Flynn: ‘We have forgotten how to win wars’

Published July 13, 2016 6:20pm ET



Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn says the reason the United States is not defeating the Islamic State is that it doesn’t have an all-out strategy for victory, citing an aversion in the Obama administration to “crush our enemies and win.”

Flynn, whose name has been mentioned as a potential running mate for Donald Trump, said the “gradualism” of the Obama administration is not working.

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