Jihadists Hiding in Civilian Populations

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With Lt. Col. Seth Folsom, Joe Weiss, Dr. Walid Phares, Lt. Gen. William G. “Jerry” Boykin, Gordon Chang

USMC Lt. Col. SETH FOLSOM, combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, author of “Where Youth and Laughter Go: With “The Cutting Edge” in Afghanistan”:

• Folsom’s insight into his new book, “ Where Youth and Laughter Go”
• Col. Folsom’s stories of patrolling off base, leading troops amid the constant threats of IEDs and ambushes
• Accidental bombing of Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan
• Jihadists using mosques and schools to shelter fighters
• The military perception of the civilian/armed service divide

JOE WEISS, Managing Partner at Applied Control Solutions, LLC:

• Reliance of the control systems protecting the U.S. electric grid
• Cyber attacks on critical infrastructure command mechanisms
• Concerns surrounding international information sharing

Dr. WALID PHARES, Fox News Middle East and Terrorism Expert, Advisor to Anti-Terrorism Caucus in the United States House of Representatives:

• Russian actions in Syria, Iraq, and Iran
• Was the Russian incursion into Syria planned during Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani’s visit to Moscow?
• Putin forging a Shitte crescent through intelligence sharing to protect Russia against Muslim insurgencies in the Caucuses
• The possibility of a nuclear-armed Iran threat to Russia
• Upcoming election in Turkey effecting the migrant crisis and the overall future of Erdogan’s AKP

Lt. Gen. WILLIAM G. “JERRY” BOYKIN, Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, and Executive Vice President at the Family Research Council”:

• Reaction to the U.S. military expelling service members for confronting Afghan rapists
• How social engineering and budget cuts are affecting America’s military readiness

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

• The United States and eleven other nations reach a consensus regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement
• Why the world will be safer if the U.S. dominates trade in East Asia
• TPP and the “movement of people” among an already severe refugee crisis in Europe
• Will China really be kept out of the TPP?