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Today on Point of View is author and columnist, Kenneth R. Timmerman. He discusses his recently published article about Gen. McMaster Squanders Tremendous Capital Trump Earns in Saudi Arabia.
In the second hour we hear from Dr. Merrill Matthews, he discusses his articles on the topic of the Paris Climate Deal and Health Reform.
Kerby Anderson
Host, Point of View Radio Talk Show
Kerby Anderson is host of Point of View Radio Talk Show and also serves as the President of Probe Ministries. He holds masters degrees from Yale University (science) and Georgetown University (government). He also serves as a visiting professor at Dallas Theological Seminary and has spoken on dozens of university campuses including University of Michigan, Vanderbilt University, Princeton University, Johns HopkinsRead More
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Kenneth R. Timmerman
Author | Columnist
Ken Timmerman is a nationally recognized investigative reporter and war correspondent who was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize in 2006 for the work he has done to expose Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
From 2004-2011, Ken was the lead outside investigator for a consortium of law firms representing the families of 9/11 victims.
In 2012, he was the Republican nominee for Congress in Maryland’s 8th District, where he was endorsed by Ambassador John Bolton, former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, and other senior national security officials, as well as by leading state and local officials.
For the past thirty years, Ken has covered both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict, interviewing radical imams and would-be suicide bombers in Gaza, while reporting on the plight of Israeli citizens during the Hezbollah missile attacks of the 2006 war.
His latest book, Dark Forces: the Truth About What Happened in Benghazi, probes the secrets of U.S. covert action in Libya as well as Iran’s involvement in the Benghazi attacks.
From 2004-2011, Ken was the lead outside investigator for a consortium of law firms representing the families of 9/11 victims.
In 2012, he was the Republican nominee for Congress in Maryland’s 8th District, where he was endorsed by Ambassador John Bolton, former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, and other senior national security officials, as well as by leading state and local officials.
For the past thirty years, Ken has covered both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict, interviewing radical imams and would-be suicide bombers in Gaza, while reporting on the plight of Israeli citizens during the Hezbollah missile attacks of the 2006 war.
His latest book, Dark Forces: the Truth About What Happened in Benghazi, probes the secrets of U.S. covert action in Libya as well as Iran’s involvement in the Benghazi attacks.
Counter-productive statements about ISIS
President Trump did not shy away from calling an Islamist terrorist by his real name when he addressed the heads of state of some fifty Muslim countries over the weekend in Riyadh.
His language and his message were clear: the United States needs the leaders of Arab Islamic nations as partners. As non-Muslims, we can not eradicate the scourge of a terrorism that draws its source from authentic Islamic texts, nor can we cast out terrorist leaders who model themselves on Mohammad, the prophet of Islam.
Indeed, that is what the Manchester bomber did, blowing himself up in order to kill the children of the Unbelievers. (Quran 3:151: “Soon shall we cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers.”)
ISIS proudly draws on the Quran, and the Sura – the Life of the Prophet Mohammad – to justify its actions and its manner of imposing Sharia law over territory it controls.
In its training manuals and propaganda videos, ISIS regularly calls on young Muslims to join the ranks of the jihad, because it is their duty as good Muslims. How can they say this? Because Mohammad himself told them.
His language and his message were clear: the United States needs the leaders of Arab Islamic nations as partners. As non-Muslims, we can not eradicate the scourge of a terrorism that draws its source from authentic Islamic texts, nor can we cast out terrorist leaders who model themselves on Mohammad, the prophet of Islam.
Indeed, that is what the Manchester bomber did, blowing himself up in order to kill the children of the Unbelievers. (Quran 3:151: “Soon shall we cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers.”)
ISIS proudly draws on the Quran, and the Sura – the Life of the Prophet Mohammad – to justify its actions and its manner of imposing Sharia law over territory it controls.
In its training manuals and propaganda videos, ISIS regularly calls on young Muslims to join the ranks of the jihad, because it is their duty as good Muslims. How can they say this? Because Mohammad himself told them.
Dr. Merrill Matthews
Resident Scholar - Institute for Policy Innovation
Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.com. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists. Dr. Matthews also served for 10 years as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, and has contributed chapters to several books, including Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate and The 21st Century Health Care Leader and, in 2009, Stop Paying the Crooks (on Medicare fraud).
