2013-01

Hitting the GDP Wall

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
America's faltering economic recovery just hit a significant speed bump.  If Congress and the President fail to act right away, it will soon hit the proverbial wall.
We learned yesterday that the nation's Gross Domestic Product sharply dropped because defense expenditures associated with U.S. operations in Afghanistan are winding down.  That tenth-of-a-percent downturn occurred after four years of sputtering growth.  Unfortunately, it is but a foretaste of what is coming if another $500 billion is stripped from the Pentagon's budget as part of what is known as "sequestration."
Find out how bad the economic impact will be on your state and community by checking out the Center for Security Policy's Defense Breakdown Reports at www.ForTheCommonDefense.com.  Then tell your elected representatives not to devastate our national security - and our economy.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

Hagee's Legions

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
On the eve of tomorrow's Senate hearing on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the next Secretary of Defense, formidable opposition has emerged from an unexpected quarter.  Pastor John Hagee's Christians United for Israel brought hundreds of religious leaders to Washington this week.  They warned Senators against entrusting the Pentagon to a man with Mr. Hagel's deeply problematic record and seriously deficient judgment.
The pastors urged legislators to focus on evidence of the former Senator's support for weakening the United States and Israel, and for engaging, empowering and emboldening their enemies.  And they discounted the nominee's last-minute - and implausible - claims to the contrary.
If you share these respected pastors' concerns, please reinforce their message by calling your Senators at 202-224-3121.  That's 202-224-3121.  And please, do it today.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

Hagel's Spin

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
On Thursday, the Senate Armed Services Committee and the American people will be treated to quite a spectacle:  Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s choice to be the next Secretary of Defense, will be spinning at the RPM of a prima ballerina.  By telling Senators what they want to hear, he hopes to obscure his well-documented public record, blur his serially faulty judgments and disguise the harm both suggest he is prepared to do, if confirmed, to national security.
Will Mr. Hagel’s cynical and contemptuous gambit be rewarded by the Senate, or will it be properly repudiated?
That may depend as much on what your Senators hear from you as the falsehoods they hear from Chuck Hagel.  If you are concerned about his hostility towards Israel and his willingness to disarm us, let them know.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

Worse than Mubarak

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
A news report from Egypt this morning featured a comment as predictable as it was chilling.  A leader of the Egyptian revolution two years ago declared that his country’s Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohamed Morsi, is “worse than Mubarak.”
With Morsi declaring a state of emergency in three provinces following murderous suppression of weekend rioting, the Egyptians have traded out a secular autocrat for an Islamist tyrant.  And yes, thanks to the Brotherhood’s commitment to imposing totalitarian shariah law, Morsi’s misrule is certain to prove worse than Mubarak’s.
Coming on top of recent revelations of Morsi’s hatred for Israel, it’s becoming impossible to justify unconditional U.S. arms sales and financial assistance to Egypt.  Such actions put us on the side of shariah and its adherents, which is not where America should be.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

Women in Combat

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta formally unveiled yesterday the latest of Team Obama’s serial assaults on the U.S. military.  From now on, American women can be eligible for ground combat.  The practical effect of the Panetta decision though may be to force women into the frontlines of America’s future wars.
That’s right.  A previous Pentagon study of this idea – which recommended against its adoption – found it unworkable to let female soldiers and Marines opt out of combat when their male counterparts are denied that right.  Mr. Panetta also can’t say whether his decision would effectively subject America’s young women to the draft.
We’re told women may still be excluded for physical reasons.  But given President Obama’s evident determination to hollow out our armed forces, such natty practical considerations are unlikely to impede him.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

Free Britania

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is offering his countrymen a chance to restore democratic government in the United Kingdom.  If you thought that had been in place since the days of the Magna Carta, think again.
In fact, for years, the lives of Britons have been increasingly dictated by unelected bureaucrats working for the European Union in Brussels.  And increasingly, the Brits are fed up with their high-handedness and unaccountability.
Unfortunately, President Obama doesn’t seem to understand that the United States has a powerful interest in a sovereign and free United Kingdom – one with whom it can enjoy a mutually beneficial and truly “special” strategic relationship.  The truth is the EU has proven to be ever-more-unreliable a partner to us even as it has become ever more autocratic to the people of Europe.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.