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S8 Ep890: Husain Haqqani and Bill Roggio observe that Washington is currently distracted by domestic politics and upcoming midterms, pushing the Iran war to secondary headlines. Global leadership has eroded due to partisan squabbling over issues like high gas price

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Husain Haqqani and Bill Roggio observe that Washington is currently distracted by domestic politics and upcoming midterms, pushing the Iran war to secondary headlines. Global leadership has eroded due to partisan squabbling over issues like high gas prices. (2/16)
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now at the Hudson Institute, to help me understand what Washington makes of the Iran War.

1:29.3

Now, it's called Iran War by Reuters.

1:31.7

It's called Iran War by Financial Times.

1:34.8

However, when you turn to Washington's headlines, they're wrapped up in the popularity of the president,

1:41.6

the anticipation of the midterms, anticipating another baseball season or

1:46.8

football season, the ordinary affair of a crowded city that's coming to life again,

1:51.9

and adjusting its bottom line to what we can ask Congress to give us from the Trump administration

1:58.5

budget this year. Are we going to have to build the arch to get

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