CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR  

9-915 
#AfterAfghanistan: Taliban murders.  @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn @LongWarJournal  @FDD
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59536522?piano-modal
 

915-930 
#AfterAfghanistan: Hunting Al Qaeda in Syria.  @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn @LongWarJournal  @FDD
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/centcom-confirms-drone-strike-targeted-al-qaeda-leader-in-syria/ar-AARrBZ7    
 
 
930-945 
Olympic boycott. Steve Yates @YatesDCIA, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.newsweek.com/china-warns-countermeasures-if-biden-admin-boycotts-winter-olympics-1656285
Stephen Yates, @YatesDCIA, CEO of D.C. International Advisory and former advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney.   
 

945-1000 
North Korea still aims to win the war. Greg Scarlatoiu @Grigfletcher;   @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/what-would-an-end-of-war-declaration-for-the-korean-peninsula-actually-mean/. 
 
 

SECOND HOUR  

10-1015   
Ransomware as a geopolitical weapon.  Annie Fixler @afixler, @FDD_CCTI;  Georgianna Shea @_GeorgiannaShea,  @FDD  
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/11/17/washington-jerusalem-enhance-cooperation-ransomware/
Annie Fixler. Deputy Director and Research Fellow, FDD
Dr. Georgianna Shea  @_GeorgiannaShea,  CCTI and TCIL Chief Technologist: 
FDD's Center on Cyber & Technology Innovation
 

1015-1030 
America and Israel ally to combat ransomware.   Annie Fixler, @afixler, @FDD_CCTI ,  @FDD;  Georgianna Shea @_GeorgiannaShea
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0479
Annie Fixler. Deputy Director and Research Fellow, FDD
Dr. Georgianna Shea  @_GeorgiannaShea,  CCTI and TCIL Chief Technologist: 
FDD's Center on Cyber & Technology Innovation
 

1030-1045 
Americans are generous long after passing away. Lawson Bader #donorstrust, DonorsTrust.org
 
https://www.jewishexponent.com/2021/12/06/trends-in-charitable-giving-as-2021-ends/
 
Lawson Bader  #donorstrust 
DonorsTrust is a community of donors who are devoted to creating a better future. Our donors support charities that protect liberties and strengthening society.
 

1045-1100  
Carbon-pricing and the banks.  Vijay Vaitheeswaran @VVVijayEconBiz,  @TheEconomist
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/12/04/how-piecemeal-carbon-pricing-affects-cross-border-lending
 
 

THIRD HOUR  

1100-1115 
Natanz sabotage 2021. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
https://www.newsweek.com/china-warns-countermeasures-if-biden-admin-boycotts-winter-olympics-1656285
 
 

1115-1130  
"Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Tree of Theresienstadt. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/holocaust-childrens-tree-descendant-to-be-planted-in-nyc-687647
 

1130-1145  
Putin's Options. Paul Gregory @PaulR_Gregory @HooverInst
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/584458-why-should-putin-invade-when-ukraine-can-be-destroyed-from-within-with
 
 

1145-1200   
Evergrande nationalizing. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/massive-evergrande-restructuring-plan-could-be-biggest-in-chinese-history-report/ar-AARwRz4

 

FOURTH HOUR 

12-100 AM 
Gaza Conflict 2021, by  Jonathan Schanzer  (Kindle Edition) @JSchanzer @FDD"
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JMFWWDV/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
The May 2021 conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas generated headlines around the world. However, much of the reporting ignored the history, funding, political dynamics, and other key components of the story. Hamas initiates conflict every few years, but the reporting rarely improves. Social media has only further clouded the picture. Hamas is rarely held responsible for its use of "human shields," blindly firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, or diverting aid that should benefit the people of Gaza.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism, has been the primary patron of Hamas since the group's inception in the late 1980s. Hamas has received additional assistance over the years from Qatar, Turkey and Malaysia. These countries are fomenting conflict, while others, such as Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, have tried to minimize it. Gaza is therefore ground zero in a struggle for the future stability of the Middle East.
The Biden administration has important choices to make. Its intent to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal could have significant consequences, given that sanctions relief to Iran will likely yield a financial boon for Hamas, along with other Iranian proxies. The Biden administration must also come to terms with "The Squad," a small but loud faction of the Democratic Party that seeks to undermine the US-Israel relationship.
Jonathan Schanzer @JSchanzer @FDD, Foundation for Defense of Democracies.  
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