MICHAEL WIDLANSKI, author of “Battle For Our Minds: Western Elites and the Terror Threat”Segment One:American foreign policy’s history of disbelieving the promises of enemies because they seem so outlandish—Nazism, Communism, and now IslamismDangers from the competing brands of radical Islam that have no regard for other religions or people they deem “less Muslim” or the “wrong type” of MuslimSegment Two:
MICHAEL WIDLANSKI, author of “Battle For Our Minds: Western Elites and the Terror Threat”
Segment One:
- American foreign policy’s history of disbelieving the promises of enemies because they seem so outlandish—Nazism, Communism, and now Islamism
- Dangers from the competing brands of radical Islam that have no regard for other religions or people they deem “less Muslim” or the “wrong type” of Muslim
Segment Two:
- Israel’s history of success when ignoring advice to leave Islamist terror groups alone
- What is Hezbollah?
- Information campaigns promoting the watered-down teaching of Arabic and Islamist history in many of the top US universities
Segment Three:
- Trouble for the Saudi state as it confronts jihad closer to home
- Dangers of the Obama Administration believing that the Muslim Brotherhood is the key to stopping Al Qaeda
- Attempts by Saudi Arabia and Qatar to focus the Muslim Brotherhood’s jihad aspirations away from those countries by bankrolling it
Segment Four:
- Obama’s historical severe treatment of Israel, and close relationship with Turkish Prime Minister (and now President-elect) Erdogan
- Israeli perspectives on where the US-Israel relationship stands
- Israeli and Jewish-American thoughts on Israel’s security and right to self-defense
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