The John Batchelor Show

VIDEO: Asian Meetings Ahead

February 11, 2015

Wednesday  5 February 2014 / Hour 2, Block A: Stephen Yates, chairman of the Idaho Republican Party, CEO of D.C. International Advisory, & former advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, in re: Mssrs Putin, Poroshenko and Hollande, & Frau Merkel, are still in conference (at 4 in the morning) in Minsk.   PM Abe and Xi Jinping "do not see the world fro the same" perspective.  Talk of the Japanese Defense Force patrolling the South China Sea.  US: The WH is in the waning years of a second term looking to drape itself in the [velvets] of grand international meetings. Form over substance concerning US national security. Natl feelings in Japans are shocked by the ISIS beheadings f their citizens; Shinzo Abe has more muscular support now than before.  . . .    Our ally form Israel will come to town; when our Asian allies come here, at least there's a little visibility to Americans. "US Marines in Sanaa handed over their carbines" before leaving on a civilian flight, said a Pentagon spokesman. Unclear who now has custody of the US arms and vehicles.  This as never before occurred. Looks like an Administration desperate to avoid another Benghazi-type situation, A national disgrace.  Note that the Houthis who’ve taken over Yemen are employees of Iran.  Teheran is laughing at the US.   We just lost a battle.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/06/us-usa-china-japan-idUSKBN0LA29E20150206