Epa! Ahora dicen
que Donald Trump no sería tan loco después de todo. Parece que está asesorado
por gente que busca cierta convivencia con Rusia a los efectos de encarar los
problemas globales de seguridad. Al menos, eso aseguran las dos notas que
posteamos a continuación. La primera es una brevísima nota de Red Voltaire, la
que alude a la fuente original, de Reuters, que posteamos más abajo. El señor
de la foto es el Teniente General (RE) de la inteligencia militar
estadounidense, Michael Flynn.
Título: Donald
Trump tendría como consejero al ex director de la agencia de inteligencia del
Pentágono
Texto: Según la
agencia británica de noticias Reuters, el general Michael T. Flynn, ex director
de la DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency, la agencia de inteligencia del
Departamento de Defensa), está sirviendo de consejero en materia de política
internacional a Donald Trump, fuerte aspirante a la nominación republicana para
la próxima elección presidencial estadounidense [1].
Pese a las
estridentes declaraciones que lo caracterizan, Donald Trump se ha abstenido de
emitir juicios precipitados sobre los grandes temas de política exterior y ha
calificado al presidente ruso Vladimir Putin de hombre «muy respetado».
Desde su posición
como director de la inteligencia militar estadounidense, el general Michael
Flynn trató, en 2012, de oponerse al proyecto de la Casa Blanca de recurrir al
uso del Emirato Islámico en Irak y en Siria y fue jubilado abruptamente en
2014. El 10 de diciembre de 2015 participó en Moscú, junto al presidente Putin,
en la celebración del aniversario de la cadena rusa de televisión Russia Today.
Nota:
[1] “Trump being
advised by ex-U.S. Lieutenant General who favors closer Russia ties”, Mark
Hosenball y Steve Holland, Reuters, 26 de febrero de 2016.
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Y ahora, la noticia de Reuters:
Título: Trump
being advised by ex-U.S. Lieutenant General who favors closer Russia ties
Texto: Donald
Trump is receiving foreign policy advice from a former U.S. military
intelligence chief who wants the United States to work more closely with Russia
to resolve global security issues, according to three sources.
The sources,
former foreign policy officials in past administrations, said retired
Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, who was chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency
under President Barack Obama from 2012-2014, has been informally advising
Trump.
Trump, who is
leading the Republican race to be the party's presidential candidate in
November's election, said earlier this month that he would soon release a list of
his foreign policy advisers, but has yet to do so. The Trump campaign did not
respond to a request for comment about Flynn.
Flynn declined to
comment when asked by Reuters whether he is advising Trump. Asked to describe
his views about ties with Russia, he referred Reuters to his public statements.
The question of
who has been advising Trump on national security issues has become more
pertinent as prospects that the New York real estate mogul will secure the
Republican nomination, possibly within weeks, have increased.
Trump won the
surprise endorsement of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Friday, the most
prominent mainstream Republican to come on board.
Former New York
Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who won popularity for his handling of the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks, has also been in regular contact with Trump, said a former top aide to
Giuliani.
A close associate
of Flynn said that Trump was not the only presidential hopeful who had
consulted the former DIA chief. "He
responds to one and all but is not working for any one," the associate
said.
Trump has struck
a notably different stance on Russia from his main rivals for the nomination,
calling President Vladimir Putin "highly respected" and advocating a
warming of now icy bilateral ties.
Other Republican
candidates have frequently taken to bashing Putin and have cited his military
interventions in Ukraine and Syria as evidence that President Barack Obama has
been weak in standing up to the Russian leader.
Trump has vowed
to destroy Islamic State and to undertake an aggressive rebuilding of the U.S.
military, but has signaled more flexibility than his rivals on some issues -
for example, by not vowing to tear up the Obama administration's nuclear deal
with Iran.
SAT WITH PUTIN
Flynn resigned
from his position as the head of the Pentagon's main intelligence agency a year
before his term was officially due to end.
Flynn raised
eyebrows among some U.S. foreign policy veterans when he was pictured sitting
at the head table with Putin at a banquet in Moscow late last year celebrating
Russia Today, an international broadcasting network funded by the Russian
government.
His son Michael
G. Flynn, who acts as his chief of staff, declined comment on the banquet and
on the reasons for his father's departure from the Pentagon.
Flynn told Russia
Today in an interview published on Dec. 10 that the United States and Russia
should work together to resolve the Syrian civil war and defeat Islamic State.
The Obama
administration has protested Russia's military intervention on behalf of Syrian
President Bashir al-Assad, accusing Moscow of hitting opposition forces rather
than ISIS.
"Right now
we have essentially the U.S. strategy and we have a Russian strategy in the
region that does not appear to be in line with each other. And I think we have
to step back and try to figure out how do we align those," Flynn told
Russia Today.
Flynn was also
quoted this month as telling German magazine Der Spiegel that the Iraq war
launched in 2003 by then-President George W. Bush was a mistake that gave rise
to Islamic State.
Trump has often
strongly condemned the Iraq invasion.
A former U.S.
intelligence official who worked with Flynn said the retired general believes
in a more aggressive approach to U.S. interests around the world.
“He’s a sharp
guy, he understands foreign policy and national security and really understands
intelligence," said the official. "His positions and opinions are not
always in line with popular thinking.”
Giuliani's office
did not respond to a request for comment on his relationship with Trump.
Randy Mastro, a
New York lawyer who was a deputy mayor in Giuliani's New York City
administration, said Giuliani has close ties to Trump. “I know that Rudy and
Donald Trump have a long-standing relationship and personal friendship that
goes back many years, and they do speak to each other on a regular basis,"
said Mastro.
Hola.
ResponderEliminarFijate la posición de Trump en varios temas:
Política exterior: salir de medio oriente y acercamiento a Rusia
Economía: los tratados de libre comercio dejan sin trabajo a los norteamericanos laburantes.
La de Hillary es lo contrario a Trump.
Los medios de EEUU están en contra de Trump!
A ver, ni Trump ni Hillary, pero lo de Trump es "más complejo" que lo que la prensa complaciente y a sueldo del 1er mundo dice y que la sicaria de aquí copia.