Securing America with Frank Gaffney Podcast

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, 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 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, 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, 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, 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, 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

MARK HELPRIN, of the Wall Street Journal and accomplished author, joins Frank for a one hour special about the issues plaguing the Middle East today and the declining power of the US in the region. Mark starts the hour by analyzing the headline topic of US intervention in Syria as a reaction to the Syrian government using chemical weapons on civilians. 

Throughout the hour, Mark explores a variety of topics including: the situation in Egypt and the continue support by the US for the Muslim Brotherhood; his time in the Israeli military and how Israel is used a tool by Islamic leaders to distract their citizens from the internal problems facing their nations; the current condition of the US military; the threat from China, and much, much more.   

SETH CROPSEY, former Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy, talks about US intervention in Syria and the hollowing out of the US military.

MICHAEL O’HANLON. of the Brookings Institute, analyzes the impending US military strike against Syria, as well as outlines what he feels the ultimate future goals in Syria should be.

FRED FLEITZ, of Lignet.com, exposes the flaws of the administration’s plan to possibly intervene into Syria and the implications this intervention could have on American allies in the region.

BILL GERTZ, of the Washington Free Beacon and Washington Times, analyzes US intervention in Syria and the new Chinese Anti satellite satellites.

DIANA WEST, author of Death Of A Grown Up, looks into the implications of the United States intervening into Syria militarily.

JIM HANSON, of Blackfive.net, answers the question of what possible benefits there would be for American national security if the US was to intervene into Syria, as well as looks into the readiness of the military for such an action.

J MICHAEL COLE, former Canadian intelligence officer and Taipei-based columnist for The Diplomat and Jane's Defense Weekly, evaluates the danger faced by Taiwan from Chinese military build up and Chinese investment.

ROSS HARRISON, professor at Georgetown University and University of Pittsburgh, sheds light on the Islamist Spring and what the future may hold for the Middle East.