meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The John Batchelor Show

HEADLINE: US Diplomat Addresses Failed Doha Strike Amidst Iranian Defiance GUEST AND TITLE: Mary Kissel, Executive Vice President, Stephens Incorporated, former Senior Advisor for the Secretary of State SUMMARY: Mary Kissel discusses Secretary of State

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Books, News, Society & Culture, Arts

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

HEADLINE: US Diplomat Addresses Failed Doha Strike Amidst Iranian Defiance

GUEST AND TITLE: Mary Kissel, Executive Vice President, Stephens Incorporated, former Senior Advisor for the Secretary of State

SUMMARY: Mary Kissel discusses Secretary of State Marco Rubio's diplomatic shuttle after an unsuccessful Israeli airstrike in Doha targeting Hamas leadership. Despite the failure, she believes Israel's defense capabilities and past decapitation efforts were incredible, fostering public resolve against terrorism. Kissel notes Qatar's role as a money-laundering center and host of terror groups, despite its strategic importance to the US. She emphasizes that Iran, the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism, remains defiant regarding its nuclear and missile programs, posing an ongoing challenge for Israel and the US.
1904 doha

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Building a coffee business?

0:01.9

Serving the best Americano in town is up to you. But winning back time and growing your business, leave that to SumUp. Take orders and payments anywhere with the new SumUp terminal. Turn occasional customers into regulars with a free loyalty program. And with the SumUp point of sale system, you'll always know when you're running low on your best-selling blends. Visit sumup.co.uk to learn more.

0:30.1

This is CBS Eye on the World. Here's John Batchelor.

0:37.1

The news is Secretary of State Marco Rubio, leaving Jerusalem after conferring with the Prime Minister over the Doha tragedy,

0:41.1

moving now to Doha itself to confer with the Amir, knowing that there is an Arab League meeting called hastily an emergency session

0:50.5

because of what is acknowledged to be an Israeli airstrike against a residence in

0:56.0

Doha in order to decapitate the Hamas negotiators leading the gangsters in Gaza who are

1:04.7

refusing to surrender and refusing to return the hostages dead and alive.

1:10.8

Mary Kissel, former senior advisor for the Secretary of State, now the Executive Vice

1:16.4

President Stevens, Incorporated, here to comment on State Department's heavy lift.

1:22.2

Rubio meets with Mr. Netanyahu, knowing that the President's opinion is that he was not told beforehand or much beforehand of a strike and doesn't approve of it,

1:33.2

knowing that Mr. Netanyahu is on the defensive. He's now traveling to the Emir.

1:39.2

There's a lot of diplomacy going on, Mary. Good evening to you. What should we look for from the secretary or from Doha? Good evening.

1:47.8

Good evening to you, John. And thanks, as always, for having me. Well, there is a lot of shuttling back and forth here after Israel's strike on Iran-backed terrorists living in Doha.

2:00.9

But a lot of this is also diplomatic theater, John, because every country in the Gulf,

2:07.5

in the Middle East, at large, knows that Iran is the source of all of the upset and the

2:13.6

violence and the terror.

2:14.7

It's the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism, and it wasn't so long ago that Iranian-back forces themselves launched at the Emirates.

2:24.7

So Marco Rubio's mission, I think, is twofold, first to make the show of going over and talking to Netanyahu

2:33.5

in the same way that President Trump dined with the Qatar Prime Minister Mohammed bin Eltoni the day before and show support.

2:43.8

Secondly, I'm sure they're discussing the state of Iran's nuclear program and missile program because I think the big story that hasn't been discussed,

2:52.8

but should be explored more deeply, is the stance in Tehran. I mean, the Supreme Leader Ali

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Batchelor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of John Batchelor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.