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The John Batchelor Show

GOOD : The show begins in memories of Afghanistan thanks to a Substack site, Grumpy Combat Vetern and Friends -- comments and tales from vetrans who regret the losses dearly...

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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GOOD : The show begins in memories of Afghanistan thanks to a Substack site, Grumpy Combat Vetern and Friends -- comments and tales from vetrans who regret the losses dearly...

1890 Afghanistan

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR 9-9:15 AFGHANISTAN: Unending despair. Bill Roggio, FDD. 9:15-9:30 IRAN: Tehran is the enemy. Bill Roggio, FDD. 9:30-9:45 ISRAEL: West Bank Front. Gaza Front. Seth Frantzman, FDD and Jerusalem Post. Bill Roggio, FDD 9:45-10:00 LEBANON: How long to wait for the IDF to go north? Seth Frantzman, FDD and Jerusalem Post. Bill Roggio, FDD

SECOND HOUR 10-10:15 ISRAEL: Hostages abused, starved, executed. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 10:15-10:30 LEBANON: Drone attack on Nahariya high rise. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 10:30-10:45 UKRAINE: Strike what in Russia with NATO long range missiles? John Hardie, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD. 10:45-11:00 UKRAINE: Outnumbered 10 to 1 Donbas. John Hardie, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD

THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 #NewWorldReport: VENEZUELA: Edmundo González Urrutia flees to Spain. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 11:15-11:30 #NewWorldReport: Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 11:30-11:45 #NewWorldReport: ARGENTINA: Foro Madrid in Buenos Aires Old Post Office. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 11:45-12:00 #NewWorldReport: Amazon drought. Sergio Mendes 1941-2024. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

FOURTH HOUR 12-12:15 JAPAN: All the candidates regard Japan a National security risk? Nippon Steel rejected, Josh Rogin WaPo 12:15-12:30 GERMANY: AfD and Wagenknecht rising nostalgia. Antonia Colibasanu @GPFutures 12:30-12:45 PRC: One-sided Visa providing. Bill Gertz, Washington Times. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 12:45-1:00 am PRC: Inadequate fiscal stimulus, says Goldman Sachs. Anne Stevenson-Yang, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill



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0:00.0

Good evening.

0:01.0

Tonight the show begins in Afghanistan.

0:03.2

Bill Raggio and I discuss three years later what has learned.

0:07.8

We also look at a new site, combat Veteran and Friends.

0:15.0

I've signed up for it, Bill's signed up for it.

0:17.8

It tells the story of the individuals who left Afghanistan, American citizens, Afghan nationals who become American citizens,

0:26.6

and what's behind, what they remember, who they left behind, one particular blog I called attention to on the show is

0:35.2

Hamid Mohammed writing as a graduate of American University, an American

0:40.8

citizen, but he was obliged, he got his younger brother out, but he left his wife and

0:46.4

mother behind and his two sisters.

0:50.4

In the intervening three years, he's got his wife and mother out his two sisters is still there and their children

0:56.8

Can no longer attend school they were in the ninth grade and the his sisters cannot go out during the day or if they do they have to be heavily veiled and they can't talk in public.

1:07.0

No business pursuits whatsoever, no education.

1:11.0

They're in jail. More than half the nation is in jail. This three years after

1:17.0

the U.S. quit Afghanistan. I don't connect the dots here, just let Hamid Muhammad tell what it's like to live for three years

1:27.7

Knowing that you can't do much but get your people out you can't do much for your country. Where you came from. He said he became

1:36.2

depressed, he sought psychiatry and it's made it better for him, but still, it's despair.

1:43.0

That's just one testimony on Combat Veteran and Friends.

1:46.7

It's that sub-stack if you find it.

1:49.5

You can sign up for it for free or take a subscription out. There'll be more tales.

1:55.1

Why we left and who's responsible, Bill and I will be discussing over these next weeks

2:01.1

because there's a new report from Congress with testimony by people

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