S8 Ep154: SHOW 12-1 CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR "John Batchelor 12-01 segment 1.mp3" Headline: DC Shooting, Afghan Veteran, and the Threat of Blue on Green Attacks Guest: John Batchelor, Bill Rajio. 50 Word Summary: The DC tragedy, allegedly involving
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12-1
CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
1919 KABUL RIVER
"John Batchelor 12-01 segment 1.mp3" Headline: DC Shooting, Afghan Veteran, and the Threat of Blue on Green Attacks Guest: John Batchelor, Bill Rajio. 50 Word Summary: The DC tragedy, allegedly involving Afghan national Ramanula Lakenwal, is discussed as a possible "blue on green" attack. Lakenwal was a veteran of the Afghan National Army Special Unit, potentially associated with CIA-backed Zero units. Concerns are raised about the vetting process for Afghans and the potential political motivation of the attack due to its proximity to the White House.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. Tonight I begin with my colleague Bill Rajo reflecting on the blue-on-green attacks that |
| 0:06.6 | were commonplace the last years in Afghanistan, costing lives damaging base security. The Afghan National |
| 0:15.7 | Army, the Afghan police force suddenly turning on the Americans in NATO, blue on green. Bill and I observed this |
| 0:24.2 | because in the general sense, the attack in Washington that left two national guards, one dead, |
| 0:31.4 | one fighting for his life, was a blue-on-green attack by someone trained by, we're told, the allegation is that the alleged shooter was trained by the CIA and was in a special forces unit in the Afghan National Army. |
| 0:47.4 | Blue-on-Green. |
| 0:48.9 | It was always a surprise, and Bill reflects upon what we know about blue on green left behind in that hasty and |
| 0:57.6 | reckless retreat from Cabell in August of 21. And then I turn to the larger story of what's |
| 1:06.7 | going on in China and China trade with Alan Tonelson and Gordon Chang. |
| 1:12.1 | Gordon says that still the optimism of America is now ready to entirely embrace the fact |
| 1:19.3 | that China is a pirate's den. |
| 1:21.5 | It will steal, it will cheat, it won't honor its contracts, and it means to dominate |
| 1:27.4 | by flooding the market with cheap |
| 1:29.1 | goods and driving out the competition. Exactly what the WTO is invented to stop. But there it is. |
| 1:38.3 | Conversation with Alan Tonelson about how soybeans seem to be leading the program for the Trump administration. |
| 1:45.0 | That's nice, but agriculture is not the only thing that should be on the agenda |
| 1:50.0 | when you come to better trade practices between China and the United States. |
| 1:55.6 | In a conversation with my colleagues, Malcolm Hohen and Thadis McCotter, |
| 2:00.0 | about the Iraqi vote, about Gaza, |
| 2:02.9 | and the inability of anyone to find a security force to back up the so-called ceasefire peace treaty. |
| 2:10.7 | Then a conversation at length with Ernesto Arrusha of Brazil and Alejandro Pena Exclusive Venezuela about the phone call said to be between the President of the United States and the dictator Maduro, pretty much telling him now is the time for you to leave. |
| 2:31.8 | Quietly, diplomatically, you and your family leave. Maduro hasn't taken |
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