Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

Dr. SEBASTIAN GORKA, The Major Gen. Matthew C. Horner Distinguished Chair of Military Theory at the Marine Corps University:

PART ONE

• The religious, totalitarian ideology link between terrorist groups
• Analyzing the threat doctrine of Islamic jihadists
• The dangers of labeling jihadists as "misguided"

PART TWO

• The principle of abrogation in the Quran
• Threats posed by Shariah law to the U.S. Constitution
• Defeating jihad in the ideological domain
• Ways that theologians can bring expertise on Islam to the Pentagon

PART THREE

• Putin's thuggish opportunism
• Why NATO is a “paper tiger” against a resurgent Russia
• Are allies such as France enabling Russian aggression?
• How methanol may be the key to becoming less economically dependent on Russia

PART FOUR

• China’s consistent subversion of U.S. regional hegemony in the Asia-Pacific
• The Pre-WWII strategic vacuum and warning signs of an imminent great power conflict
• A lack of alternative ideas that accompany Republican Party criticisms of the incumbent administration

KELLYANNE CONWAY, President and Founder of The Polling Company:

• Results of a new U.S. public opinion poll on national security
• An increasing trend of the American public opposing a disengagement from world affairs
• The consequences these poll findings will have for the upcoming midterm elections

ADM. JAMES “ACE” LYONS, former commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet:

• Restricted rules of engagement putting U.S. soldiers at an increased risk
• Why the fight against ISIS distracts America from the Iranian nuclear threat
• The infiltration of U.S. government agencies by the Muslim Brotherhood
• Implications of halting Tomahawk Cruise Missile production

ANDY McCARTHY, author of “Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for Obama’s Impeachment”:

• A failure to recognize the threat posed by “moderate Islamists”
• What is the Khorasan Group?
• The Islamic State of Saudi Arabia?
• Potential candidates for Attorney General Eric Holder's successor

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

• Significant developments in pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong
• Xi Jingping’s desired consolidation of power and Maoist rhetoric
• Prime Minister Modi’s White House visit

DIANA WEST, author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character”

PART ONE:

• Consequences of the U.S.'s historical attempts to accommodate Soviet communism
• The depth of Soviet subversion of American government and civil society from the 1930’s to the end of World War Two

PART TWO:

• Did the USSR play a role in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
• How American officials loyal to the USSR diverted wartime resources from U.S. troops and penetrated the U.S. atomic program
• What a new Ken Burns documentary left out about the national security crisis that FDR faced

PART THREE:

• What can the U.S. learn from the ideology of communism to help combat the moral dilemma it faces from radical Islamism?
• Why communism and Islamism have both been divorced from their crimes in American culture
• Historical Communist Party connections to current European Union officials, and even President Barack Obama

PART FOUR:

• Jihadist penetration and subversion in the U.S.
• Stealth jihad and the manipulation of Western political thought
• U.S. government agencies turning their backs on the ideological threats of today?

PETER WEHNER, former Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives:

• Examining President Obama’s ideological preferences
• Inherent contradictions within Islam
• The Administration’s minimalist theme of armed intervention

AMB. JOHN HERBST, former US Ambassador to Ukraine and Uzbekistan:

• A sense of gloom looming over the political landscape in Kiev
• Consequences of Putin’s goals for Ukraine
• Three steps for deterring the Kremlin’s aggression

BILL GERTZ, Senior Editor of the Washington Free Beacon:

• Syria's role as a safe haven for the Khorasan Group and jihadists focused on transnational attacks
• The Obama Administration’s decision to suspend the use of land mines against the advice of senior military officials
• Clandestine cybersecurity talks between Chinese envoys and the State Department

MICHAEL BRAUN, Managing Partner at SGI Global and former DEA Chief of Operations:

• Security challenges posed by the growing influence of Mexican drug cartels inside the U.S.
• A potential terrorist-cartel alliance south of the border
• The target rich environment that is America’s critical infrastructure

BILL ROGGIO, managing editor at "The Long War Journal":

• Why jihadists are thriving in chaotic Syria
• Concerns that the Obama administration is underestimating the threat of jihadist groups
• Can Arab nations allied to the U.S. be trusted in fighting Islamist extremism?
• Yemen's likely future as the next Syria

FRED FLEITZ, former CIA Analyst:

• Recent warnings of an imminent terror attack inside the U.S. from the Khorasan Group
• Threats from so-called “homegrown” actors versus global jihadist networks
• Domestic terror in the western world as seen in the recent incidents in New Jersey and Australia
• Is it possible the Administration enlisted the Iranian regime for assistance in combating radical Islamism?

RICHARD PERLE, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs:

• Non-ideological incentives for jihadist recruitment and expansion
• Using Putin’s INF Treaty violation as an opportunity to reform arms control policy
• Is modern Russia as much of a nuclear threat to America as the Soviet Union was?

