Israel and the Reshaping of the Middle East
Townhall Review | Conservative Commentary On Today's News
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 697 Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Townhall Review - December 14, 2024
Hugh Hewitt turns to Matt Continetti of the Washington Free Beacon for analysis of Israel’s military campaign and its implications.
Hugh and Morgan Ortagus, a former State Department official, discuss the U.S. policy missteps in the Middle East, criticizing the Obama-Biden approach to the Middle East.
Hugh interviews Senate Majority Leader-elect John Thune about the critical items on Congress’ agenda, including support for the AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act and extending tax cuts to drive economic growth before the midterms.
Hugh welcomes Bari Weiss, founder of The Free Press and host of the Honestly podcast. Weiss reflects on the fractured media landscape and the rise of alternative outlets.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the town hall review with Hugh Hewitt, the Assad regime collapses, and Israel |
| 0:09.6 | destroy Syrian military assets. |
| 0:12.3 | 480 strikes in 48 hours, an estimated 80% of the Syrian military destroyed the capacity of the former dictator Assad, completely |
| 0:23.5 | wiped out. |
| 0:24.5 | We'll get analysis from Matt Contenetti. |
| 0:26.5 | This is a stunning achievement, and we have to put it in the context of other studying |
| 0:31.9 | achievements that the idea of has performed. |
| 0:34.6 | We'll also hear from Morgan Ortegas on the resolute failure of the Biden, Blinken, |
| 0:38.9 | and Sullivan regime, and behind them the Obama plan for the region. |
| 0:42.8 | Obama and his team decided that Iran was going to eventually win, that they were going to |
| 0:48.9 | outsmart and outflank our Gulf Arab allies and even Israel. |
| 0:53.2 | We've got all this and more. |
| 0:54.4 | I'm Hugh Hewitt. |
| 0:55.0 | Great to be with you. |
| 0:56.1 | Catch my program each weekday morning live, |
| 0:58.1 | 6 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time and on-demand 24-7. |
| 1:01.7 | Let me mention here as well, beginning on January 13th, |
| 1:04.2 | my program is shifting to 3 to 6 p.m. Eastern Time, |
| 1:07.4 | the afternoon drive inside the Beltway. |
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| 1:19.0 | Salem Podcast Network. We're going to start today in Syria. It was 1970 when Hafaz al-Assad, |
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