Guests: Col. P.J. Crowley, Center for American Progress & Jane Arraf, Council on Foreign Relations

"What most people don't understand is that Iraq, Iran, Hezbollah and Israel are all tied together. Iran is the main player. It wants Israel destroyed and has enabled Hezbollah to amass thousands of rockets, it supports Shia terrorism in Iraq, and it is defying the world over nukes. Iran is America's most dangerous enemy and is the force behind Islamic fascism. If the USA and Britain pull out of Iraq, Iran will make that country a sphere of influence. Iran will also train and fund terrorists based inside Iraq in effect setting up another Taliban situation. A loss for the USA in Iraq would dramatically increase Iran's power to spread terrorism worldwide. And if Iran manages to get nuclear weapons, all bets are off. Low-level dirty bombs could be produced and handed off to al-Qaeda, Hezbollah or any other terrorist group. The danger to Israel, America, and the rest of the world would be through the roof. Thus the confrontation between the USA, Britain, Israel versus Iran and its terror acolytes would make Iraq look like a weekend on Cape Cod. The far left in America and the United Nations simply don't want to acknowledge the menace; they want to negotiate. If history is any judge that naive and dangerous point of view will lead to millions of people dying in the streets. The Islamic fascist jihad led by Iran is here, and it is not going away."

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Colonel P.J. Crowley, now at the Center for American Progress, said that, more than any other country or regional power, Iran was the big winner in the Middle East: "First of all, if you go back to 1979, we have in fact thought that Iran was the greater danger in the Middle East than the other country. I think that is still true. And I think the second point would be over the last three years, Iran is the big winner so far. It has a peaceful western border. Now it's accelerated its enrichment programs. It got influence in Iraq it's never had before. And obviously, it's been able to supply Hezbollah." Jane Arraf, with the Council on Foreign Relations, said the Factor "made negotiating sound like a dirty word. And I really think if there is going to be any sort of peace, if this is going to resolve itself, you cannot shy away from negotiations. You're not going to win this through military means. Look at how they're doing in Iraq. Certainly we have the military means to defeat the Iraqi army. Are we getting closer to defeating terror? I don't think so." The Factor said that negotiating only got you so far: "I want to get across to everybody, we can't fight every front. The United Nations is supposed to be there to do things after the negotiation. And where did it lead the world? Where did negotiation with North Korea lead the world? Where is the world's condemnation of Iran leading to? Iran says we're not going to give up our nuclear weapons. So there comes a point where all the chat has to stop."

Guest: Nouhad Mahmoud, Lebanese Special Envoy to the United Nations

Nouhad Mahmoud, Lebanese special envoy to the UN, discussed how to make Hezbollah less of a militia and more a part of the government: "This issue is national for the Lebanese. These things don't have a quick fix. You know, we disarmed much stronger militias in the `90's just by national dialogue. And we're trying to do that. So why not now with Hezbollah? Not by condemnation. By including Hezbollah as a political component of the government." The Factor felt the real problem was Iran: "Everybody who is fair feels very sorry for the poor Lebanese caught in this war. But if every country in the world condemned Iran for enabling this war to happen, and isolated Iran if they continue, then they wouldn't do it." On another interesting note, the Factor asked Mahmoud, "Do you yourself, as an educated man, consider Hezbollah a terrorist group?" Mahmoud responded: "For us Lebanese, they are not terrorist group, because they were created fighting occupation."

Guest: James Meigs, Popular Mechanics

The Factor began by highlighting a startling poll: "I have trouble believing this, but a new poll by Scripps-Howard says 36 percent of Americans believe it is likely or somewhat likely that the U.S. government either assisted in the 9/11 attacks, or did nothing to stop them." James Meigs, who is the Editor of Popular Mechanics Magazine and has been debunking some of the 9/11 myths, laid out the basics of the WTC attack: "What we found is this is the most closely studied collapse of any kind in world history. You know, thousands of engineers and witnesses have been interviewed. Engineers have studied it. And the engineering community's unanimous that a combination of devastating impact from the jets severed building members, and then the effects of fires over multiple floors gradually weakened what remained until it began to sag and ultimately collapsed." The Factor couldn't understand how people believed the conspiracy theories: "There's absolutely no evidence in both the World Trade Center or the Pentagon that anything happened that was stunning to the analysts who examined it. I would never have done this story even a week ago. And I see this poll come out, and I'm going, 36 percent are buying this nutty conspiracy garbage?"

