Michael Flynn's conversation with Kislyak has finally been released as a transcript and says exactly what everyone thought it said and what I've been saying all along;
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05-29%20ODNI%20to%20CEG%20RHJ%20%28Flynn%20Transcripts%29.pdfQuote
FLYNN: So, you know, depending on, depending on what uh, actions they take over this current
issue of the cyber stutf, you know, where they're looking like they're gonna, they're gonna
dismiss some number of Russians out of the country, I understand all that and I understand that~
that, you know, the information that they have and all that, but what I would ask Russia to do is
to not - is - is - if anything - because I know you have to have some sort of action - to, to only
make it reciprocal. Make it reciprocal. Don't - don't make it- don't go any further than you
have to. Because I don't want us to get into something that has to escalate, on a, you know, on a
tit for tat. You follow me, Ambassador?
KISL YAK: I understand what you're saying~ but you know, you might appreciate the sentiments
that are raging now in Moscow.
FLYNN: I know, I - believe me, I do appreciate it, I very much appreciate it. But I really don't
want us to get into a situation where we're going, you know~ where we do this and then you do
something bigger, and then you know, everybody's got to go back and forth and everybody's got
to be the tough guy here, you know?
FLYNN: We don't need to, we don't need that right now, we need to- we need cool heads to
prevail, and uh, and we need to be very steady about what we're going to do because we have
absolutely a common uh. threat in the Middle East right now
KISL YAK: We agree.
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FLYNN: And please make sure that its uh - the idea is, be - if you~ if you have to do something,
do something on a reciprocal basis, meaning you know, on a sort of an even basis. Then that,
then that is a good message and we'll understand that message. And, and then, we know that
we're not going to escalate this thing, where we~ where because if we put out- ifwe send out 30
guys and you send out 60, you know, or you shut down every Embassy, r mean we have to get
this to a - lefs, let's keep this at a level that uh is, is even-keeled, okay? ls even-keeled. And
then what we can do is, when we come in, we can then have a better conversation about where,
where we're gonna go, uh~ regarding uh, regarding our relationship. And also, basically we have
to take these, these enemies on that we have. And we definitely have a common enemy. You
have a problem with it, we have a problem with it in this country, and we definitely have a
problem with it in the Middle East.
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