The political backbiting behind the sudden ouster of retired general Michael T. Flynn from the National Security Council is worth watching. So is the reaction from Russia.  Kicking Flynn out as a security risk – complete with unsubstantiated claims of his supposed vulnerability to Russian blackmail – seems to be a calculated move to trash President Trump's effort to improve relations with Russia to fight terrorists.  It has a look of the Cold War status quo reasserting itself. For Russia, which is tired of constant conflict with the West, it's a huge disappointment.  The initial response has been to lash out.  Back in Moscow, one Russian politician was not pleased: "The resignation of Michael Flynn was probably the speediest for a national security advisor in all history. But the target is not Flynn, but rather relations with Russia,” Senator Aleksey Pushkov...(Read Full Post)