Guests: Fox News chief judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano & attorney Wendy Murphy

The Factor explained a strange case we've been following: "In July 2005, lawyer Jeffrey Koslow was convicted of giving explicit sexual material to what he thought was a 14-year old boy. Cops nailed Koslow through an Internet sting. He was sentenced to five years probation, labeled a sex offender. But on appeal, four judges in the appellate court here in New York said Koslow committed no crime because he didn't send the imaginary 14-year old any pictures. The judge then tossed out the conviction." Attorney Wendy Murphy said, "The silliness is so obvious to me because the law says you can't send material that 'depicts' sexual conduct. Way back in 1913 Webster's says 'depicts' includes words that vividly describe something. So there is no question that the legislature intended this to cover the dissemination of both images and words." FNC Chief Judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano disputed Murphy's contention: "The Supreme Court has ruled many times that depiction means a photograph or an image. If a legislature wanted to prohibit words it would have said words. And we all know that if a statute is ambiguous the defendant wins and the government loses." The Factor was incredulous: "If this holds up, you're going to put every child in New York State in danger because the legislature didn't have the right word. This is pinhead stuff."

Guests: Fox News analysts Kirsten Powers & Michelle Malkin

The Factor said that some columnists unfairly labeled as bigots any person they disagreed with: "'Denver Post' columnist Cindy Rodriguez implied that I was anti-Hispanic for wanting to secure the borders. She also labeled Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell homophobes for opposing gay marriage. 'Dallas Morning News' columnist Macarena Hernandez also attacked me over the border issue and labeled Mel Gibson a racial bigot. Cynthia Tucker, the editorial director at the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" wrote that President Bush used racists to get elected. And the list goes on and on." Michelle Malkin explained: "If you say that lax immigration enforcement endangers us, the first thing that a lot of these leftists do is call you a xenophobe and immigrant barber. You hate Hispanics. If you talk about the war on terror, if you talk about jihadist infiltration, you are an Islamophobe. And this is a crude tool in the intellectual tool shed of the American left. It is all they have. It is old, it's rusty and ineffective." Fox News analyst Kirsten Powers said commentators did it on the right as well: "First of all, I can tell you people on the right who do it. And you are saying it is not that big of a deal to call somebody insane. I totally disagree with that because I have seen it over and over again where there is this picture of Al Gore as this crazy lunatic. And I don't think it was appropriate. And I'll also go back to the Clintons. I lived through the Clinton administration. The things that conservatives said about the Clintons were hateful."

Guests: Troi Torain & attorney James Sinque

New York City shock jock Troi Torain, known as DJ Star, was fired by Clear Channel Radio and arrested after offering 500 dollars to any listener who could tell him where a rival's 4-year-old daughter went to school. Torain, appearing on the Factor, blamed it on the hip-hop culture: "Hood talk. Slang talk. And you know, that environment, the rap culture, hip-hop, you know, a lot of things are said in a way that is not meant to be harmful or even hateful. It was joking, jousting, and that is the way the district attorney's office saw it as well." The Factor said that didn't excuse it: "What you did was wrong. I know you know that what you did was wrong. And the reason it's wrong is because you involved a 4-year-old little innocent girl in a bunch of garbage street talk that you acknowledge was such. I wouldn't care whether you said what about your rival or whatever. To bring in a 4-year-old girl? You don't know the unintended consequences of that."

Mail from around the world and around the country:

Mary Lee Miller, Las Vegas, NV: "Bill, I thought for a moment that you were going to kiss Dan Rather's ring."

Sam Lucchese, Austin, TX: "Bill, you had a chance to nail Rather on his attempt to sabotage President Bush but you failed."

Dennis Boone, Kansas City, MO: "Gotta hand it to you, Factor. Your questioning of Rather made him sound reasonable."

Knud Jensen, Sakskobing, Denmark: "Is it possible to criticize Israel without being accused of being anti-semitic?"

Ryan Mayer, Monsey, NY: "Bill, your condemning the media for over doing the Mel Gibson story was insensitive. Their motives are not sadistic, they are merely making it clear what a hateful individual he is."

Al DiLascia, Chicopee, MA: "The media and Hollywood have been laying in wait for Gibson like vultures. He focused on what Christianity is all about and they hate that."