accept payments from a foreign government, and my guess is this is probably not the first time this has happened.”

Guess Jason Chaffetz and Elijah Cummings, for whatever reason, have willingly...and possibly with malice...turned a deaf ear to the words of Flynn’s lawyer, an official DIA spokesman, and others. And what makes this especially grievous is Chaffetz’s saying that this is “not the first time this has happened”...a harsh accusation with absolutely no proof to back those words up...words I believe Chairman Chaffetz should not have said...words that down the line could see Jason Chaffetz having to answer for.

And the specific words “He was supposed to”...nothing but supposition at best although as a retired military officer now a private citizen thanks to Obama’s firing, I really do not understand why private citizen Michael Flynn needed anyone’s permission to travel anywhere...even to Russia. 

And exactly what Russian payments did said private citizen Michael Flynn fail to disclose...apparently all this brouhaha is, first, about his receiving about $33,000 back in 2015 from the ‘Russia Today’ television network...a network which has been described by U.S. intelligence officials...as in James Comey and his not quite trustworthy people...as a propaganda front for Russia's government...something also that has never been proven. 

"That money needs to be recovered," so says Jason Chaffetz, but seriously I want to know why money earned has to returned and returned to who...Russia... really...I think not.

And second, coming into question is somewhere between $50,000 and $100,000 Flynn received as part of his personal take-home in the $530,000 that his company, Flynn Intel Group, garnered for consulting work done for Inovo BV, a company owned by a Turkish businessman who also happens to be a member of a committee overseen by Turkey's finance ministry. 

So let me get this straight...now it seems that according to 'certain' political folks other 'certain' political folks cannot garner monies from the businesses they own or from the services they rendered without it coming into question. Something sure stinks here especially when it is the likes of Elijah Cummings who says that General Flynn's failure to formally report this on paperwork requesting his security clearance amounted to concealment of the money, which could, in his opinion, be prosecuted as a felony. Now just look who’s calling the kettle black...the very man who not only relishes in and is the poster boy for what is known as ‘black privilege,' but who in 2014 saw then House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa releasing a report implicating him in colluding with the IRS and Lois Lerner against the nonpartisan voters rights group ‘True the Vote.’

Elijah Cummings should be the last person to ever be appointed to a committee that decides whether or not to bring charges against anyone.

And as the infamous tit-for-tat political game continues to be played between the two parties, all the executive alphabet agencies and their ‘so-called’ watchdogs, inspector general overseers, and the different oversight committees in Congress, it seems that failure to disclose is a crime of the first degree for some but not for others, and it all depends on whose side you came down on in the 2016 presidential election. Or to put it bluntly and in perspective, the unrighteous indignation over this relatively small dollars and cents amount not having been disclosed by General Flynn is now first and foremost to some yet the major infractions committed by some of those on the left still go unpunished and worse...they are hushed up with help from the media so that in the public venue they are simply made to ‘go away.’

But what will not go away is the fact that Chaffetz and Cummings are still planning to write to the Comptroller of the Army and the Department of Defense’s Inspector General to determine whether retired, now private citizen, Lt. General Michael Flynn broke the law, and whether the government needs to pursue criminal charges simply because he did not disclose these two payments. Personally, I am not sure Flynn actually broke any law at least not to the degree this committee is trying to claim he did. And these accusations are being lobbed at the same time as Flynn’s company’s foreign contacts are being examined by other congressional committees as part of investigations into Russia’s still unproven meddling in the 2016 election, and still unproven ties between Trump associates and the Kremlin. 

And to see someone like Jason Chaffetz...an honorable man or at least I always thought so...taking part in this predominately Democratic witch hunt makes me wonder why he really has decided not to run again when up for re-election, and why one of own seems to have turned on the one man, Lt. General Michael Flynn, who actually understood then and continues to understand now exactly who the enemy we face is...as in the entirety of islam. 

And a witch hunt it is for where was the outrage and the bringing of charges against Hillary Clinton who then candidate Donald Trump said engaged in "criminality" for connections between Clinton Foundation donors and her actions as Secretary of State. And where was the outrage about said Foundation’s total lack of transparency and the fact that some donors, especially from foreign governments not really our friend, may have been trying to buy influence while she was Secretary of State...as in her dubious ‘pay-for-play’ scandal. Sadly, that too seems to have faded from public view no matter that some foreign leaders have freely admitted that they did indeed buy influence for their governments. 

