Good evening this is John Bachelor the show begins tonight with a conversation

George Friedman about his measure of Vladimir Putin the lecture with the

celebrity journalist Carlson lecturing us on Russian history how Russia created Europe, naming

Poland and Lithuania as Russian creations, odd.

There is the detail that before Germany moved on Sudan land, there is much talk about German speakers, German traditions, German people persecuted.

Now there's talk about Estonia mistreating Soviet statues to the liberators? Odd. Is Russia going for

more after Ukraine? Odd. And then off to Ukraine itself, the NATO mission and Congress, with

Jeff McCausen, a conversation, and then Gaza, the challenges of the Rafa operation ahead, to rescue the hostages to end Hamas

and to deal with the fact that a million people gathered above ground from the tunnels.

North Korea promoted a conversation with David Maxwell

about North Korea's sudden emergence

as ally, close companion, manufacturing base for Moscow, for Russia, even talk of

Vladimir Putin heading to Pyongyang for an official visit the first time in 20 years. and then conversation with Rick Fisher about the J-35, the so-called fifth generation

the so-called fifth generation fighter aircraft developed by the Chinese to match the F-35 in the

U.S. arsenal.

It is unclear whether it is a match for it because the F-35 is best thought of as a flying computer

center, a server farm, an operator, a boss, that can also shoot missiles.

And then a conversation about the Air Force and what it needs with a retired Air Force

General Blaine Holt.

To the South Atlantic with James Finale, Chinese looking for basing in the West African

states that are available visits up and down the coast.

Benam Talibou joins to update on the surrogates for Iran, the Huthies, the Khaty, Hezbollah, the Hezbollah itself out of Beirut, and then

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