ACT! for America Update

The Mission Viejo Chapter of ACT! for America will meet on Mon., Dec. 9, at the Norm Murray Community Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., and the meeting runs from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Dr. Michael Widlanski, a political communications expert, will be the featured speaker. The program title is “America and Israel – Fighting Terror: an Israeli Expert on Islamic Terrorism Reveals What Our Two Countries Can Learn from Each Other.”

From the announcement sent by Mission Viejo Chapter Leader Bruce Mayall:

Islamic terrorists aren't just fighting for territory; they are fighting for the hearts and minds of the world public. Their tools are violence, intimidation and fear. Mohammad himself said, "I have become victorious through terror." He bragged that people a month's march from his camps feared his Jihadi warriors. 

But, how do we fight back and win against such dedicated and ruthless enemies?  

What You Will Learn:

• How political correctness is badly hindering our battle against terrorists.
• How the press, academics and government have "sabotaged" the Western mind.
• Why and how imagination and knowledge are the keys to effectively fighting Islamic terrorism.
• What Israel is doing right and what America is doing right. 
• Why, to win, we must confront terrorists on the battlefield of the mind.

Dr. Michael Widlanski, Schusterman Visiting Professor at UC Irvine, served as an advisor to Israeli negotiating teams and as Strategic Affairs Advisor for Israel's Ministry of Public Security. He holds five degrees from Columbia University, the American University in Cairo and Bar-Ilan University. He is the author of Battle for Our Minds: Western Elites and the Terror Threat (Simon and Schuster).

Dr. Widlanski teaches at Bar Ilan University; he taught at Hebrew University for two decades, and he has been a visiting professor at Washington University in St. Louis, teaching also at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and as a research fellow at the Shalem Center. Dr Widlanski was a reporter for The New York Times, and also wrote for The Daily News, The New York Post, Ha'aretz, The Jerusalem Post, National Review and The New Republic. He was Mid-East Correspondent for Cox Newspapers and was Diplomatic Correspondent and Arab Affairs correspondent, respectively, for Israel Television and Israeli Army Radio.

Dr. Widlanski will speak for about 50 minutes. Then he'll answer questions for about 20 minutes.

A $5 donation will be appreciated to help cover meeting costs. Sign up for ACT! for America chapter announcements at www.act4oc.org