GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Afghanistan, searching for the moment when the mission started to fail...
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 17 September 2024
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CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 AFGHANISTAN: When did the mission start to fail? Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute. Bill Roggio, FDD. 9:15-9:30 ISIS: Is ISIS a useful tool for the Taliban and their Al Qaeda partner? Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute. Bill Roggio, FDD. 9:30-9:45 HAMAS: The Philadelphia Corridor and security. Seth Frantzman, FDD, Jerusalem Post. Bill Roggio, FDD. 9:45-10:00 Lebanon: Hezbollah's provocations and the War in the North. Seth Frantzman, FDD, Jerusalem Post. Bill Roggio, FDD.
SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 ISRAEL: Cabinet shakeup imminent. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 10:15-10:30 "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Landfall point for Noah. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 10:30-10:45 UKRAINE: Russia counter-attacks the Kursk Salient. John Hardie, FDD. Bill Whalen, FDD. 10:45-11:00 UK: Kyiv seeks permission to launch UK Storm Shadow missiles DEEP INTO RUSSIA, awaits the Biden Administration APPROVAL. John Hardie, FDD. Bill Whalen, FDD.
THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 UKRAINE: Storm Shadows and Kremlin escalation. Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. 11:15-11:30 #PHILIPPINES: PLA Coast Guard bullies to success in the South China Sea. James Fanell, author, EMBRACING COMMUNIST CHINA. 11:30-11:45 #HEZBOLLAH: Nasrallah talks big. David Daoud, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD. 11:45-12:00 #AUSTRALIA: Cold Spring, Angry Magpies, Swarming Great Eastern Browns. Jeremy Zakis, NSW.
FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 #NewWorldReport: VENEZUELA takes hostages. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 12:15-12:30 #NewWorldReport: Javier Milei soldiers on. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 12:30-12:45 #HONG KONG: The torture of Jimmy Lai. Mark Simon, formerly Apple Daily Director. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 12:45-1:00 AM #CANADA: Engaging AUKUS. Charles Burton, Sinopsis. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. The show begins tonight in Afghanistan. I'm speaking with |
| 0:04.1 | the Saina County and Bill Rajo and my colleagues. When did the mission in |
| 0:08.3 | Afghanistan start to fail? Bill identifies early first Obama administration the idea of the surge, the awakening |
| 0:19.4 | in Afghanistan around Kandahar. A, Hakani, believes that that is the moment the U.S. doubts its role, going forward and starts |
| 0:29.1 | announcing exit dates or something like an exit date. So as Hain said the Taliban to win just had to |
| 0:36.8 | wait. And the Muilah Omar witticism passed on by his saying is that you've got the watches America, we've |
| 0:47.4 | got the time Afghanistan Taliban. These many years later Mueller Omar has proved correct. We review the exit, we review the |
| 0:58.1 | abuse of the Afghanistan citizens since the exit. Lessons learned. When you go into a country, stay to win. Don't think |
| 1:09.6 | it's short term. Don't think it's to be planned. It's a tough lesson and not many have ever learned |
| 1:18.7 | it. Win the war or don't go in. |
| 1:22.0 | And then we turn to discussions of Hamas with Bill Rajo and I speak |
| 1:29.7 | with Seth Fransman in Jerusalem. |
| 1:33.3 | Hamas is defeated in Rafi. |
| 1:35.2 | Hamas is defeated in Kaniunis. |
| 1:37.0 | Hamas is defeated in Gaza. |
| 1:38.6 | But it will reconstitute itself with weapons and people if the smuggling route from Egypt is left open. |
| 1:45.8 | That's the Philadelphia corridor. |
| 1:47.2 | What is to be done? |
| 1:48.4 | We also discuss Hezbollah, the provocations in the north that repeated missiles and |
| 1:54.5 | drone attacks something must be done what |
| 1:59.4 | Malcolm Honeline reports to Thaddis McCutter and myself about a cabinet |
| 2:03.0 | Shekeb imminent in Israel. The coup dominates many of the important |
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