GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Ukraine, waiting for the promised F-16s. To Lebanon, waiting for the IDF war. To Pyongyang, Moscow, Beijing. To Beijing, Ottawa, South China Sea, LEO. To Normandy with Victor Davis Hanson. To Havana, Caracas, Mexico City,
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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To Beijing, Ottawa, South China Sea, LEO.
To Normandy with Victor Davis Hanson. To Havana, Caracas, Mexico City, Lima.
1936 Moscow
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchelor. Good evening. The show begins tonight with F-16s in the Ukraine. Not yet, but I'm told soon enough. |
| 0:10.0 | Will these F-16s carry the battle to the Russians across the border? |
| 0:16.0 | There seem to be restrictions placed by Ukraine and how it fights this war. |
| 0:22.0 | Ah, don't have all of it. |
| 0:25.0 | Something about a wider war. |
| 0:28.0 | What's wider than from Taiwan to the Red Sea, |
| 0:32.0 | from the Red Sea to Ukraine to Ukraine to Havana Harbor. |
| 0:40.8 | To Hezbollah threats to Israel in Israel's preparation to solve the Hezbollah by driving it back |
| 0:47.7 | across the Latony River. |
| 0:50.3 | I'm told buildings will fall. This is a much bigger, much more complicated, much messier |
| 0:56.4 | war than Gaza, which was contained after all in the size of a couple of ballparks. |
| 1:03.6 | North Korea, Putin goes to she. |
| 1:07.8 | Putin goes to... |
| 1:11.4 | Putin goes to Kim Jong-un, |
| 1:15.0 | and makes a mutual defense pact. |
| 1:18.0 | What does it mean? |
| 1:19.0 | Going where? |
| 1:20.0 | What's the point? |
| 1:22.0 | The observation from David Maxwell is that |
| 1:26.8 | North Korea is playing Russia off against China |
| 1:31.4 | and playing China off against Russia. |
| 1:34.0 | We'll see. |
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