Family Security Matters

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Family Security Matters (FSM) is, according to Rightweb 'a rightist advocacy outfit based in Washington, DC, that bills itself as the "national security resource for American families." Closely connected to other hardline outfits through overlapping board members, FSM has, since 2004, served as a high-profile and controversial advocate of hardline policies on the "war on terror." It has championed a tough line on Iran, China, and other perceived enemies; supported the Iraq War; and promoted preferential treatment of Israel.'[1]

Interpretation of FSM

While most zionist and neocon think tanks and organisations are heavily male dominated, it seems that Family Security Matters is an organisation created to cater to the female neocons. FSM also focuses on issues that appeal to women: the family (what to do in the face of terrorism), women, etc. FSM simply appeals to a different segment of the "market" and aids in expanding its message. It is also evident that there are strong links between Center for Security Policy and FSM. [2]

Accoprding to Rightweb:

FSM's board of advisers includes James DeGraffenreid, chair of CSP's board; Paul Vallely, a conservative radio talk show host; Laura Ingraham, a right-wing commentator with a nationally syndicated radio show; Arthur Waldron, a well-known China hawk associated with the so-called Blue Team, an informal group of defense policy strategists who, prior to 9/11, led the effort to make China the top U.S. security concern.[3]; and James Woolsey, the former CIA head who has helped organize a lengthy list of hardline foreign policy advocacy outfits, including Americans for Victory over Terrorism, the Coalition for Democracy in Iran, and the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. Brigitte Gabriel, president of American Congress for Truth, is one of FSM's contributing editors.[4]

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Website: www.familysecuritymatters.org

Notes

  1. Rightweb Family Security Matters last updated: October 11, 2007
  2. 'FOX's "security mom" expert spouted Bush-Cheney talking points', Media Matters, 29 September, 2004.
  3. " The Yellow Peril Revisited," by Tom Barry and Jim Lobe, IRC, July 1, 2002
  4. Rightweb Family Security Matters last updated: October 11, 2007
  5. 'About: Board', web.archive.org/Family Security Matters website, accessed 3 April, 2009.