2013-01

Mali

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
The war between jihadists and the West has a new front: the West African nation of Mali, where Islamists now control an area roughly the size of France, which formerly colonized the place.
Declaring that al Qaeda-associated elements must not be allowed to establish and operate from new safe-havens, the French have recently started bombing them in northern Mali.  Reportedly, they are being helped by the United States and the UK.
Ironically, this effort to roll-back the territorial gains of shariah-adherent jihadis comes at the same time the French, British and Americans are helping other Islamists to take over Syria. There are even 750 places in France itself that are no-go zones for non-Muslims.
The West must defeat efforts to impose shariah worldwide.  To do so, however, will require clarity, competence and consistency.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

Al Quds

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
For years, American presidents have refused to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.  Even though Jerusalem is, in fact, the seat of government for the Jewish State, successive administrations have pandered to Israel's enemies, who hope to return the city to Arab and Muslim control.
Now, President Obama has chosen as the next director of the CIA a man whose sympathies for this ambition are so great that he actually prefers to call Jerusalem by the name used by those who reject its historic and present Jewishness.  John Brennan calls it "al Quds."
Denying reality is never a sound basis for security policy.  Even worse, Team Obama is inflaming the belief that America no longer stands with Israel, thus inviting a war that will be devastating for our ally,00 and potentially for us.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

Iran's Choice for Secretary of Defense

January 10, 2013
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
President Obama's choice to be the next Secretary of Defense came in for a lot of criticism even before it was announced since former Senator Chuck Hagel's positions have run the gamut from controversial to extreme and downright reckless.
Hagel has been applauded, however, by the state-controlled media of Iran.  The mullahs' mouthpiece, Press TV, has enthused about Hagel for his vociferously anti-Israel stance.  The Iranian regime must also appreciate his longstanding encouragement of unconditional engagement with Tehran, his opposition to tough sanctions against it and his denunciation of any use of force to prevent Iran from getting the bomb.
There are plenty of other good reasons to oppose the nomination of Chuck Hagel to lead our military at this critical time.  Iran's endorsement of him, though, should be high on the list.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

The Cancer of Chavismo

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
There's a certain irony to the fact that Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez is dying of some form of cancer.  After all, his regime and cult of personality known as Chavismo have been a kind of strategic cancer in Latin America for over a decade.
Chavez has instituted a communist economic program, principally benefiting his cronies, Cuba's Castro brothers and the Chinese.  He has relied on a Cuban-supplied security apparatus, Russian weapons imports, narco-trafficking and virulent anti-Americanism to maintain control at home and expand his influence in the region.
Hugo Chavez's apparently imminent death is an incredibly important opportunity to end this mortal peril to freedom in Latin America.  Will President Obama -- who has said he does not consider Chavez a threat -- miss this chance, and thereby help perpetuate that threat?
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

Karzai's Visit

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
Barack Obama is meeting this week with Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai, who owes his presidency to American military might.  Without it, his country and people would be subject once again to the ruinous misrule of Taliban jihadists.
We can expect to hear little by way of appreciation from Mr. Karzai during his visit to Washington.  Instead, he will demand more money and try to dictate terms for the continued presence of whatever forces the United States might be willing to keep in-country after 2014.
Such arrogance is particularly galling coming as it does on the heels of dozens of attacks by uniformed Afghans on our personnel.  Hamid Karzai should understand that it merely serves to undercut arguments for further American sacrifice in lives and treasure for his corrupt and increasingly unreliable regime.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

Al Goreeza

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
Let's call it Al-Gorezza.  That would be the new network former Vice President Al Gore is launching with the jihadists’ favorite television outlet: Al Jazeera.
Mr. Gore is pocketing $100 million for selling his failing Current Network to the oil-rich royal family of state of Qutar, which owns Al-Jazeera.  Al-Goreeza will thereby gain access to as many as 40 million homes across the United States.
Thus, a nation increasingly bankrolling the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists obtains huge new means of propagandizing Americans.  This is a critical ingredient in the stealthy form of subversion the Brotherhood calls “civilization jihad.”  For a man who was once a heartbeat away from the presidency to enrich himself by selling out his country in this fashion is not just contemptible.  It is threat to the national security.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.