Newt Gingrich at AEI: "America is at risk."

AEI Event: "America at Risk: Camus, National Security, and Afghanistan"

July 29, 2010 - Washington, DC

Almost nine years after the 9/11 attacks, the United States has yet to confront the threat posed by the extremist and irreconcilable wing of Islam. Former Speaker of the House and AEI senior fellow Newt Gingrich will warn that now is the time to awaken from self-deception about the nature of our enemies and rebuild a bipartisan commitment, in Afghanistan and elsewhere, to defend America. Drawing on the lessons of Camus and Orwell, Gingrich will describe the dangers of a wartime government that uses language and misleading labels to obscure reality. He will explain why we need a debate about this larger war against the irreconcilable wing of Islam—which mortally threatens America's way of life, freedom, and rule of law—and how it relates to the nuclear threat from Iran and the various other risks posed to America's very existence. Most importantly, Gingrich will argue that America will remain at risk until it confronts this willful blindness about the nature of its enemies and the nature of the war in which it is engaged.

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News & Politics

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• Newt Gingrich
• AEI
• Arthur Brooks
• Callista Gingrich
• America
• Afghanistan
• Sharia law
• Radical Islam
• National Security
• Camus

[koyunbaba73]

Gingrich is quite correct in naming America, Europe, and the Middle East as the three fronts that must be won. Each is critical.

[GospodinMilan]

This is a wise man. Newt for president.

[artfromtex]

awesome.

it's nice to hear some good, honest truth.

[GuitarHeroWeirdo]

I am voting for Newt in 2012 whether he runs or not.