Gen Flynn is just another Obama pawn. TRUST me folks, not every soldier in uniform is a conservative and when it comes to GO's (General Officers) there is no shortage of far left. I spent the last half of my military career on prime staff at the 4 star level and dealt with GO's every day. Obama purged the officer ranks of those who were combat soldiers and who had conservative leanings and you do not get promoted to GO because you aren't a politician.
Were there WMD's? YES! Maybe not as much as we expected to find, but our Intel sources said most were shipped out to Syria before we arrived. Remember we told Hussein we were coming, but built our force, arrived, set up camp then attacked. More than enough time for Hussein to do anything he wanted.
The US has never lost a declared war and we rarely lose a battle. But since Korea (which by the way we are still at war with!!!!, we only have a Truce) the Oval office has got more and more involved with. To the point that Obama was directed how the battle was being fought down to the man. Obama has zero experience in anything and when it comes to the military he is a negative.
As for any threat from the ME, STRONGLY suggest you study US history and note our fighting with them going back to the early 1800's. When I was in the Infantry Officers Advanced Course in 77 we were discussing the potential for war in the ME at that time! So from a military view we have seen this coming for a LONG time and in fact saw the ME as a growing concern beginning after the collapse of the USSR. Ike would not have seen this in the 50's as our full effort was to combat Communism.