Also, where is the indictment and jail time for Hillary’s involvement in and lies about Benghazi and the murders of four brave Americans. And let’s not forget her infamous email scandal...a scandal whose components surely broke federal laws...another scandal which came complete with outrage and some committees investigating, but which again in the end went nowhere.

And seriously, why was Hillary not indicted and found guilty...why was she not sent to jail...and why was she allowed to even run for president in the first place when a criminal investigation was in progress. The answer to those questions is simply because Hillary was a fellow liberal Democrat who towed Obama’s islamic party line, and one who would not raise the alarm about the true dangers from islam that we face.

Not quite like General Flynn now is it...a man whose rightful and very vocal stance against islam, I believe, was what signaled both his political death knell of sorts and his being the target of this current witch hunt.

And dare we not forget Eric Holder and ‘Fast and Furious,’ along with Loretta Lynch’s little tarmac meeting with a former president who gives new meaning to the word ‘predator’...again outrage and investigations that went nowhere as did the looking into the anything but Reverend Al Sharpton who still owes millions in back taxes and who also has not been arrested or served any jail time.

'Black privilege' coming into play again I suppose.

So where does all this lead us...it leads us to the fact that ‘selective enforcement’ is once again the order of the day as it is again being used against a man whose political views the Democrats do not like (especially since he is one of their own party affiliation wise), and now adding his voice to that is one of our own.

And herein lies the quandary...why is House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz doing what he is doing, and is it tied into his not running for re-election when his House seat next comes up? And could some of his reasoning, if you will, be tied into the fact that he, like General McMaster, is either being mislead about the enemy we face or is it that he truly buys into the propaganda of his religious beliefs for lest we forget that Jason Chaffetz is a practicing Mormon. 

Let me explain and offer these suppositions for you, dear reader, to decide upon.

First, here is the breakdown of who stands where on President Trump’s controversial executive order regarding those coming into our country from now six muslim countries:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/29/heres-where-republicans-stand-on-president-trumps-controversial-travel-ban/

Notice that while Chairman Chaffetz supports President Trump’s keeping his campaign promises, he concludes his statement with these words, “... People that have a green card supposedly already have been vetted, so there needs to be some further clarification.” But what Jason Chaffetz forgets is that people can change and muslims simply cannot be trusted...remember taqiyya...so a past vetting might not expose their current views on let us say terrorism and jihad, let alone on the sharia.

So, is Chairman Jason Chaffetz going ‘soft’ on islam like General McMaster...a man who still separates the sum of the terrorists from the whole...I do not know... but I do know that when one is dedicated to their religion they tend to hold said religion’s core beliefs. And where do Mormons stand on islam...this is the statement the Mormon hierarchy issued after President Trump’s first attempt at a temporary ban, “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is concerned about the temporal and spiritual welfare of all of God's children across the earth, with special concern for those who are fleeing physical violence, war and religious persecution. The Church urges all people and governments to cooperate fully in seeking the best solutions to meet human needs and relieve suffering.”

Sounds like kumbaya left dribble now doesn’t it.

Here is the Mormon stance on islam in general, as written by Mormon scholars Brian M. Hauglid and Kent P. Jackson, in their book ‘What Every Latter-day Saint Should Know about Islam,’ in Religious Educator 4, no. 2 (2003): 9–23.

“We can learn much from our Muslim brothers and sisters. Islam has created a society in which modesty  is valued, in which divorce and premarital and extramarital sexual relations are much less common than in our culture, and in which the strength of immediate and extended families can be an example even to Latter-day Saints. Muslims develop strong communities with interactive neighborhoods of people who care for each other and watch out for the interests of both neighbors and strangers. Their culture teaches the virtues of generosity and hospitality.” 

What I want to know is this utter nonsense what Jason Chaffetz believes down deep... is this what is driving his stance against the one man who actually ‘got it’ in regards to islam being our enemy or can it be that he wants to make an example of Flynn to show that we will call out our own if need be...and in the case of Lt. General Michael Flynn I do not think it needs to be because if he was still National Security Advisor I do not believe we would be in the situation we find ourselves in today.

But maybe we would...who knows...but all I do know for sure is that a true patriot is now the subject of a witch hunt and that one of our own is helping to lead the charge, and that truly does not sit well with me...how dear reader does it sit with you? 

Copyright © 2017 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor 

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Op-ed:

The Manipulation of Willful Ignorance  

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

Last Friday my Right Side Patriots partner and friend Craig Andresen and I laid out via our Investigative Report: 'Obama's Treasonous Shadow Exposed' the case for why we believe Barack HUSSEIN Obama’s puppet master is the United Nations with their joint goal being the implementation of Agenda 2030 starting while he was president and reaching fruition while Hillary was president...an agenda that would then morph into the ultimate authority known as Vision 2050...with all national sovereignty lost to one-world government domination and control under the auspices of the very United Nations itself.

