Trump's Plan to Defeat ISIS: Not Illegitimate, but Unwise

By General Michael Hayden

General Michael V. Hayden is a retired four-star General in the United States Air Force; he served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2006-2009 and as Director of the National Security Agency from 1999-2005.

Donald Trump made what was billed as a major speech on his strategy against ISIS earlier this week in Ohio.  It was actually an important speech, even if you had to hack your way through his imputing near criminal conduct to the “Obama-Clinton” team and through a series of self justifying pronouncements that he (Mr Trump) had been right all along about all of this. 

Some of that can be forgiven.  Political campaigns cry out for simplification and differentiation.  Make it clear. Make it different. Repeat.  

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