Thursday, September 21, 2023

The Briefing with Albert Mohler

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🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:13 - 06:02)
Tehran’s New Business Model: Biden Administration Succumbs to Iran’s Hostage Demands

Iran Releases 5 Americans as U.S. Unfreezes Billions in Oil Revenue for Tehran by New York Times (Michael D. Shear and Farnaz Fassihi)
Iran Prisoner Swap Gives Tehran $6 Billion. How Will It Be Spent? by Wall Street Journal (David S. Cloud)

Part II (06:02 - 17:49)
Lots and Lots of Words: the United Nations General Assembly Meets in New York

Part III (17:49 - 22:39)
What Are the Clintons Up to in New York? The Clinton Initiative and Their Abortion Agenda

Gov. Pritzker heads to New York to speak on abortion rights panel with Hillary Clinton by Chicago Sun Times (Tina Sfondeles)

Part IV (22:39 - 25:35)
If You Find An Alligator East of Pittsburgh, It Didn’t Put Itself There: Pennsylvania Citizens Concerned as 4-Foot Alligator Apprehended From River

See Ya Later? Fugitive Pet Alligators Invade Western Pennsylvania by Wall Street Journal (Kris Maher)

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, September 21, 2023.
0:07.4	I'm Albert Moeller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from
0:11.6	a Christian world view.
0:13.7	We knew this was coming because it had basically been leaked by the White House, but just this
0:17.8	week, five American hostages were released in Tehran.
0:21.7	They've been now safely returned to the United States, and this gets really, really interesting.
0:27.9	All people have been held by United States authorities who were Iranians have been returned
0:32.2	to Iran.
0:33.7	But the big issue is that the Iranian government only released these American hostages after
0:39.2	the United States government agreed to, quote, unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue.
0:45.8	Now the background of that just horribly important.
0:49.2	As you are looking at this, you recognize the release of hostages is a good thing.
0:52.8	The release of these American citizens who are hostages in Iran, that's in itself a
0:56.4	good thing.
0:57.4	They're returned to their families, it's a good thing they returned to the United States
1:00.4	of America.
1:01.4	However, this action by the Biden administration is horribly dangerous.
1:06.4	I discussed it when it was seen on the horizon, well, now it's happened.
1:10.1	And as it's happened, frankly, it's even worse than we expected, because what we see here
1:14.2	is a misrepresentation by the American government of what this deal really comes down to.
1:19.6	It comes down to making hostages taking profitable, and it also comes down to the fact that there
1:24.9	are regimes that are outlaw regimes in this country.
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