And to that effect new developments seem to be coming to the forefront daily...one of which is that Obama himself and his administration are now (rightfully) being accused of wiretapping the private residence of then candidate Donald Trump...which is not only an abuse of executive power but, I believe, is a covert act of treason. An act of treason as said act was done deliberately and with malice by the now former president who outwardly supported and campaigned for the now sitting president’s opponent... and done so in a concerted effort solely to prevent a Trump presidency...the very presidency he knew would thrown a wrench into the U.N.'s timetable for its must be met agenda as well as into the agenda of those who think they still control the game.  

But as is the usual scenario when a novice plays chess with a chess master the novice will usually lose.

 “Anyone who cannot name our enemy is not fit to lead this country...Anyone who cannot condemn the hatred, oppression and violence of radical Islam lacks the moral clarity to serve as our president.”

These were the very words said by chess master Donald Trump while still on the campaign trail where he reiterated the words “radical islamic terrorism” over and over in an attempt to get the doubters to understand who and what the true enemy is...to get the doubters to understand that if you cannot call the enemy by name you simply cannot win a war against that enemy.

Donald Trump clearly understands who the enemy is and he is not afraid to say it...that is why he now controls the chessboard and Hillary Clinton does not.

Now think back to the words of the novice...the former community organizer and media-anointed president...one Barack HUSSEIN Obama...who stated that the only way to win this war is to “win the hearts and minds of the enemy”...along with words that he would fight not a "war on terror," but an "overseas contingency operation." But what can you expect from a man not even knowing the game let alone how to play it...from a man who as president had his very first meeting with a foreign leader being not with an American ally but with Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the ‘so-called’ Palestinians, thus setting the stage for the clash of civilizations nightmare that is the Middle East...a nightmare that we still are embroiled in today.

And now we have these words from a most unlikely of men...a man represented by the pawn...a man who said words to the affect that the term “radical Islamic terrorism” specifically...”angers the Muslim world, stokes anti-American fires, and endangers U.S. troops and national security.”

 

And these words and sentiments...a wee bit too close for comfort to the underlying feelings and agenda of Obama ...came directly from the very mouth of President Trump’s new National Security Advisor, three-star Lt. General H.R. McMaster. Saying these words in a 2014 speech given at the Carnegie Council, McMaster stated his opinion that the U.S. must now partner with people in muslim-majority countries to defeat groups like what he called and still calls ISIL instead of who they are...ISIS...McMaster also added that to win such conflicts U.S. forces must understand the history and social dynamics of the countries it is fighting in, and to have “empathy for the people among whom these wars are fought.”

But now it has been reported that Genaral McMaster also repeated similar words to that affect in a closed-door meeting with President Trump in the days leading up to last week’s speech before the Joint Session of Congress. Advising President Trump, his chief speechwriter, and senior policy adviser Stephen Miller not to include the words “radical islamic terrorism” in this or in any future speech, McMaster also continues to say when asked that the “terrorist” threat America faces has nothing to do with “true” islam. Thus, McMaster clearly shows that he either does not understand who the enemy is or that this once great military tactician...the very man who designed and orchestrated ‘the surge’... has become ‘soft,’ if you will, as to the truth about those who wish to kill us all.

Rightfully being overruled by President Trump regarding his speech to Congress...Trump stood steadfast before the podium and looking directly into the camera let the world know that “radical islamic terrorism” is indeed the enemy facing today’s civilized world. And kudos to him for saying the words that so desperately not only needed to be said but also needed to be heard.

So why did President Trump choose McMaster as the replacement for General Flynn, his first and so-wanted choice...a man who bravely let the world know via a tweet the truth that the “fear of Muslims is RATIONAL” and who was basically forced to resign his position because the left raised such a brouhaha over his (gasp) having a telephone conversation with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak? Why did Trump choose a man who in a 2015 speech at the University of South Florida say that “the military-industrial complex may represent a greater threat to us than at any time in history”...the very military-industrial complex that Trump is trying so hard to rebuild after the eight years of Obama’s cutting our military expenditures to lows not seen in decades? 

And why did President Trump choose a holdover from the Obama administration and a man he reportedly had a face-to-face conversation with only once before he chose him instead of the all-around more qualified man on all matters international...as in former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton...the man most on our side wanted...why?

