Monday 20 September 2010

National Security Brief: Monday, September 20, 2010

Frank Gaffney: D Day for the US Military

The United States Senate is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a motion to proceed to debate on the annual defense authorization bill. Normally, such a step is a routine mechanical one. In this case, though, it is one of the most important national security votes of the year - and will be scored as such by the Center for Security Policy and a number of other organizations in their annual legislative scorecards.
As a proud alumnus of the staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee, it pains me to say that the Senate should not consider this seriously defective product of that panel's deliberations. No Republican or Democrat who cares about national security should vote for this motion.
The reason why a filibuster mounted by that committee's ranking Republican, Senator John McCain, should be sustained is that the defense bill is being used as a vehicle for several extraneous political agendas. These include": language allowing military hospitals to be used for the first time in decades as abortion clinics; an amendment Majority Leader Harry Reid says he wants to attach that amounts to an amnesty for young illegal immigrants; and repeal of the 1993 statute prohibiting openly homosexual individuals from serving in the U.S. military.

David Yerushalmi in Big Peace: Is Shariah the Same as Jewish Law?

At the recent press conference on Team B II’s report, Shariah: The Threat to America, a reporter from UPI asked the following question:
I’ve always thought Shariah was a body of Islamic religious law much like Jewish Halacha, governing peoples’ personal affairs. So I’m wondering, what is it in your view? What is Shariah, and why, specifically, is it a threat to our country?

September 17, 2010:
Rep. Mike Rogers, Claudia Rosett & Bill Gertz

On Secure Freedom Radio with Frank Gaffney, Frank talks with Rep. Mike Rogers on the Team B report and what our government is doing about Sharia. Then, it’s investigative reporter Claudia Rosett who is tracking the money and the imam behind the ground zero mosque. Finally, Frank discusses the START Treaty and gays in the military with Bill Gertz.

September 16, 2010:
Rep. Geoff Davis, Claire Lopez & Craig Smith

On Secure Radio Freedom with Frank Gaffney, Frank talks with Rep. Geoff Davis on the congressional perspective on the Afgan and Iraq campaigns, doctrinal changed and the hollowing out of our military. Next Claire Lopez discusses the new Team B study, “Sharia, the Threat to America.” Fianlly Frank talks with Craig Smith on the currency and economic circumstances of our times.
Lt. General William Boykin joins Frank to discuss the Team B2 Report. General Boykin, who is the former United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, led a team of bipartisan former intelligence officials and leading terrorism experts in a study on the true nature of the threat of Totalitarian Islamist terrorism.
On today’s show Frank speaks with Sarah Stern of the Endowment for Middle East Truth about the Middle East Peace process. Frank then discusses OPEC’s 50th birthday with IAGS energy expert, Gal Luft. Finally he speaks with Andy McCarthy about the Ground Zero Mosque and the Imam Rouf.
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Posted by Britannia Radio at 19:51