The McLaughlin Group (11.7)

FULL EPISODE

my time linked comments:

U.S.-Taiwan relations and importance of Pacific orbit

Challenging Pat on notion that Taiwan doesn't expect U.S. Military assistance in conflict

U.S. SSNs could challenge China in Taiwan Strait

Passing Dr. M's popquiz on 2 Presidential successors to G. Washington!

Why U.S. policy in Syria is broken, why Saudis are furious, why Kurds won't solve conflict alone

Explaining that Saudi support for Salafi-Jihadists is a consequence of Iran's empowerment*

Clarence and I share our thoughts on Dr. M's official title!

Russian airliner was brought down by a bomb

Why Michelle Obama's women's rights speech was important and why we must acknowledge long term role of U.S. Military support for human rights - exchange with Pat about training host nation security forces to assume responsibility

Why U.S. presence is important in Afghanistan

Why Michelle Obama's speech was more important than #bringbackourgirls(*2)

Defending Michelle Obama's Qatar visit

Keystone XL offers jobs and money for American families vs green energy ponzi schemes

Why Keystone XL rejection shows liberal hypocrisy on job/economic rhetoric

PREDICTION: Islamic State (Sinai-center) will be found responsible for downing the Russian airliner. But Russia will not specifically target IS for retaliation

* I recently wrote a piece on this issue. Further thoughts found in links on webpage right--

*2 I wrote a piece offering an alternate hashtag - #HellfireBokoHaram