How will the hallowing out of the US military by the Obama administration impact the future of American military operations abroad? Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney and the founder of the organization, Government Reform Through Technology, sparks conversation with Frank about the recent defense budget cuts. Lt. Gen. McInerney recounts his experiences during the Carter administration, where he served as a special assistant to Ambassador Robert Komer, as well as served...
How will the hallowing out of the US military by the Obama administration impact the future of American military operations abroad? Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney and the founder of the organization, Government Reform Through Technology, sparks conversation with Frank about the recent defense budget cuts. Lt. Gen. McInerney recounts his experiences during the Carter administration, where he served as a special assistant to Ambassador Robert Komer, as well as served as a wing commander in the Philippines. During his time in the Philippines, he says that the military buildings had no electricity in the summer and that the power would go on and off during the rest of the year. His soldiers’ dorms did not even have air conditioning. Thus, he saw the lowest moral ever amongst those men serving under him. While the Carter administration gutted daily operations, the Obama administration is going one step further and gutting the US’s industrial base. They have already canceled production of the F-22 and are looking to reduce the budget by an additional $350 billion. The real problem of these cuts, argues Lt. Gen. McInerney, is that the administration does not have a clear strategy on how to build the US budget. Therefore, they are cutting whatever they can.
Next, President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, Reggie Littlejohn comes to the microphone for the first time here at Secure Freedom Radio to give us an insight into the horrific implications of the One Child Policy in China. Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is an international coalition that works to combat abortion, sexual slavery, and gendercide in China. It is estimated that over 400 million babies, mostly female, have been aborted since the start of the 1978 One Child Policy. Littlejohn’s institution is the leading organization in terms of documenting and spreading the word about the truth of China’s One Child Policy. They have exposed the coercive policy through true reports of the forced abortion and sterilization of Chinese women. As an attorney, Littlejohn represents a majority of these Chinese refugees who have suffered greatly under the policy. The policy not only violates basic human rights, but also has created 37 million more marriageable men unable to find wives.
Retired Lt. Col. Bob Lawler, ITT Corporation’s Business Development Manager, continues today’s Secure Freedom Radio to discuss ITT’s Common Infrared Countermeasures Program. Lt. Col. Lawler stresses the need for the military to implement a system that would provide helicopters with a defense against air missiles. Not only does the military depend on these helicopters to move supplies, but they are also the most effective means of transporting combat soldiers. By using this Common Infrared Countermeasure Program, the US would help our soldiers better survive military attacks in the future. The problem posed by most small man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems is that they are hard to detect, but easy to deploy. Therefore, the military needs to first implement a method of detecting these missiles. ITT Corporation’s system first detects the missile’s launch and then induces into it tracking errors that make it fly off course. A major factor in the widespread implementation of such a system is the high costs. However, as more and more commercial technologies develop, the cost for such systems will decrease.
How consequential is al-Awlaki’s death and was it Constitutional? Contributing Editor for National Review Online and weekly guest at Secure Freedom Radio, Andy McCarthy concludes today’s answering these questions. Al-Awlaki’s death was enormously consequential, argues McCarthy, as he was the inspiration and motivation for many of the past terrorist attacks in the United States. Those who contend that he was at most a cheerleader for the organization do not fully understand how Islamist terrorism works. Al-Awlaki was the person within the terrorist organization who spearheaded the religious rational. Additionally, anyone who is a serious scholar of Constitutional law would understand that his killings in wartime adhered to Constitutional principals.
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