The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 7 September 2023

Air Date: 
September 07, 2023

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Ukraine: Drone escalation: target escalation; decapitation threat. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/06/exploded-russian-drone-fragments-found-in-romania-nato/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/06/inside-battle-of-bessarabia-russia-ukraine-grain-exports/

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/06/russia-nuclear-bombers-tyres-ukraine-drones/

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/01/pskov-airbase-drone-attack-launched-inside-russia-ukraine/
 

915-930

#Ukraine: Winter is coming: Doubts of the German economy recovering. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/09/06/european-sanctions-on-putin-damage-europe/

 

930-945

#ScalaReport: Hundreds of migrants sitting on the sidewalk of Eighth Avenue, children playing. Chris Riegel, CEO, Scala.com

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/on-illegal-immigration-mayor-eric-adams-is-an-incoherent-mess/

 

945-1000

#Russia: #PRC paying the bills for the Kremlin. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution

https://on.ft.com/3r437NR

 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#IranDeal: #POTUS:   David Albright, a physicist, is founder and President of the non-profit Institute for Science and International Security in Washington,  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
 
https://apnews.com/article/iran-uranium-enrichment-iaea-us-tensions-af4a183a2e97375708a494d5324c2836
 

1015-1030

#SaudiArabia: #Yemen: Saudis hesitate to join BRICS.   Hussain Abdul-Hussain is a research fellow at FDDl. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
 
 
https://www.axios.com/2023/09/04/biden-official-saudi-israel-deal-palestinian-deliverable
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-757769
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/08/04/can-saudi-normalization-with-israel-hurt-palestinians/
 
 

1030-1045

#PRC: Yaakov Lappin: Yaakov Lappin is a research associate at the Alma Research and Education Center in the north of Israel. He is also an Israel-based military affairs correspondent and analyst for JNS, the in-house analyst at the Miryam Institute, and a research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
https://israel-alma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/China-Transforming-its-Economic-Strength-into-Middle-East-Political-and-Military-Influence.pdf
 
 

1045-1100

#Israel: Threat to bomb a synagogue. Yoni Ben Menachem is a senior Middle East analyst for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He is a veteran Arab affairs and diplomatic commentator for Israel Radio and Television, and served as Director General and Chief Editor of the Israel Broadcasting Authority. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
https://jcpa.org/hizbullahs-increased-activity-among-arab-israelis-intensifies-the-security-risks-israel-faces/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/shin-bet-4-israelis-arrested-as-part-of-hezbollah-weapons-smuggling-ring/
https://jcpa.org/the-survival-of-the-pa-despite-the-failure-of-the-oslo-accords/
 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#Ukraine:  Three Republican arguments against supporting Kyiv. John Bolton, 1945.org

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/09/john-bolton-republicans-must-exorcise-the-ghost-of-neville-chamberlain-when-it-comes-to-ukraine/

1115-1130b

#Canada: In defense of Jordan Peterson from "busy-bodies." Conrad Black, National Post

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-canadians-must-stand-behind-jordan-petersons-fight-for-free-expression

1130-1145

1/2: #POTUS: The starkly compromising events of December 2015 for President Biden and son Hunter Biden.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/09/a-question-for-the-very-special-counsel-david-weiss/

1145-1200

2/2: #POTUS: The starkly compromising events of December 2015 for President Biden and son Hunter Biden.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/09/a-question-for-the-very-special-counsel-david-weiss/
 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#PRC: #Green: The Green Biden Administration and the unwelcome (and thrifty) China-made EV. Veronique deRugy, Mercatus Center

https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/09/23/to-fight-climate-change-stop-fighting-china-on-electric-vehicles

1215-1230

#Canada: Justin Trudeau gingerly steps back from the PRC & What is to be done? . Charles Burton, MacDonald-Laurier Institute.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-07/trudeau-says-no-room-for-political-rapprochement-with-china?sref=5g4GmFHo

1230-1245

1/2: #DoD: The Biden Administration and the demoralized recruiting shortfall. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution

https://www.hoover.org/research/how-demoralization-undercuts-recruitment

1245-100 am

2/2: #DoD: The Biden Administration and the demoralized recruiting shortfall. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution

https://www.hoover.org/research/how-demoralization-undercuts-recruitment