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Douglas Feith: War And Decision

Tonight on Secure Freedom Radio, Former Undersecretary of Defense, Douglas J. Feith joins Frank for two segments to discuss his book, War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism, and the how the decisions

Let Americans Make American Planes

As President Obama prepares to address a joint session of Congress on Thursday night about jobs, the stakes for American workers as well as his 2012 re-election are high. Yet, as millions of Americans remain unemployed, President Obama continues to

Cliché-Based Foreign Policy

US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, kicked up a political storm this week. On Tuesday, Ros-Lehtinen introduced the United Nations Transparency, Accountability and Reform Act. If passed into law it would place stringent restrictions

The Wednesday Cheat Sheet

The U.S. has fallen to fifth in global competitiveness. Heck of a job, Barry, heck of a job. Too bad you still have one at this point. Your job creation numbers have all but disappeared. Now, the White House wants

The Elusive Kandahar Cougar and Murphy's Laws of Combat

Sergeant TJ Vowell insists he’s seen the mysterious big cats of Kandahar many times. Recently, Sergeant Vowell got shot. 06 September 2011 Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Task Force Spartan 4-4 Cav, Bravo Troop, 2nd Platoon 2nd Squad There is much talk

What We Get For Aid To Israel

Just this once, I want to respond to the anti-Israel obsessed idiot who does nothing but troll the comments section with his/her nonsense. From Bibi Netanyahu’s 5/23/2011 AIPAC speech: “I know these are tough economic times. So I want to

Gen. Jack Keane: Keeping Our 'Head In The Game'

Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, for our special Labor Day Show retired four-star General Jack Keane joins Frank to discuss the remarkable turnaround in Afghanistan after the surge in forces in 2009. Although he does not want to

Libya Rebel Commander: 'An Islamist? Moi?'

This should quiet all the bitter skeptics who said Obama’s Libyan adventure would wind up trading Qaddafi for something worse. Heh. Libya Rebel Commander Plays Down Islamist Past September 02, 2011 | Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya — The rebels’ Tripoli

The Terrorist Supporters On The Left

Our Norwegian correspondent The Observer offers the second part of his series of essays on the Left in Norway. In this installment, he examines the left-wing community in Norway and its sympathy for various terrorist organizations. The terrorist supporters of

Peaceful August In Iraq: No U.S. Soldiers Died

August marked the first month of no reported deaths for the first time since 2003. This is great news for the US military as well as the Iraqi security forces that seems to be maturing and taking on greater operational

Condi Fires Back At Cheney: You Are Attacking My Integrity

Condi Rice, National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State to President George W. Bush, joins Colin Powell in challenging Dick Cheney’s account of events. From the UK’s Daily Mail: All smiles then… The former Secretary of State said she

Assessing Qaddafi

On September 1, Mu’ammar al-Qadhdhafi (the proper transliteration of his name) would have been ruler of Libya for exactly 42 years, making him the world’s longest ruling head of state. As he leaves the scene, his wretched reign deserves an

The Art, Science, and Carpentry of Explosives

Blocks of M112 C-4 prepared for mission beside roll of M456 detonation cord and accessories. 29 August 2011 Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Task Force Spartan, 4-4Cav There is much to know about explosives. A wealth of art, science, and

Post Qaddafi: Insurgency And Jihad Against Democracy

By seizing Tripoli and fighting what’s left of the pockets of resistance of Qaddafi forces, Libyan rebels have now almost dislodged the old regime and are expected to begin building their own government. The most pressing question within the international

Trey Knight: Commanding the Field with the M110

Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Trey Knight, Vice President of Knights Armament, explains his company’s contribution to the war efforts by manufacturing the M110 Sniper rifle, used readily in Afghanistan and Iraq. There is “not another tool that

Edvard Munch in the Marijuana Patch

My heavily armed tent mates hours before the mission. 24 August 2011 Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Task Force Spartan, 4-4Cav We live in tents. Nice tents with air conditioning. But not now; the electricity and air conditioning are out