Monday 7 July 2014 2014
Photo, above: Outside of Gaza, the IDF gathers for Operation Protective Edge.
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Hour One
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn, FDD.
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn, FDD. Analysis: Islamic State's 'caliph' leads prayers in Mosul
July 5, 2014 By THOMAS JOSCELYN
The Islamic State's video of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, now known as 'Caliph Ibrahim', is intended to answer critics of the newly-announced caliphate.
Taliban torch hundreds of fuel tankers in Kabul
July 5, 2014 By BILL ROGGIO
A police official said more than 400 fuel and supply trucks were destroyed by the Taliban last night in an attack on a trucking terminal just outside the Afghan capital.
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 1, Block C: Nan Hayworth, candidate for Congress
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 1, Block D: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, China's two online giants are invading the turf of the other, building businesses through frenetic dealmaking. See this: http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2014/07/06/chinas-alibaba-and-tencent-gobbling-up-everything-in-sight/
Hour Two
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 2, Block A: David Drucker, Washington Examiner, John Fund, NRO
http://washingtonexaminer.com/the-long-road-to-john-boehners-lawsuit-against-obama/article/2550297
The long road to John Boehner's lawsuit against Obama
Hearings could further incriminate Lerner.
Claims border chaos not Obama’s fault.
Jeh Johnson dodges the question.
The twisted road from racism to racialism.
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 2, Block B: David Drucker, Washington Examiner, John Fund, NRO
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 2, Block C: Josh Rogin, Daily Beast. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/07/u-s-assad-s-machinery-of-death-worst-since-the-nazis.html U.S.: Assad’s ‘Machinery of Death’ Worst Since the NazisNew evidence of the Assad regime’s mass murder shows a systematic approach to atrocities not seen since the Holocaust, says the State Department’s top war crimes official.
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 2, Block D: Catlin Dickson, Daily Beast. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/02/why-hundreds-of-immigrants-are-rushing-the-border-in-broad-daylight.html
Hour Three
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 3, Block A: Co-host Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Israel calls up troops as escalation against Gaza looms
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At least 40 rockets hammer southern Israel Monday evening
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Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 3, Block B: Co-host Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 3, Block C: Larry Johnson, No Quarter. The Prelude to BenghaziBy Larry Johnson on July 6, 2014 at 9:50 PM in Current Affairs | Edit The September 11, 2012 attacks on the special diplomatic facility and the CIA Annex in Benghazi were provoked by Obama’s efforts to restrict weapons flows to Syrian rebels for fear that success by muslim jihadists in Syria would undermine/discredit the central message of Obama’s reelection campaign–Osama is dead and al Qaeda is on the run. Let me connect the dots for you.
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 3, Block D: Jed Babbin, American Spectator. ISIS is being pretentious in announcing a new caliphate. But Obama has let so much slip, they may yet be justified. Best, Jed.
Caliphaking It in Iraq | The American Spectator
Hour Four
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 4, Block A: A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 4, Block B: A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 4, Block C: A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro
Monday 7 July 2014 / Hour 4, Block D: A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro
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Music: Hour 1 The Village. Ides of March. House of Flying Daggers.