CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Ukraine: F-16S promised, drone and missile attacks delivered and the likelihood of a third year of stalemate on the battle front. Bradley Bowman, FDD. 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/20/netherlands-denmark-send-many-f16-figher-jets-ukraine/

915-930
#Ukraine: Cold War "chicken" provocations; half Million casualties and the clock winding down to talks. Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2023/08/russian-jets-playing-chicken-us-planes-over-syria-officials-say/389581

930-945

#Afghanistan:  The Taliban's "Iron fisted" grip and Al Qaeda training camps.

 Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/08/two-years-after-u-s-withdrawal-the-taliban-enjoys-an-iron-fisted-grip-on-afghanistan.php

 

 

https://www.voanews.com/a/afghanistan-reemerging-as-a-terrorism-incubator-/7230546.html
https://www.voanews.com/amp/afghanistan-reemerging-as-a-terrorism-incubator-/7230546.html

945-1000

#Pakistan:  Futile resistance to Army rule. Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistans-president-refuses-sign-new-national-security-laws-2023-08-20/

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#Iran: Preparing to brutalize the protests. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mass-arrests-target-iranian-activists-nearly-one-year-after-mahsa-aminis-death/ar-AA1fv6Q9

1015-1030

#IndianaHoenlein and the 2,000 year Lost Synagogue on the Black Sea. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

https://www.archaeology.org/news/11688-230817-russia-black-sea-synagogue

1030-1045

DC:  Welcoming the "lean  and sma" Space Force for its fourth anniversary, December '23. Francis Rose, FedGovToday.com

https://fedgovtoday.com/2023/08/17/future-of-space-force-generative-ai-in-the-dod-small-biz-goals-for-hhs/

1045-1100

#PRC: AI with Chinese Characteristics seeks old-fashioned censorship. Bill Gertz, Washington Times. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

Bill Gertz, national security correspondent for The Washington Times and author of Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China’s Drive for Global Supremacy,his: 

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/15/china-adopts-interim-ai-rule-requiring-technology-/

 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#NewWorldReport:  Guatemala's shrinking Democracy. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/international-community-cheers-guatemala-anti-graft-candidates-landslide-victory-2023-08-21/

1115-1130

#NewWorldReport:  Ecuador votes for fugitive Correa. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuadors-gonzalez-noboa-go-second-round-presidential-vote-2023-08-21/

1130-1145

#NewWorldReport: BRICS welcoming Argentina? Bolivia? Cuba?  Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

https://www.reuters.com/world/what-is-brics-who-are-its-members-2023-08-21/

1145-1200

#NewWorldReport:  The steep decline of Gustavo Petro. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

https://en.mercopress.com/2023/07/05/colombia-s-petro-has-managed-to-reverse-disapproval-ratings-from-20-to-61

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#KeystoneState: The well-documented decline of Downtown Pittsburgh. SalenaZito.com

washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/the-fall-of-pittsburgh 

1215-1230

#KeystoneReport. Still no POTUS visit to East Palestine, Ohio. #Salenazito.com

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/from-afghanistan-to-east-palestine-and-hawaii-bidens-pattern-of-behavior-lacks-the-empathy-he-promised

1230-1245

#Pakistan: The Army hints at postponing the Elections. Arif Rafiq, GlobelyNews.com

https://globelynews.com/south-asia/arif-alvi-army-act/

https://www.dawn.com/news/1771203/as-god-is-my-witness-president-alvi-says-he-did-not-assent-to-bills-amending-army-act-secrets-law

1245-100 AM

#ROK: #Japan. Unexpected and unprecedented alliance in North Asia. David Maxwell, FDD. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill. David Maxwell, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and senior fellow at the Global Peace Foundation, on these:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-south-korea-japan-agree-crisis-consultations-camp-david-summit-2023-08-18/