U.S. has no real strategy against terrorism, former top general says

Published February 8, 2015 3:05pm ET



America’s strategy in fighting Islamic extremism is not working, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency said in an interview aired Sunday.

“I think what I’m saying is that the strategy that we’ve had is not working,” retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said on “Fox News Sunday.” “It’s clearly not working.” Later, he said, “we don’t have an effective strategy that is coherent that actually addresses the wider problem, which is an ideology.”

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