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Debbie Georgatos is your host today and she chats with Lt. General Michael Flynn about his book, The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies.
In the second hour we hear from Kevin D. Freeman, CFA, founder and CEO of Cross Consulting and Services. He chats with Debbie about cyber security.
Debbie Georgatos
Lawyer, Political Consultant, Talk Show Host
Debbie Georgatos is a lawyer, political consultant, conservative activist, and author, whose first book, Ladies, Can We Talk? America Needs Our Vote! encourages women to embrace liberty-upholding conservative solutions to the challenges America faces. Her book and book talks inspire women to step up and take a prominent leadership role in the American political conversation, and to recognize that theyRead More
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Lt. General Michael Flynn
CEO and Chairman - Flynn Intel Group
Michael T. Flynn is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, commander of the Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, and chair of the Military Intelligence Board from July 24, 2012, to August 2, 2014. Prior to that, he served as Assistant Director of National Intelligence. He consistently pushed for greater information and intelligence sharing and was a leading figure in coalition and special operations intelligence operations.
The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies
Ten years ago we found evidence that al-Qaeda was far more organized and adept than we had previously given them credit for. It took us nearly that long to locate and execute their leader, Osama bin Laden, and we are far from finished. Al-Qaeda has morphed into a much more dangerous, menacing threat: ISIS. A war is being waged against us by radical Islamists, and, as current events demonstrate, they are only getting stronger. This book aims to inform the American people of the grave danger we face in the war on terror―and will continue to face―until our government takes decisive action against the terrorists that want nothing more than to destroy us and our way of life.
The Field of Fight succinctly lays out why we have failed to stop terrorist groups from growing, and what we must do to stop them. The core message is that if you understand your enemies, it’s a lot easier to defeat them―but because our government has concealed the actions of terrorists like bin Laden and groups like ISIS, and the role of Iran in the rise of radical Islam, we don’t fully understand the enormity of the threat they pose against us.
A call to action that is sensible, informed, and original, The Field of Fight asserts that we must find a way to not only fight better, but to win.
The Field of Fight succinctly lays out why we have failed to stop terrorist groups from growing, and what we must do to stop them. The core message is that if you understand your enemies, it’s a lot easier to defeat them―but because our government has concealed the actions of terrorists like bin Laden and groups like ISIS, and the role of Iran in the rise of radical Islam, we don’t fully understand the enormity of the threat they pose against us.
A call to action that is sensible, informed, and original, The Field of Fight asserts that we must find a way to not only fight better, but to win.
General Flynn's All-Out War on Terror
A theme of President Barack Obama's counterterrorism policy has been a relentless narrowing of focus. Under his watch the U.S. has not been at war with terror or radical Islam. It has been in discrete conflicts with al Qaeda's core leadership and its affiliate in Yemen and the Islamic State. And while Obama's war has waxed and waned, he has never explained its disparate parts as a whole the way his predecessor did.
Michael Flynn, who served as Obama's second Defense Intelligence Agency director, takes the opposite view. "Field of Fight," a new book Flynn co-wrote with historian Michael Ledeen, argues that America is up against a global alliance between radical jihadis and anti-American nation states like Russia, Cuba and North Korea. They say this war will last at least a generation. And they say it will require outside ground forces to go after al Qaeda and the Islamic State as well as a sustained information campaign to discredit the ideology of radical Islam.
Michael Flynn, who served as Obama's second Defense Intelligence Agency director, takes the opposite view. "Field of Fight," a new book Flynn co-wrote with historian Michael Ledeen, argues that America is up against a global alliance between radical jihadis and anti-American nation states like Russia, Cuba and North Korea. They say this war will last at least a generation. And they say it will require outside ground forces to go after al Qaeda and the Islamic State as well as a sustained information campaign to discredit the ideology of radical Islam.
General Flynn attends Trump's first Intelligence Briefing
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, a top adviser for Donald Trump, described the security briefing the Republican candidate received yesterday as a “stark contrast” from policy decisions by the Obama
administration.
“The briefers, they don’t talk about policy,” said Flynn, who was with Trump during the security briefing. “They just laid out the facts as they could see them around the world. We only got to a little part of the world because of the threats that we’re facing — the sheer number of threats that we’re facing.”
Flynn, on Boston Herald Radio yesterday, said Trump was “satisfied” with what he heard during the two-hour meeting and was not afraid to hear what Flynn described as the “ugly truth.”
“(The briefers) saw in Donald Trump a guy who asked really good questions, it was a good discussion,” Flynn said. “He is somebody who did not care about getting the bad news. He wanted to hear the sort of ugly truth and that’s what intelligence is supposed to do. And then you make decisions based on that.
