Examining the Past, Present and Future of American Foreign Policy

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With Mark Helprin

MARK HELPRIN, Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute:

Part 1:

• Reflections on the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, and how American culture has changed since D-Day
• “They were not the greatest generation. They were a normal generation for America…We are an abnormal generation.”
• The recent decline of the U.S. military’s operational capability due to a “hollowing out” of the armed forces

Part 2:

• What are China’s long term geostrategic goals?
• China’s devotion to the expansion of its military
• US losing ground in the Pacific

Part 3:

• Obama administration’s release of five jihadist prisoners from Gitmo and how it highlights America’s sometimes “submissive” national security policy
• Would the release of five Taliban officials in exchange for one American POW ever be okay under any circumstances?
• Fundamental differences in thinking between Islamists and the “West”

Part 4:

• Problems with the Obama administration’s decision to continue aiding the new Palestinian Unity government, which has direct ties to the terrorist organization Hamas
• Likelihood of Hamas taking control of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and predictions for Israel’s security in the near future