Douglas Feith, Clifford May, Bill Gertz

In special recognition for the upcoming anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Former Undersecretary of Defense, Douglas J. Feith joins Frank for two segments to discuss his book, War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism, and the how the decisions that were made after 9/11 have impacted the war in Iraq and the US’s policy on terror. In his first segment, Feith gives us an insider look into the two strategic goals that the Bush administration could have followed: either find and punish the people responsible for the attack or work towards preventing the next attack. In order to not have another attack on the scale of 9/11, the Bush administration decided to pursue a War on Terrorism, a feat unparalleled in the history of US Presidents. Feith goes on to discuss how ten years after the attack, the US has been successful in disrupting attacks from international terrorist networks and protecting the homeland, but have failed in countering ideological support for terrorism. Next, Secure Freedom Radio continues with a second segment from Douglas Feith enlightening us on the Anti-Americanism movement in the United States. He believes that there was more support for the war in Iraq before the “fortunes of war turned against us.” This does not mean that Bush made a bad decision in removing Saddam who was a threat to the interests of the whole world, argues Feith, but rather a lost hope for a war that the media painted as unjust. Additionally, Feith warns us of the continued threat posed by small groups of decentralized terrorist groups, as well as calls for an awareness of the distinction between Islam the religion and the Islamist political ideology. President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Clifford May reminisces with Frank about where he was on that fateful September 11th day when al-Qaeda implemented the largest terrorist attack on American soil. He expresses his fears that the American homeland is not as secure today as it needs to be. He also says there is a need for better sanctions on Iran and a more concrete long term energy policy to cut US dependence on foreign oil suppliers. Lastly, he gives us his take on the proposed unilateral declaration of independence by Pakistan from Israel and its call to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. National Security Editor for the Washington Times and regular guest on Secure Freedom Radio , Bill Gertz concludes today’s show with his thoughts on the current administration’s appeasement policy to China, as well as the government’s cover-up of the 2008 incident involving a US Navy surveillance ship and Chinese bomber planes in international waters. He says that the incident was an outright breach on the freedom of navigation to the United States by the Chinese government. He also discusses the credible reports that additional attacks might occur on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. These reports, says Gertz, have been derived from material found in Bin Laden’s compound and from intelligence gathered about al Qaeda.