Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

If Rep. Omar Really Opposes FGM, She Should Co-Sponsor Legislation Prohibiting It Here

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

Rep. Ilhan Omar hails originally from Somalia, a nation in which virtually all girls are subjected to a singularly horrific form of child abuse: female genital mutilation.

Given her background and adherence to Sharia, the Islamic doctrine that condones this practice, Muslims and others may reasonably wonder whether she condemns FGM. 

But when a self-described “Muslim progressive” made that inquiry recently, Rep. Omar denounced FGM, but not nearly as ferociously as she did the questioner, simply for raising the topic.

If the Congresswoman genuinely wants to demonstrate her opposition to female genital mutilation – rather than simply deflect attention from the fact that Somali women and girls are among the half-million estimated to be at risk of this barbaric abuse in America – she should immediately co-sponsor the “Federal Prohibition of FGM Act of 2019,” introduced by Rep. Scott Perry and Sen. Marsha Blackburn.  

This is Frank Gaffney.

 

With Robert Joseph

With Robert Joseph

ROBERT JOSEPH, Senior Scholar at the National Institute for Public Policy, Former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security:

• A review of the modern era of arms control
• The evolution of America’s nuclear arsenal
• Why the U.S. must improve its strategic capabilities

(PART TWO):

• Why the Soviet Union’s SS-20 missile was a revolutionary weapon
• Consequences of the USSR’s intimidation campaign
• The significance of the Alliance’s resolve on the end of the Soviet Union

(PART THREE):

• Why did the INF treaty fail?
• Implications of Russia’s long history of deception
• Why President Trump’s Nuclear Initiative is critical

(PART FOUR):

• What is the current state of the New Start Treaty?
• Dissecting the fundamental flaws of the New Start Treaty
• Why the Russia-China strategic relationship poses a game-changing dynamic

With Robert Charles, Kevin Freeman and Brad Thayer

ROBERT CHARLES, Former Assistant Secretary of State, former counsel to the US House National Security Subcommittee:

• Supreme Court decision on border wall funding
• Democratic debate

KEVIN FREEMAN, Host of Economic War Room:

• Threat from China versus the threat from Russia
• Democratic Party views on Beijing
• How new tariffs may impact consumers 

BRAD THAYER, Coauthor of How China Sees the World: Han-Centrism and the Balance of Power in International Politics:

• International community’s lack of support for Hong Kong protests
• Why standing up to Beijing on Hong Kong is in the U.S. interest

(PART TWO):

• How the CCP uses WeChat
• Chinese espionage at Western universities

With Russ Dallen, Diana West, David Goldman and Fred Fleitz

RUSS DALLEN, President and Editor-in-Chief of the Latin American Herald Tribune:

• Venezuela likely to lose Citgo, its largest asset abroad
• How Citgo control complicates the power struggle between Guaido and Maduro

DIANA WEST, Author of The Red Thread: A Search for Ideological Drivers Inside the Anti-Trump Conspiracy:

• The problem with Crowdstrike’s report on the DNC server hacking

DAVID GOLDMAN, Author of How Civilizations Die (And Why Islam Is Dying Too):

• Economic agenda of Xi Jinping’s “China Dream”
• The Democratic Party’s problem with anti-Semitism

FRED FLEITZ, President and CEO of the Center for Security Policy:

• Ilhan Omar’s House resolution supporting the BDS movement
• Trump administration sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif

With Diana West, Dr. Harold Rhode Gordon Chang and Kevin Freeman

DIANA WEST, Nationally syndicated columnist, Blogs at Dianawest.net, Author of Death of the Grown Up, American Betrayal and Red Thread: A Search for Ideological Drivers Inside the Anti-Trump Conspiracy

• The story of Tommy Robinson
• Vladimir Bukovsky’s Judgement in Moscow

DR. HAROLD RHODE, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute, Former Turkish Desk Officer at the US Department of Defense, Author of Modern Islamic Warfare: An Ancient Doctrine Marches On (2017):

• Ominous developments on the Persian Gulf
• Has Trump been exercising restraint regarding Iran?
• Consequences of Tehran’s aggressive actions against the U.S.

GORDON CHANG, The Daily Beast contributor, Author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World, Latest book: Losing South Korea (2019):

• Dissecting the current state of the Hong Kong protests
• Have trade talks come to a stand-still?
• A review of President Trump’s China policy

KEVIN FREEMAN,  Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Host of Economic War Room on TheBlaze TV, Author of “Game Plan” and “Secret Weapon”:

• The new vastly expanded China lobby
• Why China is the existential threat of our time
• Why Americans should be weary of investing in Beijing based companies

With Ami Horowitz

AMI HOROWITZ, Documentary Film Maker:

• Democratic presidential primary

(PART TWO):

• Origins of the Muslim Brotherhood
• Muslim Brotherhood creed
• Various meanings of jihad

(PART THREE):

• The Left’s intersectionality
• Dangerous situations while shooting the documentary
• Nidal Sakr

(PART FOUR):

• Stockholm Syndrome and the global conversation it started

With David Barton

DAVID BARTON, Historian and President of Wallbuilders:

• How David Barton learned to love history
• Meaning of the name ‘Wallbuilders’

(PART TWO):

• Definition of “apologetics”
• How 1920s Progressives changed education from focusing on thinking to learning

(PART THREE):

• Significance of the year 1962 for American education
• History of the separation of church and state

(PART FOUR):

• Bladensburg Cross Supreme Court decision
• Keith Ellison’s claims about Thomas Jefferson

With Karen Siegemund

KAREN SIEGEMUND, President of American Freedom Alliance:

• The privilege of living in a free country

(PART TWO):

• Nazism’s origination in the Left
• Leftist control of American institutions 

(PART THREE):

• Alliance between hard left and Sharia
• Dr. Siegemund’s recent job loss after American Freedom Alliance conference on the radical left’s “Long March Through the Institutions”

(PART FOUR):

• How people can help preserve freedom

With Roger Robinson

ROGER ROBINSON, Co-Founded and presently Chairs the Prague Security Studies Group, President and CEO of RWR:

• Richard Nixon’s anti-communist policies
• Dissecting the détente era

(PART TWO):

• The significance of President Reagan’s China strategy
• National security implications of the Siberian gas pipeline deal
• How Reagan contributed to the demise of the Soviet Union

(PART THREE):

• Implications of Europe’s purchasing of Soviet gas in the Cold War
• America’s tendencies to underwrite our adversaries
• China’s engagement in economic warfare against the U.S.
• Consequences of Beijing’s long-term global aims

(PART FOUR):

• Why human rights violations and national security concerns must be viewed as material risks
• Is the Global Security Risk Office effective?
• Americans should be weary of investing in Chinese companies

With Edward Timperlake

EDWARD TIMPERLAKE, Former Director Technology Assessment, International Technology Security, Office of the Secretary of Defense:

• The reality of the Chinese threat
• Consequences of the PLA’s massive military and nuclear arsenal buildup

(PART TWO):

• Clinton and Al Gore cash contributions hindered national security
• The corruption in the Clinton administration
• Impetuses behind Beijing’s actions

(PART THREE):

• Who is responsible for the transformation of the Chinese military?
• How we have enabled a hostile power to become such a massive threat
• Vulnerabilities in U.S. weapons systems

(PART FOUR):

• What does a 21^st century strategy look like?
• A review of President Trump’s China policy
• The comprehensive power of the Chinese threat