Sebastian Junger: Mike Flynn Made the Argument for Nation Building in Syria in an Interview

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JUNGER: "You know, I mean, back when we did the interview he didn’t know what was in store for him politically. And we didn’t know, of course. So -- and I think he really spoke his mind. And he said, look, if you -- if you want to stop the refugee crisis, you have to bring enough peace to that country that people will stay, that they’ll go home. In other words, he was making an argument for nation building, which of course is sort of political heresy on the right wing and also on the left wing to some degree. But he was saying it. And that's -- that's sort of realists perspective."