He has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, USA Today, Forbes magazine and the Washington Times. He was an award-winning political analyst for the USA Radio Network.
Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas.
Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists. Dr. Matthews also served for 10 years as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, and has contributed chapters to several books, including Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate and The 21st Century Health Care Leader and, in 2009, Stop Paying the Crooks (on Medicare fraud).
He has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, USA Today, Forbes magazine and the Washington Times. He was an award-winning political analyst for the USA Radio Network.
Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas.
Senate Deserves Right of Refusal on Paris Agreement
President Trump is reviewing whether the U.S. should remain in the Paris agreement, a multinational accord committing both U.S. efforts and finances to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But that decision should lie with the Senate, which is empowered by the Constitution to ratify treaties.
As a candidate, Trump routinely denounced the agreement and promised to abandon it upon taking office. There are several reasons why he should follow through on his campaign promise.
The Paris agreement needs Senate approval.
The Constitution says the president "shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur."
The State Department defines a treaty as "a formal, written agreement between sovereign states or between states and international organizations." While the Supreme Court has ruled that some international agreements don't need Senate ratification, the Paris agreement should be considered a treaty and treated as such.
As a candidate, Trump routinely denounced the agreement and promised to abandon it upon taking office. There are several reasons why he should follow through on his campaign promise.
The Paris agreement needs Senate approval.
The Constitution says the president "shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur."
The State Department defines a treaty as "a formal, written agreement between sovereign states or between states and international organizations." While the Supreme Court has ruled that some international agreements don't need Senate ratification, the Paris agreement should be considered a treaty and treated as such.
Health Care Reform
Having spent 25 years working on and writing about healthcare policy, there’s one thing I can say without fear of contradiction: Health policy is confusing.
It certainly was to the Democrats who passed President Obama’s Affordable Care Act in 2010.
Several of us involved in health policy warned them that premiums would explode and health insurers would flee the individual health insurance market, but Democrats dismissed those warnings.
Health policy also confuses individuals, which helps explain why some people are criticizing the House Republicans’ American Health Care Act.
The amended version of the AHCA is a major improvement over Obamacare — especially for Texans.
Polls indicate there is concern is over preexisting conditions, even though that issue affects a relatively small number of Americans.
There is no preexisting condition exclusion for the 50 million seniors who receive health coverage through Medicare, and about 70 million low-income Americans are in Medicaid.
It certainly was to the Democrats who passed President Obama’s Affordable Care Act in 2010.
Several of us involved in health policy warned them that premiums would explode and health insurers would flee the individual health insurance market, but Democrats dismissed those warnings.
Health policy also confuses individuals, which helps explain why some people are criticizing the House Republicans’ American Health Care Act.
The amended version of the AHCA is a major improvement over Obamacare — especially for Texans.
Polls indicate there is concern is over preexisting conditions, even though that issue affects a relatively small number of Americans.
There is no preexisting condition exclusion for the 50 million seniors who receive health coverage through Medicare, and about 70 million low-income Americans are in Medicaid.
Sharia Supremacy and Executive Order
Having failed to define the real threat — sharia supremacism — Trump walked into a trap of his own making.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling against President Trump’s so-called travel ban empowers both radical Islam and judicial imperialism. The combination portends lasting damage to the United States.
To rehash, the executive order (EO) proclaimed temporary restrictions (the main one, for 90 days) on travel to the United States by the nationals of six countries — Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Those countries, along with Iraq (cited in Trump’s original executive order, but not the revised EO at issue), had previously been singled out by Congress and President Obama — not because they are Muslim-majority countries, but because a) the presence or promotion of terrorism in their territories makes their nationals suspect and b) their anti-Americanism and/or dysfunctional governments render it impossible to conduct background checks on visa applicants.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling against President Trump’s so-called travel ban empowers both radical Islam and judicial imperialism. The combination portends lasting damage to the United States.
To rehash, the executive order (EO) proclaimed temporary restrictions (the main one, for 90 days) on travel to the United States by the nationals of six countries — Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Those countries, along with Iraq (cited in Trump’s original executive order, but not the revised EO at issue), had previously been singled out by Congress and President Obama — not because they are Muslim-majority countries, but because a) the presence or promotion of terrorism in their territories makes their nationals suspect and b) their anti-Americanism and/or dysfunctional governments render it impossible to conduct background checks on visa applicants.
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