Secure Freedom Minute
Episodes
Friday Oct 21, 2011
Peace through Strength
Friday Oct 21, 2011
Friday Oct 21, 2011
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on an international tour that demonstrates the perils of President Obama abandonment of the Reagan philosophy of “peace through strength.” Her trip illustrates the dangers for us and our interests associated with the perception – if not the reality – of declining American power and influence.
In Libya, Mrs. Clinton flashed the victory sign with representatives of the new order there – a transitional council that includes al Qaeda operatives and Muslim Brothers.
In Afghanistan, the Secretary pledged our continued support, even as we withdraw forces and encourage what amounts to a negotiated surrender of the place to the Taliban.
And in Pakistan, Hillary’s “tough love” message is discounted by the conviction that we will soon be irrelevant in the region — and beyond.
We had better prove otherwise.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at securefreedomradio.com.
Thursday Oct 20, 2011
The Enemy Is Clear
Thursday Oct 20, 2011
Thursday Oct 20, 2011
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
We have been at war for over a decade. Yet, our government still refuses to recognize who we are fighting in this so-called “War on Terror.”
The enemy is very clear, however, about who they are, and why they attack us: They are jihadists who seek, through violence or through stealthy means, to impose worldwide the totalitarian, supremacist Islamic doctrine called “shariah.”
Why can’t we get that?
In part, it’s because our government – in the interest of not offending Muslims – is submitting to the Islamists’ demands that we not speak the truth about the threat they pose. Team Obama is actually purging or punishing truth-speaking trainers used to prepare counter-terror personnel to contend with that threat.
Such willful blindness is going to get more Americans killed. Let’s stop it before that happens.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at securefreedomradio.com.
Wednesday Oct 19, 2011
The Chinese Threat
Wednesday Oct 19, 2011
Wednesday Oct 19, 2011
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
Communist China’s leaders just finished a meeting that seems to have been consumed with who will lead that country next. It is extremely worrying that the People’s Liberation Army is likely to determine the outcome.
The generals are evidently parlaying their role as king-makers into influence over policy and budget priorities. That won’t be good for us, as it will almost certainly result in China adopting a more confrontational stance with the United States.
China’s defense budget has been growing at double-digit rates since the 1980s, enabling a massive build-up with modern, offensive weapons. We are likely to find the Chinese endangering our interests and security in the Pacific and, increasingly, elsewhere — from Central Asia to Africa to our own hemisphere.
We better get clear on this trend – and respond appropriately.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at securefreedomradio.com.
Tuesday Oct 18, 2011
The Doomsday Machine
Tuesday Oct 18, 2011
Tuesday Oct 18, 2011
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
The clock is ticking on your national security. A congressional ‘Super Committee’ has just a few weeks to find 1.2 trillion dollars in spending cuts. If it doesn’t succeed, America’s military will be the principal billpayer, with funding for our troops slashed by some $600 billion. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has called that prospect “the Doomsday Machine.”
He’s right for at least two reasons: First, these cuts would be on top of nearly half a trillion dollars that has already been reduced — or will shortly be — from the Pentagon’s budget. The effect would be not just to hollow out our armed forces, but to eviscerate them.
Second, the world is already becoming a very dangerous place, for us and other friends of freedom. We literally cannot afford to make it more so.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at securefreedomradio.com.
Friday Oct 14, 2011
National Security Cuts
Friday Oct 14, 2011
Friday Oct 14, 2011
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
Congress is poised to make cuts in our national security capabilities of a kind and magnitude unseen in decades. The top leaders of our armed forces told Congress yesterday that we are reaching the point of cutting into the military’s muscle and bone. This would be a bad idea under the best of circumstances, but as the recent Iranian plot to blow up targets in Washington, D.C. underscores, these aren’t the best of circumstances. The world in fact is a dangerous place and is becoming more so by the day and our perceived weakness, irresolution and withdrawal from international hotspots, only makes it more so for our interests and allies and for us.
Every American has a stake in this momentous decision. Let your representatives know that you want them to uphold their constitutional duty to provide for the common defense.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute; learn more at securefreedomradio.com
Thursday Oct 13, 2011
Iranian Threat
Thursday Oct 13, 2011
Thursday Oct 13, 2011
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. This alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador is further evidence of Iran’s willingness to commit violence against Americans even here on American soil. Once Iran achieves a nuclear capability behind which they can hide, they will be ever more emboldened to act out against the United States.
Unfortunately, it will be even more difficult, dangerous, and costly to counter the growing threat from Iran once the regime feels that it can act with complete impunity as it realizes its objective of developing a nuclear arsenal. Therefore we must act now, by whatever means necessary, including the use of military force. However, with no sign of action for a tougher policy toward Iran from the U.S. administration, the boldness of the Iranian regime will surely increase along with its unchecked nuclear capability. This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at securefreedomradio.com.