The USMC in Afghanistan: Sitting Down With Bing West
With Bing West
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With Bing West
BING WEST, author of “One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War” and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs:
- A look back at the devastating combat waged by the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines in Sangin, Afghanistan (Helmand Province)
- Afghanistan today and the plan to withdraw most U.S. troops by the end of the year
- The skewed rules of engagement U.S. servicemen faced when implementing a counterinsurgency strategy
PART TWO
- How stringent rules of engagement breed a risk-averse culture
- President Obama’s feckless security policy and how it harms America’s long-term credibility
- The challenges posed by Iraq’s ethnic tensions
- Working with an Iranian-friendly Shiite administration in Baghdad
PART THREE
- Turkish President Erdogan’s Islamist ambitions
- Why the Afghanistan air campaign of 2001 was an ideal campaign for containing the spread of jihadist insurgencies
- How the War on Terror represents a greater clash of civilizations that will last for generations
PART FOUR
- What the two controversial memoirs by Secretaries of Defense Gates and Panetta indicate about President Obama’s leadership
- The FBI Director’s warning about China’s relentless hacking of American businesses
- Failure of the Republican Party to articulate meaningful alternatives and be consistent in its opposition to current Administration policy
- The indispensable capability offered by land mines and the ideological motive behind the President’s desire to remove them from America’s arsenal
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The show airs weeknights nationally on American Family Radio and 570 AM in the Washington, D.C. area.
Listeners can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and more.
For Frank's daily Secure Freedom Minute commentary, click here.
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