Obama’s Afghanistan Folly

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With Jim Hanson, Diana West, Bill Harlow, Fred Fleitz

JIM HANSON, Executive Vice President at the Center for Security Policy, former operator in the U.S. Army Special Forces:

• Recommendation from General Campbell to not withdraw from Afghanistan
• “Cut Down the Black Flag” strategy to defeat the global jihad movement
• Russia’s imperial ambitions
• President Obama’s veto threat for the NDAA

DIANA WEST, Author of “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on our Nation’s Character”:

• Advisability of continuing operations in Afghanistan
• Repercussions of Afghanistan falling back into a terrorist state
• Difference between Western and Islamic culture
• Security implications of increased refugee resettlement in the U.S.

BILL HARLOW, Former Chief Spokesman for the Central Intelligence Agency, Editor of “Rebuttal: The CIA Responds to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Study of Its Detention and Interrogation Program”:

• The Senate Committee on Intelligence’s investigation into the CIA’s interrogation program
• An abuse of the congressional oversight function
• Effects of enhanced interrogation on captured terrorists
• Dianne Feinstein’s lack of objectivity in regard to these methods
• Why publishing the Army’s field manual on interrogation is making the U.S. more vulnerable

FRED FLEITZ, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Center for Security Policy, former CIA Analyst:

• Feinstein’s persecution of the CIA’s enhanced interrogation methods
• Latest regarding newly-found Clinton email server
• Khamenei’s remarks regarding Iran’s willingness to comply with nuclear deal