McLaughlin Group comments on Counter-Terrorism

Links to some of my recent McLaughlin Group comments on political Islam and terrorist challenges.

Challenge of political extremism in the Middle East

Who to blame for US-Israel discord?

Challenging Eleanor on Netanyahu waste comments

Importance of military option credibility for Iran diplomacy

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

al-Sisi and the redress of Salafi radicalism

ISIS: Potential for Muslim galvanization against the group

Rot in political Islam

Yemen as an indictment of Obama foreign policy?

The President's shambolic foreign policy

ISIS and ransoms

Why governments must not allow ransom payments

Importance of showing reality of terrorists

Should President Obama have attended Paris march (two comments)

Free speech and cultural outreach

Responsibility of free speech vs rot of political Islam

Talking about AQAP and ISIS (similarities, differences, capabilities)

Who is (was) Anwar al-Awlaki

Discussing free speech re: Charlie Hebdo attacks and political Islam

Number of terrorist tourists

The role of Paris attackers as inspirational propagandists for extremists

Number of terrorists fighting alongside ISIS/AQAP and threat of western passports