GOOD EVENING: The show begins tonight in Ukraine where the news is of a cross-border assault by Kyiv into Russia, and a report of a pending big push by Russia into Ukraine's defenses -- readying for talks to cut up the map.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 9 August 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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FIRST HOUR
9-915 #UKRAINE: Big Russian push October. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institutehttps://eadaily.com/en/news/2024/08/06/the-united-states-gave-61-billion-to-kiev-to-win-but-they-didnt-say-how-because-you-dont-have-to
915-930 #IRAN: Shoigu in Tehran, and why? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institutehttps://eadaily.com/en/news/2024/08/06/the-united-states-gave-61-billion-to-kiev-to-win-but-they-didnt-say-how-because-you-dont-have-to
930-945 #SCALAREPORT: China's two-year-long recession continues and deepens. Chris Riegel CEO, Scala.com @Stratacache https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/maersk-expects-container-demand-growth-to-slow-raises-investment-forecast/ar-AA1oo6EA
945-1000 #VENEZUELA: Maduro tries lawfare and terror. Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/lula-assists-the-maduro-steal-brazil-presidential-election-27a9cb50
SECOND HOUR
10-1015 IRAN: Countdown: Ray Takeyh is Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). His areas of specialization are Iran, U.S. foreign policy, and modern Middle East. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
1015-1030 RUSSIA: Shoigu in Tehran and why? John Hardie serves as deputy director of FDD's Russia Program. His research focuses on Russian foreign and security policy, U.S. policy toward Russia and the post-Soviet space, and transatlantic relations. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
1030-1045 #Antisemitism: Dr. Alan Mendoza is the founder and executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, a UK-based foreign and security policy think tank. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
1045-1100 #ISRAEL: Routinely reported. Jonathan Conricus is a senior fellow at FDD focused on the Middle East. He served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for 24 years as a combat commander in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. He also served as a military diplomat, foreign relations expert, and international spokesperson. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
THIRD HOUR
1100-1115 #NAGASAKI: Charles Sweeney knew of the schools and church in the target area. Charles Pellegrino, author, LAST TRAIN FROM HIROSHIMA. [Amazon links removed for brevity]
1115-1130 #NAGASAKI: The burning horses. Charles Pellegrino, author, LAST TRAIN FROM HIROSHIMA. [Amazon links removed for brevity]
1130-1145 #VPOTUS: Tim Walz from Tiananmen Square to the Dalai Lama. Josh Rogin, Washington Post.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/08/walz-harris-campaign-china-experience/
1145-1200 #IRAN: What does the Ayatollah want with his threats? Behnam Ben Taleblu, FDD https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-warns-iran-of-serious-risk-if-it-conducts-major-attack-on-israel/ar-AA1otb4u
FOURTH HOUR
12-1215 #NewWorldReport: Venezuela: The Opposition in hiding from the regime. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllishttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-launches-criminal-probe-into-publishers-election-tally-website-2024-08-07/
1215-1230 #NewWorldReport: The guys with the guns pledge loyalty to Maduro. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllishttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-launches-criminal-probe-into-publishers-election-tally-website-2024-08-07/
1230-1245 #NewWorldReport: Brazil, Colombia and Mexico hesitate. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllishttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-launches-criminal-probe-into-publishers-election-tally-website-2024-08-07/
1245-100 am #NewWorldReport: The worst Amazon fires in two decades. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllishttps://www.reuters.com/business/environment/fires-brazils-amazon-rainforest-july-surge-highest-two-decades-2024-08-01/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. The show begins tonight in Ukraine, Anatole |
| 0:03.6 | Leven in Shanghai discussing the news items from Ukraine that are unusual. |
| 0:09.6 | Ukraine forces reporting attacking into Russia. |
| 0:15.0 | Vladimir Putin says major provocation. |
| 0:18.0 | This following within days, the first F-16 is arriving in Kiev. |
| 0:23.0 | However, Anatole tells me that Russia is planning on one more big push in the fall to move the |
| 0:29.5 | negotiation table and claim that territory it occupies and whatever after that is |
| 0:36.9 | negotiating a ceasefire a demobilization never joined NATO talk. |
| 0:42.8 | The question is asked by Anatole. |
| 0:45.1 | What about that? |
| 0:46.2 | We will review our war aims in 45 days' promise |
| 0:49.4 | when the 61 billion was passed by Congress in the springtime. It has yet to be delivered. |
| 0:55.5 | We then ask the question, Shoygu in Tehran. |
| 0:58.2 | Why is the former Defense Minister now National Security Council traveling to meet the new president of Iran, |
| 1:04.2 | business, selling missiles, buying drones, unknown. |
| 1:09.0 | Scholar report on China's two-year long recession continuing and deepening. |
| 1:15.0 | There's a global recession. |
| 1:18.0 | China won't admit it. |
| 1:19.0 | You can see it in the numbers. |
| 1:20.7 | And by the way, the numbers are untrustworthy. so you can see it in the untrustworthy |
| 1:24.4 | numbers as well. |
| 1:26.2 | Venezuela, Mariano Stasio Grady profiles the major regime's challenge which is to use |
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