The Monroe Doctrine Today

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. In 1823, U.S. President James Monroe declared the Americas off-limits to foreign powers.  His successors worked to prevent hostile nations from establishing bases or otherwise penetrating the region that constitutes America’s front yard. Until recently.  Today, another president is in Latin America.  He is Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his visit is but the latest example of the trouble now being brewed in the Western hemisphere by his country and others deeply hostile to ours. Such trouble includes: an Iranian ballistic missile base in Venezuela; Chinese outposts controlling the Panama Canal; and Islamist drug and human trafficking and money laundering, often with local gangs and terrorist groups. We must renew our commitment to a hemisphere free of such dangerous intrusions – before it is too late to secure our front yard. This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com