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GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Iraq where the US is preparing to withdraw military forces...

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Iraq where the US is preparing to withdraw military forces...


1926 Baghdad


CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 1/2: #IRAQ: Withdrawal planned. Bill Roggio, FDD 9:15-9:30 2/2: #IRAQ: Withdrawal planned. Bill Roggio, FDD 9:30-9:45 #UKRAINE: Air War to what end? John Hardie, Bill Roggio, FDD 9:45-10:00 #UKRAINE: No Plan B: war war. John Hardie, Bill Roggio, FDD

SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 #ISRAEL: The UN gathers while Beirut evacuates; the Hezbollah cowers. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 10:15-10:30 "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost 1700 year-old Greek-themed chambers at Ashkelon. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 10:30-10:45 CYBER COMMAND: ineffective and falling farther behind. Bill Gertz, Washington Times. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 10:45-11:00 #US NAVY: Not confidently ready for War in the Pacific & What is to be done? Jim Holmes, US Naval War College. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 #DEUTSCHLAND: AFD in footfall from overtaking long potent Social Democrats in the Prussian state of Brandenburg --and what about the economy? Chris Riegel, Scala.com 11:15-11:30 #UKRAINE: The Brandenburg vote for the anti-war AFD, and what does this mean for the war? Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Nation 11:30-11:45 1/2: #HEZBOLLAH: The Air War & What must be done? David Daoud, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD. 11:45-12:00 2/2: #HEZBOLLAH: The Air War & What must be done? David Daoud, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD.

FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 #NewWorldReport: Venezuela Nicholas Maduro posts arrest warrant for Argentina Javier Milei and his sister and security minister. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 12:15-12:30 #NewWorldReport: Brazil forces Musk to remove dissenting voices from X. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 12:30-12:45 #ISRAEL: The lawful conduct of military action vs adversaries: Necessity, distinction, proportionality. PETER BERKOWITZ, HOOVER INSTITUTION 12:45-1:00 am #CANADA: In praise of Winston Churchill and FDR saving Europe December, 1941 until FDR's death April, 1945. Conrad Black, National Post

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0:00.0

Good evening. This is John Batchelor. The show begins tonight in Iraq, news from the

0:05.3

DoD, not denied by anyone, that the plan is to withdraw from Iraq, a presence there, anchors the presence in Jordan and Syria in order

0:18.1

to keep an eye on an eye watch a suppression of ISIS and other bad actors including Kataib Hezbollah linked

0:26.0

to Tehran and Beirut. The withdrawal however would raise the questions that we see in Afghanistan and I speak with Bill Rajo

0:35.6

about what we can anticipate are there alternatives is there a bagram that we can

0:40.9

stay longer than withdrawing from Iraq.

0:44.8

Kurdistan, for example, Bill answers in detail.

0:48.4

And then to the question of Ukraine, the air war, Ukraine's successfully launching drones deep into Russia to destroy

0:55.9

another arsenal but is this advancing the Ukrainian case the news from

1:01.8

the battle front which is essentially in Donuts Oblast, is that the

1:08.0

Russians are making games using Wagner tactics, multiple choice, multiple attacks from different directions, small teams

1:16.5

then exploiting openings, using motorcycles and dune buggies and then bringing in glide bombs and drone attacks at the point of breakthrough.

1:28.0

All of this is advancing on critical junction, junction towns such as Pachrausk. The cursed salient John Hardy

1:37.7

of F.T. tells us, did not work according to plan. There is no plan B. In other words the Ukrainians are not in

1:45.2

a position to mount an offense against anyone. The best units are in the

1:49.0

curse salient, which is where the Russians are leaving them.

1:54.0

Moving on to Israel, Malcolm Holmine joins to apprise the gathering of the UN delegations

2:02.0

and the world leaders once a week, once a year for a week, they dominate

2:07.2

the Manhattan traffic jams.

2:11.0

There is no promise of any relief from this year's meeting.

2:15.0

There will be a lot of condemnation in all directions.

2:18.0

Meanwhile, Indiana online shows up and introduces us to the discovery of a 1,700 year old Greek-themed chamber

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