Rep. BILL POSEY, of Florida's 8th Congressional District:

• President Obama’s incoherent strategy for countering ISIS
• Criticism of the federal government’s neglect of NASA and space exploration
• The gravity of the threat posed by solar flares to electrical infrastructure

With Mark Lee Greenblatt, Author of "Valor: Unsung heroes from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front"

PART ONE:

• How selflessness in danger helps to make a valorous service member
• The role that training plays in fostering life-saving camaraderie
• Applauding the consistent humility of decorated service members

PART TWO:

• Greenblatt’s method to profiling valor
• Dan Foster’s stalwart commitment to defending his brothers in a remote outpost in Afghanistan
• Steve Sanford’s courageous foray under fire to save the life of a mortally wounded squad mate

PART THREE:

• Army helicopter pilot Ryan Welch’s heroic rescue over the “Triangle of Death”
• Navy rescue swimmer Kyle Need saves shipwrecked civilian during horrific storm
• The media's hesitation to cover heroic stories because of the “cheerleader image" concern

PART FOUR:

• Consequences of a disturbing disconnect between the military and the US civilian population
• Bridging the gap between communities less invested in the military
• The importance of awareness, understanding, and jobs to a veteran's successful assimilation back into the civilian sector

PART ONE:

• China’s challenge to the seven-decade status quo of American regional hegemony in the western Pacific
• The trend of China flaunting international norms and laws to further its own interests
• The role played by the Gulf War and Taiwan Strait Crisis in China’s assessment of its own military capabilities

PART TWO:

• The implications of China’s military buildup for the U.S.
• China's ever-improving missile and space capabilities
• China’s role in "escalation dominance" and what it means for America

PART THREE:

• The importance of a stable Pacific to world security
• Has the Asia Pivot reinforced or hurt American credibility in the region?
• China’s rapid military modernization and growing force

PART FOUR:

• The American response to China's military buildup
• The U.S.'s heavy reliance on Chinese resources, and particularly rare earth minerals
• China use of outside matters as an excuse to repress internal dissent

Dr. PAUL MILLER, former Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan on the National Security Council staff:

• Using the "Somalia model" to combat the Islamic State
• Does President Obama plan to follow the same method of withdrawing forces from Afghanistan as he did in Iraq?
• Instability in Pakistan encouraging a power grab by radical Islamists
• The need to use all tools of national security to determine policy in South Asia

Sgt. TIM SUMNER, Co-Founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America:

• The Obama Administration’s lack of a comprehensive policy to counter jihadist threats at home and abroad
• Collusion between the Islamic State and drug cartel outfits in Juarez, Mexico
• Senator Cruz’s bill to revoke passports of Americans convicted of fighting for radical terror groups

TERA DAHL, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Council on Global Security:

• Jihad beyond the Islamic State
• ISIS refugee horror stories
• Middle Eastern resentment towards Qatar and Turkey for facilitating the rise of the Islamic State
• Egypt’s legacy of war against radical Islam, and America’s failure to normalize relations after the fall of Mubarak

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

• A new era of U.S.-Chinese relations
• Alibaba’s successful initial public offering in the U.S.
• Investor and cyber security concerns stemming from Alibaba's structure
• Should the United States arm Taiwan with submarines?

RAYMOND IBRAHIM, author of “Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians” and “The Al Qaeda Reader”:

PART ONE

• How ISIS plays into the bigger picture of global jihad
• America's willful blindness to the fact that to defeat an enemy, one must know the enemy
• The American far-left's apologist-position towards radical Islam

PART TWO

• Defensive versus offensive jihad in Shariah doctrine
• Comparing ISIS and Al-Qaeda
• The consequences of ISIS declaring an Islamic Caliphate

PART THREE

• President Obama’s misleading remarks about the connection of jihadist terrorism to Islam
• The long history of Christian persecution in the Muslim world

PART FOUR

• Recommendations for future U.S. policies to combat the global jihad
• Lessons learned from the American strategy that defeated the communist ideology of the Soviet Union
• Problems with the labels put on those who question the radical aspects of Shariah law

PART ONE

• How the Soviet Union reorganized after its supposed collapse
• Why the FSB and the Russian intelligence community are stronger and more important than ever
• Putin's aspirations to control Europe and bring Russia back to world superpower status
• Is German Chancellor Angela Merkel in cahoots with Putin and Russia’s agenda?

PART TWO

• Putin's use of his “Christian” image to deceive the West
• The FSB's continuing ties to KGB Islamist networks, including Al-Qaeda
• The card-carrying Communist who mentored a young Barack Obama

PART THREE

• Russian subversion at home and abroad
• The resurrection of Soviet-style anti-American international outreach
• The failure of U.S. policy to counter Putin’s vision for Europe and the global community

PART FOUR

• Does the loyalty of America's political leadership and public servants need testing?
• Lessons learned from countering Nazi propaganda in the U.S. during World War II
• The media’s growing inability to function as a watchdog