“The briefers, they don’t talk about policy,” said Flynn, who was with Trump during the security briefing. “They just laid out the facts as they could see them around the world. We only got to a little part of the world because of the threats that we’re facing — the sheer number of threats that we’re facing.”
Flynn, on Boston Herald Radio yesterday, said Trump was “satisfied” with what he heard during the two-hour meeting and was not afraid to hear what Flynn described as the “ugly truth.”
“(The briefers) saw in Donald Trump a guy who asked really good questions, it was a good discussion,” Flynn said. “He is somebody who did not care about getting the bad news. He wanted to hear the sort of ugly truth and that’s what intelligence is supposed to do. And then you make decisions based on that.
Kevin Freeman
CFA, Founder and CEO - Cross Consulting and Services
Kevin Freeman is considered one of the world’s leading experts on the issues of Economic Warfare and Financial Terrorism. He has consulted for and briefed members of both the U.S. House and Senate, present and past CIA, DIA, FBI, SEC, Homeland Security, the Justice Department, as well as local and state law enforcement. His research has been presented in critical DoD studies on Economic Warfare, Iran, and Weapons of Mass Destruction presented to the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense, Intelligence. He has traveled extensively with research trips to Russia and China and throughout Europe and the Americas. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy and a Contributing Editor to The Counter Terrorist magazine.
Prior to establishing his own firm, Kevin Freeman wrote a business plan for Sir John Templeton in 1990 and helped build the Templeton Private Client Group from inception, ultimately leading the firm as Senior Managing Director. During his decade-long tenure, he served as Senior Associate Portfolio Manager, developed and managed the Portfolio Consulting Group, and co-developed and managed the Portfolio Operations Group. Under his leadership, the firm raised and managed nearly $2.5 billion.
Prior to establishing his own firm, Kevin Freeman wrote a business plan for Sir John Templeton in 1990 and helped build the Templeton Private Client Group from inception, ultimately leading the firm as Senior Managing Director. During his decade-long tenure, he served as Senior Associate Portfolio Manager, developed and managed the Portfolio Consulting Group, and co-developed and managed the Portfolio Operations Group. Under his leadership, the firm raised and managed nearly $2.5 billion.
Irreligion is GOP’s real demographic crisis
A widening "Godless gap" presents Christian conservatives with a choice: Get with the times or shrink to obscurity
In the past several years, many trees have been felled and pixels electrocuted in the service of discussion about the impact of Hispanics on the American electorate. No one knows for sure which way they’ll vote in the future but everyone is interested in discussing it. Curiously, though, an even larger political shift is taking place yet receiving almost no attention whatsoever from political reporters — the emergence of post-Christian America.
Judging solely from the rhetoric and actions of the candidates who sought the Republican Party’s presidential nomination this year, you would be hard-pressed to tell much difference between 2016 and 1996, the year that the Christian Coalition was ruling the roost in GOP politics. Sure there was a lot more talk about the Middle East than before, but when it comes to public displays of religiosity, many of the would-be presidents have spent the majority of their candidacies effectively auditioning for slots on the Trinity Broadcast Network.
Even Donald Trump, the thrice-married casino magnate turned television host, went about reincarnating himself as a devout Christian, despite his evident lack of familiarity with the doctrines and practices of the faith.
In the past several years, many trees have been felled and pixels electrocuted in the service of discussion about the impact of Hispanics on the American electorate. No one knows for sure which way they’ll vote in the future but everyone is interested in discussing it. Curiously, though, an even larger political shift is taking place yet receiving almost no attention whatsoever from political reporters — the emergence of post-Christian America.
Judging solely from the rhetoric and actions of the candidates who sought the Republican Party’s presidential nomination this year, you would be hard-pressed to tell much difference between 2016 and 1996, the year that the Christian Coalition was ruling the roost in GOP politics. Sure there was a lot more talk about the Middle East than before, but when it comes to public displays of religiosity, many of the would-be presidents have spent the majority of their candidacies effectively auditioning for slots on the Trinity Broadcast Network.
Even Donald Trump, the thrice-married casino magnate turned television host, went about reincarnating himself as a devout Christian, despite his evident lack of familiarity with the doctrines and practices of the faith.
Climate Prosecutors Dodging Feds
For a sense of how far the left will go to enforce climate-change orthodoxy, read the recently released “Common Interest Agreement” signed this spring by 17 Democratic state attorneys general. The officials pledged to investigate ...
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