Official narratives this week in Washington marking Jimmy Carter’s passing reflect a highly selective rendering of his White House years. If the past is indeed prologue, his many grave mistakes must be recalled, not just his few positive achievements. Three debacles, and what has flowed from them, remain particular blights on our national security and…
Last night, the Biden administration sent eleven Yemeni jihadists held for years at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Persian Gulf nation of Oman. This step is the latest effort by the outgoing president’s team to undermine his successor – who wisely kept “Gitmo” open – and to sabotage the national security.…
As the days of what has purported to be the “Biden presidency” run out of the allotted time, its diabolical character is increasingly on display. It seems that whoever is actually running the U.S. government – and the mere fact that we don’t know who it is says a lot about our parlous state –…
In recent days, terrorists have violently attacked sites in New Orleans and Las Vegas. Communist Chinese hackers have gained access to the Treasury Department’s data. And unidentified drones have been flying with impunity over some seventeen military bases and other sensitive real estate. At a minimum, they are likely spying on the facilities below but…
On August 15, 2016, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gave one of his best speeches ever. It addressed with clarity and courage the threat of “radical Islamic terrorism” and what we need to do to “defeat it.” After New Year’s attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, his analysis of the toxic ideological wellspring of ISIS…
New Year’s Day is typically a time of optimism and cheerful resolutions for how we would like to conduct ourselves in the twelve months to come. That is especially true at this juncture for those of us who voted for a new president in the person of Donald Trump, and a national course-correction. There are,…
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Millions of Americans reelected Donald Trump in response to the lies they were told and the damage inflicted on them by officials during the COVID-19 pandemic. By joining forces with Bobby Kennedy, Jr. and embracing “Make America Healthy Again,” Mr. Trump gave hope there would not only be accountability for…
On December 18 th , the New York Post featured the following headline: “Drones spotted near at least 17 military bases located next to Chinese-owned land in U.S.” What?!!! The Biden administration has ignored, and in some cases, exacerbated the obvious threat posed by Chinese nationals buying up farmland and other real estate, even in…
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. So much for wishful thinking that a Syria liberated from the monstrous Bashir Assad regime would become a pluralistic democracy if only an al Qaeda veteran named Abu Mohammed al-Julani were fatuously transformed into a “moderate” politician and put in charge of the country. In…
Nearly two years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited his Chinese counterpart, Communist Emperor Xi Jinping. They announced a “no-limits partnership” and the intention of changing the world. Shortly thereafter, the first fruits of this toxic arrangement were manifested in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Ever since, the question has been: What else do these tyrants have in mind? …
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. As we freely and joyously celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, it’s easy to forget that many millions of our co-religionists around the world risk severe persecution and even death to do the same. That’s especially so in Sharia-supremacist Muslim nations that systematically oppress Christians. One…
President-elect Donald Trump just gave America a Christmas present. In a video statement issued by the transition team yesterday, he denounced the World Health Organization as a “corrupt globalist scam” substantially bankrolled by the United States, but “controlled by China” and an “utter failure on COVID.” In the face of ongoing efforts by the WHO…
President-elect Donald Trump yesterday sounded an alarm about a very serious threat to our national security and commercial interests arising from the current status of the strategic Panama Canal. While Mr. Trump cited concerns about Panama’s exorbitant charges imposed on U.S. military and commercial shipping, he also directly addressed the question of who controls the waterway we built.…
Turkey’s Islamist proxies have seized most of Syria. Now it wants an end to U.S. and other international sanctions on an al Qaeda-linked group controlling much of that long-suffering country. Those include a 10 million dollar bounty on its leader, known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, for the murder of Americans, among others. A multi-national delegation…
Ruthie Bloom, Columnist at JNS I spoke with Ruthie Bloom from Israel about the state of the war Israel is currently engaged in against Iran and its various proxies, including most recently very, very devastating attacks against the so-called Houthi rebels in Yemen in the aftermath of continuing attacks by them against the Jewish state.…
The Biden administration committed yesterday to reduce U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases by 66 percent over the next decade. You might be forgiven for thinking that whoever’s running our country at the moment didn’t get the memo that their team lost the election, with voters soundly repudiating its radical policies with respect to climate change…
Caroline Glick, Host of The Caroline Glick Show Caroline Glick and I discussed what Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey is doing to exploit what he and his surrogates have accomplished in the seizure of Syria, whether Jordan is next, and what it means for Israel and the rest of the region for that matter. We…
The prime-mover behind the toppling of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad was another, de facto dictator: Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He is poised to become its principal beneficiary, as well. During the Cold War, Turkey was ruled by governments that, while Muslim, aligned their country with the West, securing NATO’s southern flank against Soviet aggression. Unfortunately, that alliance…
Major General Joe Arbuckle, Major General, U.S.Army (Ret.) Major General Joe Arbuckle and I spoke about a new initiative by Flag Officers for America supporting the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be the next Secretary of Defense and why all of us should support that nomination to save our military from the wrecking operation to…
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Two days after Donald Trump’s landslide 2024 electoral victory, outgoing President Joe Biden announced, “I direct my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition.” This appeared to track with Biden’s oft- asserted commitment to “democracy.” Unfortunately, what has happened…