There's a lot of information on Iran in the files and computer discs captured at the Pakistan hideout of Osama bin Laden.
— Michael T. Flynn
One of the things that we have to keep in mind on Iran is Iran is also a country with ballistic missiles, cyber capabilities.
What we have to do is we have to make sure that our country is as strong as it can be economically and from a defense standpoint.
When my father served in World War II, he wasn't told, 'Go to Europe for four months, for six months, and then you can come back, and there'll be plenty of big bases there for you to serve on, and don't worry about it.'
The Arab nations must be on our side. And if we catch them financing, if they funnel money to IS, that's when sanctions and other actions have to kick in.
The lack of trust between the federal government and the American citizens of this country is such a wide gap, we have to renew that trust for the people of this country going forward.
We want, certainly, the threats around the world, those that don't like our way of life, we want them to wonder what options we still have.
Given its Internet sophistication and the attraction the group has with vast numbers of potential recruits from among disaffected populations around the globe, ISIS has the realistic potential to eventually swell its ranks of jihadists waging a 'holy war' to hundreds of thousands in both the western and eastern hemispheres.
What we achieved under General Petraeus up through 2011, and defeating this threat that we faced out there, I mean, once we decided to come out of there, we squandered an enormous opportunity that, frankly, the military did actually provide our nation and provided the Middle East.
We are in a global war with a radical and violent form of the Islamic religion, and it is irresponsible and dangerous to deny it.
We should quit using phrases like 'turning points' and 'tipping points.' There's been multiple turning points, multiple tipping points.
As brutal as Saddam Hussein was, it was a mistake to just eliminate him. The same is true for Moammar Gadhafi and for Libya, which is now a failed state.
I honestly don't know how John Allen can look at himself in the mirror and say why he supports Hillary Clinton.
There is no substitute for American leadership and exceptionalism.
We are tired of Obama's empty speeches and his misguided rhetoric.
Tehran already has the largest inventory of ballistic missiles in the Middle East.
This pro-choice issue is a legal issue that should be decided by the courts.
One letter to bin Laden reveals that al Qaeda was working on chemical and biological weapons in Iran.
There is no substitute - none - for American power.
Number One, if there is no America, then the world will be a complete mess.
We don't go to war to protect Pizza Hut or Burger King or some other things, some of the nonsense I've seen on our battlefields.
Our message must be that we want to help and that we will leave once the problems have been solved.
I love serving this country, and I miss serving this country.
We have to face the fact that ISIS and its army of like-minded jihadists are determined to win that war and believe they are on the path to victory. They may well be right.
Despite what you hear in the news from the Obama administration and the military, our strategy of conducting infrequent airstrikes and re-taking pockets of Iraq and Syria terrain will only help us achieve short-lived tactical victories.
I do believe - I very strongly believe that the Arab nations would be willing to put together an Arab NATO-like structure.
The tactical issue is ISIS or ISIL in the greater Levant area, which is essentially Syria, and Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, et cetera. But the wider problem is not just trans-regional in that part of the world, but it's also global. I mean, 40 to 50 countries supplying fighters to this current fight in the Middle East? Come on.
I think what - I think what the American people is looking for is they are looking for moral and intellectual courage and clarity, and not a sense of passivity or confusion.
Frankly, Donald Trump won the candidacy for the Republican Party. Let's get on board and help him win.
I mentioned it yesterday: I'm one of these people that - I don't - like, on the abortion issue, it's not something that - I'm very uncomfortable talking about it. I'm not gonna kid you. It's a very uncomfortable thing. I think that it's a legal issue. Definitely a legal issue. It's been decided upon by our Supreme Court.
My message to you is very clear: Wake up, America!
I've always operated so far outside my lane, I'm not sure what lane is mine anymore.
Iran has every intention to build a nuclear weapon.
Within the government, within the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, you have practically eliminated any training or any use of the term 'radical Islam.' That's what we're facing.
I believe that our country is going in the wrong direction, and I have a very strong desire to help out in any way that I can.
You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists.
Be more conscious about what you say about foreign policy issues, because they are complicated.
I think that our weakness is understanding that when we go to war, we go to war to win.
The world has lost faith in American leadership, and the threats are mounting.
What he's really talking about - and I'm speaking for Mike Flynn, not Donald Trump - is that he's saying, essentially, we have to have options. We have to have a lot of options. And, frankly, we do. We do have a lot of options.
Put simply, we are still at war with radical Islamic groups and an ideological movement that can't be ignored nor wished away.
I believe our inability to achieve victory stems mainly from having lost sight as a nation of what it means to win.
I think ISIS is achieving the objectives that they have set out to achieve. I think that they feel probably very emboldened. They feel pretty good. Their resiliency is extraordinary.
What we need to do is we need to come to grips with this cancerous form of the Islamic religion that is breaking down the Arab world order, and that is very clear.
The historic lesson is that it was a strategic failure to go into Iraq. History will not be and should not be kind with that decision.
I don't know Jeb Bush. I've never met him.
On the gay issue, hey, you know what, if people love each other, Jesus, I mean come on.
My God, war is not about bathrooms. War is not about political correctness or words that are meaningless. War is about winning.
The intelligence community does not have complete 'eyes on' the totality of the Iranian nuclear program, nor can it guarantee that we have identified all of Iran's nuclear facilities and processes.
If people want to change the law, they should vote so that we can appoint pro-life judges. I believe the law should be changed.
