The McLaughlin Group (02/27)

This week's episode is an encore of the End of Year Awards show (click here). New episode next week!

Persian Gulf Navy + Jihadi John

My latest @ The National Review: Put Another Carrier in the Persian Gulf

Also, in light of today's public release of his name, here are my linked takes on Jihadi John + my take on UK domestic security operations against the Islamic State.

ISIS Videos

Discussing the latest ISIS videos with Fox News

Relevant article: here and here

Iran in Iraq

My latest @ The National Review: Iran plots against U.S. in Iraq

                                                               Related links: on Iran/Iraq/ISIS

The McLaughlin Group (02/21)

Latest McLaughlin Group (starts at 1 minute in)

My time linked segments:

The urgency and the strategy of defeating ISIS

Political strategy with the government of Egypt

Jeb Bush foreign policy speech

Rating President Obama's counter-terrorism summit

Who to blame for US-Israel discord?

Challenging Eleanor on Netanyahu waste comments

Importance of military option credibility for Iran diplomacy

Regulation problems and why they should be reduced
On Marginal Cost for Businesses

Prediction: US Navy presence will increase near Iran

US Counter-Terrorism Strategy

Speaking with Fox News about the President's counter-terrorism strategy

Jobs for ISIS

My latest @NRO: 'Jobs for ISIS': Not so stupid after all'

Related links: on homegrown terrorism + Middle East

Ain al-Asad

My pieces from December - here and here - that outlined the growing threat to Ain al-Asad air base. Now that base is under siege by ISIS. It's amazing that President Obama (who has access to the US Intelligence Community) is so strategically incompetent.

The McLaughlin Group (02/14)

FULL EPISODE

My time linked segments:

Ukraine - Minsk II good or bad?

Egyptian relationship: nature of al-Sisi as a force for moderation?

al-Sisi and the redress of Salafi radicalism

Scott Walker in London

President Obama's AUMF

Prediction: Obama terrorism summit will show global threat

AUMF

My latest @ Sun News Network: Obama AUMF against ISIS

Obama's Decision on ISIS

My latest @ The National Review: Obama's Decision on ISIS Is Flawed but a Beginning

Yemen

The US Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen, is closed today. I predicted this would happen on The McLaughlin Group two weeks ago - see here. Iran is ripping apart the Middle East.

Ukraine

My latest @ The National Review: Let's Be Honest about Ukraine

                                  P.S My other writings on Ukraine can be found here.

Kayla Mueller

Discussing Kayla Mueller murder with Fox News

The McLaughlin Group (02/07)

FULL EPISODE
My time linked segments:
ISIS: Potential for Muslim galvanization against the group

President Obama's comments on the Crusades

Rot in political Islam

Who is hurt most by ballooning national debt

Why national debt will hurt lower-income Americans disproportionately over long term

Conceptions of Utopia and President Obama's defense spending responsibility

Vaccinations and issues of parent vs. public

Prediction: Jordan SF will deploy against ISIS

Discussing ISIS and US Strategy

With Bill O'Reilly on Fox News: US Strategy Against ISIS

Discussing Ukraine

With Sun News Network

Ukraine

Relevant to the current situation in Ukraine, this piece from early December offered my prediction/assessment that President Putin would escalate: Putin, the Hungry Bear

P.S My other writings on Ukraine can be found here.

Saudi Arabia and Environmentalists

My latest discussion with Sun News: The odd alliance of environmentalists and Saudi Arabia

Jordan pilot burned alive

My latest @ The National Review: Another ISIS Atrocity

Putin's War on Fracking

My latest @The National Review: Putin's War on Fracking

Leadership Program of the Rockies

I'm excited to announce that I'll be speaking at the Leadership Program of the Rockies annual retreat. The retreat (see details here!) takes place from February 20th-21st (I speak on the 21st) at the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs. It's a very special event that involves interactive presentations from some of the most distinguished conservatives in America. Click on the details link if you'd like to attend!