S8 Ep706: STREAMING THE MAKING OF THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, MONDAY 4-6-2026, 1911 GRAIN MARKET PERSIA
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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STREAMING THE MAKING OF THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, MONDAY 4-6-2026,
1911 GRAIN MARKET PERSIA
The provided transcript features a conversation between John Batchelor, Bill Roggio, and Husain Haqqani regarding the escalating geopolitical conflict involving Iran and the United States. The speakers analyze the "fog of war" surrounding a downed airman's rescue and the subsequent disinformation pervasive in modern media cycles. They express significant concern over the Trump administration's inconsistent strategy, specifically noting the lack of clear military objectives and the failure to address the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The dialogue highlights how Iran’s control over global oil routes serves as a strategic countermeasure against American threats, which the participants view as increasingly ineffective and undiplomatic. Furthermore, they examine the internal stability of the Iranian regime, questioning whether domestic resistance or military defections are sufficient to trigger regime change without a massive external intervention. Ultimately, the source illustrates a tense military standoff where both sides are navigating economic pressures, shifting alliances, and the high human cost of a prolonged war. (1)
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| 0:30.1 | Crack. I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm of the John Batson show, and I'm joined by my good colleague, Bill Raggio, senior fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and we're looking at the weekend, the very busy weekend of reporting. |
| 1:23.6 | Chiefly, what I was reporting was fog of war fog of war fog of war the events in the |
| 1:31.1 | battle theater centered on the rescue or not of a downed airman and that he was on the run or not |
| 1:42.2 | and that the Iranians were pursuing him closely or not. I add the or not each time |
| 1:47.9 | because there's now plenty of instances of the adversary and the ally, the ally in this case |
| 1:58.8 | would be the CIA, |
| 2:02.9 | playing with the news. |
| 2:07.0 | And those of us who depend upon the news and do not do secrets are bounced around like, well, you said, and what about? |
| 2:11.8 | So, Bill, I welcome you this morning. |
| 2:14.4 | We had a wonderful 48 hours of both sides giving us what should have to say |
| 2:20.4 | incomplete information. It was a joy. We corresponded with it, I believe, late Saturday night. |
| 2:26.0 | And your wise response was, well, I'm just going to go to bed. And tomorrow's Easter and |
| 2:31.4 | happy Easter, John. Good day to you, Bill. Good day, John. It was a little more |
| 2:35.8 | than that, actually. You were looking at what was coming up on Twitter, and I was really skeptical. |
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