Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Charles Crawford, Matt Continetti, Harold Rhode, Gordon Chang

CHARLES CRAWFORD, a former ambassador for the United Kingdom, explains his recent piece in the London Daily Telegraph outlining the diplomatic disaster the West has taken in the recent negotiations with Russia.

MATT CONTINETTI, editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon, delves deeper into the emerging idea that Russia is replacing the US as the world's power due to the Obama Administration's policy of retreat in the Middle East.

HAROLD RHODE, senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute, offers his opinion having previously served as a Middle East expert in the Pentagon on the current issues surrounding Syria and the greater Middle East region.

GORDON CHANG, of www.forbes.com, speaks about the Chinese and North Korean military presence in the Middle East, as well as major economic initiatives by China for the near future.

Peter Wehner, John Wohlstetter, Mark Schneider, Bill Gertz

PETER WEHNER, former deputy director of speech writing for President George W. Bush, gives his professional insights into President Obama's speech and how the President's foreign policy is causing the United States to slip as a world power.

JOHN WOHLSTETTER, senior fellow at The Discovery Institute, addresses Russia's resetting position in the Middle East, as well as the U.S.' diminishing power.

MARK SCHNEIDER, of the National Institute for Public Policy, analyzes of what might come for any possible deal the the U.S. and Russia can strike over disarming Syria of their chemical weapons stockpile.

BILL GERTZ, senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon and columnist for the Washington Times, covers an assessment of Syria's chemical weapons and the ripple effects the Middle East is having on U.S. policies towards China and elsewhere.

Douglas Murray, Bruce Bechtol, Barry Rubin, Fred Fleitz

DOUGLAS MURRAY, of the Henry Jackson Society, details the missteps the West has taken towards their approach to radical Islam and how the West has missed their moment to intervene.

Dr. BRUCE BECHTOL, an associate professor of Political Science at Angelo State University, explains North Korea's direct role in arming and training forces for Bashar al-Assad in Syria, as well as arming Hezbollah and Iran.

BARRY RUBIN, of the Gloria Center, outlines what he considers the three possible diplomatic actions that would be more successful in the case of Syria.

FRED FLEITZ, of Lignet.com, analyzes Russia's agenda in regards to the Syrian conflict and looks at how Putin is using the crisis to humiliate and undermine American power in the region.

Daniel Pipes, Daniel Goure, Diana West, Dick Brauer

DANIEL PIPES, founder and president of The Middle East Forum, offers his expertise on today’s post 9/11 world, as well as the challenges the U.S. still faces involving Islamic terrorism.

DANIEL GOURE, of the Lexington Institute, highlights the burden a military operation against Syria would have on the hollowed out American military and the consequences this could create for the United States.

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”, analyzes last night’s speech delivered by President Obama on the possibility of military strikes against Syria.

DICK BRAUER, on behalf of the group Special Operations Speaks, explains the relevance of the events in Benghazi Libya one year ago to today’s 9/11 anniversary.

Douglas J. Feith, Michael Auslin, Sebastian Gorka, Charles Faddis

DOUGLAS J. FEITH, senior fellow and director of the Center for National Security Strategies at the Hudson Institute, offers his expertise on the challenges of enforcing international pressure in regards to Syria's chemical weapon stockpile.

MICHAEL AUSLIN, of the American Enterprise Institute, weighs in on the competency of the Obama administration in dealing with Syria, as well as how military budget cuts are affecting our influence abroad.

SEBASTIAN GORKA, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, gives insight into a variety of issues in the Middle East, including the ramifications of Russia's involvement in possible negotiations with the Syrian government.

CHARLES FADDIS, former head of the CIA's WMD terrorism unit, talks about some of the problems in the intelligence community, as well as sheds light on how problematic the possibility of a chemical weapons agreement with the Syrian government is.

Norman Podhoretz, John Yoo, James Acton, Gordon Chang

NORMAN PODHORETZ explains his article in today's Wall Street Journal, outlining how President Obama is subordinating the U.S. to the dictates of the international community, where he says it has no interests as a nation.

JAMES ACTON, a senior associate of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, connects lessons learned from a failed attempt to rid the world of chemical weapons to nuclear disarmament, as well as argues the position of an international agreement of nuclear weapons reduction.

JOHN YOO, former Deputy Assistant US Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, analyzes the process for Congressional approval of a strike on Syria, focusing specifically on the constitutional implications.

GORDON CHANG talks about his piece in the New York Times, giving a backdrop to specific incidents in China recently.

Patrick Sookhdeo, Bill Gertz, Roger Noriega

PATRICK SOOKHDEO, of the Westminster Institute,

BILL GERTZ, the senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon, evaluates the possible Syrian strike plan and the retaliation ramifications expected, as well as the potential impact that defense cuts will have on the U.S. military's ability.

ROGER NORIEGA, of the Inter American Watch and American Enterprise Institute, sheds light on Iran and Hezbollah in the western hemisphere with the support of powerful individuals in Venezuela and what this could mean for the US.

Keith Payne

KEITH PAYNE, of the National Institute of Public Policy and former Commissioner on the Commission on Strategic Forces of the US, re-establishes the relevance of nuclear deterrence to today's strategic challenges for the post Cold War generation.  From discouraging state sponsorship of terror to diminishing the likelihood of the horrors of pre-nuclear age conventional warfare, nuclear deterrence is a tangible part of US statecraft.

 

As Keith Payne states "we have been on the non-nuclear mountain top and it is not nice.  Before nuclear weapons, multinational war caused the death of 100 of millions in the span of 10 years."

All this and much, much more on this one hour special with Keith Payne.

Senator Ron Johnson, Bing West, Marc Thiessen, Adam Kredo

Senator RON JOHNSON, representative of Wisconsin and member of the Foreign Relations and Homeland Security Committees, provides a first hand perspective of the recent congressional hearing over US intervention in Syria and shares his criticism of the lack of knowledge shown by the Obama administration. 

BING WEST, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Author of "Into the Fire", raises the important unanswered questions with regards to US intervention in Syria; how is it possible to perform a surgical attack and change the calculus of Assad; who will take power after Assad; what will happen to the stockpile of chemical weapons after the US intervenes?

MARC THIESSEN, of American Enterprise Institute, expresses his advice to a possible strike upon Syria and who the US might be able to ally itself within Syria.

ADAM KREDO, senior writer for the Washington Free Beacon, offers his expertise on the ramifications of Syria providing Hezbollah with chemical weapons.

Robert Zarate, Henry Sokolski, Andy McCarthy, Gordon Chang

ROBERT ZARATE, policy director of the Foreign Policy Initiative, explains his ideas as a signatory of a letter sent to President Obama last week, urging Congressional approval of a strike upon Syria.

HENRY SOKOLSKI, Executive director of the Nonproliferation policy Education center, analyzes US intervention in Syria and what it would take to truly rid the world of chemical weapons.

ANDY McCARTHY, of National Review Online, expresses his concern over what might come from a possible attack on the Assad regime in Syria.

GORDON CHANG, of Forbes and World Affairs Journal, discusses North Korea being the largest supplier of chemical weapons and nuclear technology, the Bo Xi Lai trial, the Philippines and Chinese relationship, and the decrease in the US Navy and what that will mean for Asia