Guest:Charles Krauthammer
"Tomorrow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address Congress, talking about the Iranian nuke situation. This will be the third time Mr. Netanyahu has spoken to Congress. The only other man to do that - Winston Churchill. The Iranian deal is very complicated. The Obama administration wants a settlement that would stop Iran from immediately developing a nuclear weapon. But critics say the deal is too soft, that Iran would continue its weaponization and could convert it to nuclear very quickly if it decides to break the agreement. Right now it's impossible to know just how close the Iranians are to having a nuke. The Israelis believe they are very close that's unacceptable because the Iranian mullahs want to wipe Israel off the planet. But President Obama has to negotiate on behalf of Americans, not Israelis. And if the president walks away from the Iranian nuke deal, war might follow. Nobody wants World War III and nobody wants Iran to get a nuke, but definitive statements about the treaty negotiations are hard to back up. On the other matter - ISIS expansion - it's easier. Simply put, President Obama is not leading the fight - King Abdullah of Jordan is. But with all due respect to the king, who is a courageous man, it will take America to galvanize the world against ISIS and obviously that is not happening. All in all, the danger overseas is growing, no question."

The Factor asked FNC's Charles Krauthammer to critique the Talking Points Memo. "You seem to present the alternative as either we go through with these negotiations or we have war," Krauthammer protested. "But there is an alternative, which is what brought the Iranians to their knees in the first place. Sanctions were working and Iran's GDP was cut by about a quarter. The only thing the mullahs care more about than nuclear weapons is holding on to power, and the primary threat is economic. But it's not easy to re-impose sanctions, and the original sin here was when President Obama began these negotiations 18 months ago and unbelievably relaxed the sanctions. He has resisted Congress wanting to impose sanctions that would increase the pressure on Iran. If the mullahs say no to inspections, we should tell them in advance that we will hit them with the hardest sanctions ever devised."

Guest:Lt. Col. Ralph Peters
The Factor welcomed Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, one of President Obama's most consistent critics. Peters ridiculed the president's notion that arming local militias is an efficient way to fight terrorists in Iraq and elsewhere. "The administration has always been chasing this unicorn," he scoffed, "this idea that we can get other people to do the hard work for us. But ultimately, in warfare it's not about the steel in a man's hand, it's about the steel in his heart. ISIS is willing and even eager to die for its cause, but the people we are arming don't want to die. We're kidding ourselves to think some local yokels can defeat hardened fighters. People of the Middle East will not fight and die for us, they will fight for their religion and their clan."

Guests:Juan Williams & Mary Katharine Ham
On the eve of Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress, Juan Williams and Mary Katharine Ham surveyed the situation in the Middle East. "Most Americans don't follow this stuff intensely," Williams said, "but people do respond to anything that could lead to further military conflicts in the Middle East and potentially an all-out war. That would catch their attention." Ham theorized that Americans are becoming more aware of the dire situation overseas. "There's a growing concern about these dangers getting closer to home and people are genuinely scared about a genocidal army on the move, combined with the possibility of a nuclear Iran. Netanyahu will speak with moral clarity about a very serious concern." The Factor reminded everyone that Prime Minister Netanyahu's primary loyalty is understandably to his own nation: "Americans should be a little skeptical because Netanyahu is bringing in the Israeli point of view. The important thing is that he deliver hard facts, not just theory."

Guests:Howard Kurtz & Lauren Ashburn
How will the Internet, with its capacity to spread smears, affect the 2016 election? The Factor posed that question to media analysts Howard Kurtz and Lauren Ashburn. "It's going to be a cesspool," Kurtz warned, "because you have more media that is more ideological and quicker on the trigger. Here's a classic case - The Daily Beast just had to retract a completely bogus story about Scott Walker that they picked up from a gossip website called Jezebel." Ashburn added that Republican candidates will be especially juicy targets. "The mainstream media will encourage a demolition derby among the Republican primary candidates. We'll see things like we just saw with The Washington Post reporting on Jeb Bush's wife's jewelry spending." The Factor concluded, "Hillary Clinton has an advantage because most of the mainstream media will root for her, as they did for Barack Obama."

Guest:Megyn Kelly
A media organization has filed a massive lawsuit against various cable companies, claiming the companies are being unfair to black-owned businesses. FNC's Megyn Kelly elaborated on the suit. "Back in 2010 Comcast was merging with NBC Universal," Kelly reported, "they signed a deal saying they would hire more minorities. This lawsuit is alleging that they didn't do that. The most interesting part of this case is that the complaint reveals some things about Al Sharpton. He backed the Comcast-NBC merger, and then six months after that merger Sharpton got his own show and his National Action Network got a $140,000 donation from Comcast. This is a prominent black businessman saying Sharpton is protecting his own pockets."

Guest:Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters headed south to Florida and baseball's annual spring training ritual, where he spoke with some major league players and coaches. Among his lucky interviewees were David Ortiz, Buck Showalter, and Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt, who expressed amazement that Watters has never been "punched out." Back in the friendly confines of the studio, Watters recapped his adventure. "I didn't want to make fun of anybody," he confessed, "because they were all holding bats. But most of them are big fans of the show." Watters also complained that the Sunshine State did not live up to its advance billing, grousing, "It rained all the time and you made me drive through 'Alligator Alley.'"

Stafford Gillespie, Ontario, Canada: "Mr. O, you and Dr. Graham say we need to pray to overcome ISIS. Why should that be necessary? Does not God abominate such barbarism?"

Seth Balaban, Las Vegas, NV: "Mr. O, you were mistaken when you said all Christians in the Middle East are endangered. Not the 160,000 who live in Israel."

Mike Davis, IL: "It's time to give war a chance. The only thing terrorists and Putin understand is force."

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