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Romney Addressing The VFW

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
Yesterday, Mitt Romney at last took on Barack Obama for his performance as Commander-in-Chief. Addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Republican presidential candidate made clear that the Obama record with respect to national security is so deeply flawed and dangerous that it must – and will – be an issue in this Fall’s election.
Mr. Romney contrasted his view of this country and its role in the world with that of President Obama: “I am an unapologetic believer in the greatness of this country….I believe our country is the greatest force for good the world has ever known, and that our influence is needed as much now as ever.”
President Obama may believe our nation’s decline is inevitable.  The American people do not.  Kudos to Gov. Romney for articulating and offering them an alternative.
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Syria's Chemical Weapons

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
Suddenly, everybody’s talking about Bashir Assad’s chemical weapons and the threat they pose to the Syrian people, to Israel and perhaps to the rest of us – especially if the opposition’s Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaeda elements inherit them.
President Obama yesterday warned Assad that he would be “held accountable” should Syria employ its lethal chemical agents.  But the question occurs:  Wouldn’t that threat be more persuasive if the U.S. had an in-kind deterrent of its own chemical weapons?
We don’t, of course, thanks to a 1992 treaty that was supposed to rid the world of these things but only eliminated ours and those of other law-abiding nations.  Even though the planet is more dangerous, not less, Mr. Obama now proposes to do the same with our nuclear deterrent.  Thanks, but no thanks!
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

America's Iron Lady

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
A recent movie about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reminded us of the woman whose visionary leadership and fortitude – particularly in the fight against Soviet Communism – earned her the nickname “the Iron Lady.” 
It turns out we have our own Iron Lady in Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota.  Her Thatcheresque qualities are evident in her call for an official effort to expose and correct Muslim Brotherhood influence operations inside our government – a threat every bit as dangerous as communist subversion a generation ago.
She has been singled out for the most virulent and unfounded attacks, even from leaders of her own party.  Her response was vintage Bachmann: “I will not be silenced.” America’s Iron Lady must not be silenced – or otherwise punished for her leadership in countering the Muslim Brotherhood.
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The Stealth Jihad

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
Earlier this week, Senator John McCain of Arizona took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to criticize five members of the House of Representatives for asking hard questions about the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence in the Obama administration.
These legislators – Representatives Michele Bachmann, Louie Gohmert, Trent Franks, Lynn Westmoreland and Tom Rooney – deserve thanks for the public service they are performing, not condemnation.  They are justifiably troubled, as every American should be, by Team Obama’s embrace of policies favorable to an organization explicitly committed to America’s destruction – including helping bring it to power in Egypt.
Moreover, given the threat posed by the Muslim Brotherhood and the stealthy civilization jihad it is pursuing in America, we urgently need answers to the legislators’ questions, not efforts by the Obama administration and others to suppress them.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

The Haqqani Network

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
The House of Representatives felt compelled yesterday to urge the State Department to declare the Haqqani Network a designated terrorist organization.  That should be a no-brainer:  Haqqani is, after all, an Islamic supremacist group that kills American soldiers and innocent civilians in Afghanistan.
While State is at it, they should also designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization.  The Brotherhood’s Palestinian franchise, Hamas, already has that dubious distinction.  And the rising danger posed by the Brothers to stability, to U.S. allies and to our interests – throughout the Middle East and beyond – fully justifies such a blacklisting.
Don’t hold your breath, though, if it left up to the Obama administration. It wants to engage the Muslim Brotherhood, not take it down.  That means it’s time for Congress to act, again.
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The Military Social Experiment

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
Thirty-one female recruits at Lackland Air Force Base have allegedly been raped or otherwise sexually abused by male trainers.  A court martial in one case is just getting underway, but the Pentagon insists that this scandal is an anomaly, not  symptomatic of a larger problem.
Certainly, most trainers and other service personnel do not engage in predatory sexual behavior.  We shouldn’t kid ourselves, though:  If mixed sexes are placed in military settings with little or no privacy, there will be problems with pregnancies, rapes, crimes of passion and broken marriages.
How much command time, energy and defense resources are currently being diverted to contending with such problems?  What is certain is more of all those will be squandered as the armed forces are used for societal experimentation, not defending the nation.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.