April 6, 2015 - Israel's Military Option Against Iran Still on the Table; The Founder of a Humanitarian Aid Group on Somali Refugee Camps in Kenya; Kenya's Bombing of Al-Shabab

Full Program

Part 1

We begin with the announcement by Israel’s Minister for Strategic Affairs that the military option to strike Iran and kill the recent P5+1 deal is still on the table and is going to remain on the table. Dr. Stephen Walt, a Professor of International Relations at Harvard University who has a recent article at Foreign Policy “Just Say No: Why the United States can’t kick the habit of repeating failed campaigns in its war against terror” joins us to discuss whether the prospect that Iran will grow more moderate, responsible and democratic in the future is a better bet than continuing to ally with Saudi Arabia.

Part 2

Then we speak with James Jennings, Founder and President of Conscience International, a humanitarian aid organization who has worked in the giant Daadab Camp for Somali refugees in Kenya. We discuss the tensions between the majority Christian community and the growing Somali refugee population in the north of the country which Al-Shabab terrorists from Somalia, who recently massacred 148 Christian university students in the northern city Garissa, were able to infiltrate.

Part 3

Then finally, we assess the utility of bombing raids by the Kenyan Air Force on Al-Shabab camps in Somalia and speak with Kefa Otiso, a Professor of Geography at Bowling Green State University and the founding president of the U.S.-based Kenya Scholars and Studies Association. We also discuss the Kenyan government’s denials that its security forces were slow to respond to Thursday’s massacre at the university