Well folks the answer to those whys is two-fold...first, because Donald Trump is indeed the consummate chess player and second, because in this game where the pieces on the board are forever moving and interchangeable he actually did choose Bolton.

Let me explain.

While there is no questioning that General McMaster is a brilliant strategist and masterful military tactician, as his ‘surge’ and his role as a counter insurgent in Tal Afar in 2005 and 2006 did help win the war to which Obama then went ahead and lost the peace, he is, as I previously stated, a holdover from the Obama administration. One of the generals not fired by Obama when he purged his command of generals he deemed ‘not loyal’ to his way of fighting the enemy...or should I say not fighting the enemy...McMaster held and still holds tight to Obama’s politically correct rhetoric that islam is a religion of peace hijacked by those using islam to push forward their terrorist agenda.

But we know or should know by now that islam is nothing but an all-encompassing political system hiding behind the guise of calling itself a religion and that islam’s most (un)holy of books, the qur’an, actually commands its followers to do exactly what the terrorists and jihadis are doing...as in kill we infidels where ever they may find us.

So with that said, even more credence can be given to McMaster's true stance on islam as per the first words he said to his new staff after his assuming the advisory position...words to the affect that he considered the term “radical islamic terrorism” both unhelpful and counterproductive, and that eliminating that term would be “an improvement” in how we fight the enemy. And when the very man charged with advising the president on all things islamic does not understand that the word “islamist” in and of itself describes the radical fundamentalists who are following to the letter the sharia based government and society that islam mandates, and that the term in question in no way encompass all muslims, then we have a major red flag here.

And when that very same man adds to the discourse that the term "radical islamic terrorism" actually "alienates" moderate muslims who view these words as both an indictment and condemnation of their religion...what that man...that general...willingly chooses to ignore is the fact that if one remains silent and does not vocally condemn the actions of the islamists than one actually condones said actions, and when you couple that with the qur’an commanded act of taqiyya used to promote islam at all costs, than we have yet another red flag being raised.

But know that master chess player Donald Trump surely knows this as well as he knows the moves needed to checkmate the Democrats who are fighting him on each and every one of his cabinet picks. With General Flynn’s resignation and with the Democrats then focused on any and all of Trump's replacement National Security Advisor possibilities, what better way to get a new choice easily confirmed than to pick a man whom the Democrats would have no problem confirming...a Democrat he cleverly used as a decoy...as a pawn to face the public...while I believe that behind the scenes Ambassador John Bolton is the man giving the president advice that actually makes sense when having to deal with an illogical situation.

Remember when a stone-faced President Trump announced from his Florida ‘winter’ White House that an equally stone-faced General McMaster would be his pick to replace General Flynn, do not forget that he also made it clear that Ambassador John Bolton would be serving in some still to-date unnamed security advisory position. And that makes perfect sense since McMaster and his beliefs about islam and the enemy we face are diametrically opposed to that of President Trump, meaning logic dictates that the only reason to pick such a man would be to use said man as a decoy...as a front...all while he gets things done behind the scenes the way they truly need to get done and doing so without the fake news media and the Democrats questioning every presidential decision he makes.

And getting things done means getting the truth and advice about the enemy we face from Ambassador Bolton and then following through with that advice via the ultimate military tactician...a man of strength in the so-called 'art of war' know as Secretary of Defense General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis...with the Democrats now having been checkmated without them or even General McMaster knowing it as willful ignorance most times does indeed come back to haunt.

Checkmated by the man who knows not only the ‘art of the deal’ but by the man who knows well how to play the chess game called politics while being the consummate ‘non-politician politician.’

Further proof of this can be seen in the fact that with the Democrats stonewalling all President Trump’s cabinet picks, and with their daily attacks on good men already chosen...men such as Attorney General Jeff Sessions...it becomes obvious that their goal is to upturn and stop each and everything Trump is trying to do to ‘Make America Great Again’ for they know that if he is succeeds in doing so then Agenda 2030 and its follow-up Vision 2050 becomes a total and complete no-go. 

And a no-go to the puppet masters at the U.N. means not only that their vision of a one-world government will come crashing down on them, but that much expected fallout will render the Democratic party here in the U.S. forever impotent to do the U.N.'s bidding. And know there will be a very serious price to pay if that happens.

A vicious cycle for sure yet a cycle that has come full circle with General McMaster being the pawn in the Donald Trump controlled chess game called politics...a game that can have only one winner and that winner must forever be these United States of America for if it is not then the entirety of the world loses not only its present but its future as well.

Copyright © 2017 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

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