General Flynn’s Flights of Fancy

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/opinion/general-flynns-flights-of-fancy.html

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To the Editor:

Re “Trump Fires Security Pick’s Son for Promoting a Fake Story” (news article, Dec. 7):

It’s very disturbing that Michael G. Flynn, the son of President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for national security adviser, retweeted a fake news story believed to have inspired a man armed with an AR-15 to invade a pizza parlor filled with patrons. Even more frightening, however, is that his father, Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, is also susceptible to fake news and sharing it via Twitter.

Thankfully, Mr. Trump is nominating a man whose outlook is solidly grounded in fact, Gen. James Mattis, for secretary of defense. It will take someone with the reason, experience and gravitas of General Mattis, plus his extra star, to counterbalance General Flynn’s flights of fancy.

MARY GRISWOLD GORDON

Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.