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PREVIEW; Excerpt from a conversation with Mary Kissel about the response of the Biden Administration to the Iranian proxies in Yemen disrupting global Red Sea shipping with missile and drone attacks -- and also the uncertain American leadership for NATO i

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 23 January 2024

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PREVIEW; Excerpt from a conversation with Mary Kissel about the response of the Biden Administration to the Iranian proxies in Yemen disrupting global Red Sea shipping with missile and drone attacks -- and also the uncertain American leadership for NATO in Europe faced with the hostile "Axis of Resistance" that includes Russia, Iran and Beijing. More of this later tonight.

https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/01/21/america-and-iran-step-closer-to-the-brink-of-war

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0:00.0

It started with an old cabbage. I was going to chuck it out, but my knee's resolution is being more resourceful.

0:06.6

So, I searched reducing food waste on Tik-Tock and bound loads of videos on there. A Kimchi recipe really caught my eye. I gave some to my

0:16.1

neighbors and they loved it. And here I am. My first day at the local farmers market

0:21.8

with my new side hustle,

0:23.6

Colleen's Kimchy. Not bad for leftovers. It starts on Tik-Tock.

0:28.9

This is John Bachelor. This is an excerpt from a conversation with my colleague Mary Kistle, former senior advisor to the Secretary of State, about the response or non-response or now and again response of the US and its allies to the

0:45.8

huthy provocations firing missiles and drones at the Red Sea commercial

0:50.3

traffic costing everyone money and interrupting the supply chain now

0:54.9

re-established after the pandemic. Mary also speaks to NATO, which she admires but

1:01.3

puzzles about leadership shown by the United States especially when it comes to Ukraine conflict but overall

1:08.7

this is Mary Kistel observing the policy or not stated policy of the Biden administration towards the

1:15.8

huthies and towards Russia with regard to NATO.

1:20.3

I think there's a lot of confusion amongst US allies of why we are taking such a soft

1:28.8

approach to Iran after its proxies have launched more than 130 attacks since October.

1:35.0

We've responded only really a handful of times.

1:38.0

And I think, you know, the lack of US leadership is dangerous.

1:43.4

As far as NATO is concerned, John,

1:45.1

this is probably one of the most functional,

1:47.7

if not the most functional,

1:49.0

multilateral institution in the world,

1:51.1

largely because it's dominated by the United States and it's a military

1:54.8

alliance and it did expand and kind of I think lose its sense of of its core mission

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