Background Briefing: August 31, 2021
We Can't Blame the Afghans for Corruption We Brought With Our Conquest We begin with President Biden's vigorous defense of his withdrawal from Afghanistan and discuss the tendency among our politicians and press to blame the Afghans for the rampant corruption...
Background Briefing: August 30, 2021
Devastation in New Orleans as Superstorms Become the New Normal We begin with the devastation that Hurricane Ida has left in its path across Louisiana with the state's electricity grid in tatters after powerful winds knocked out all eight electric transmission...
Background Briefing: August 29, 2021
The Scope and Size of ISIS Inside Afghanistan We begin with the last days of the exit from Kabul amid a growing threat from ISIS-K whose operatives blew up a group of Marines outside of a gate into the Kabul airport killing 13 and wounding 18 along with killing...
Background Briefing: August 26, 2021
Terrorists Bombs at Kabul's Airport Kill U.S. Marines, Afghan Civilians and Taliban Guards We begin with the bombings at the Kabul airport in which 12 U.S. Marines were killed and 15 injured along with over 50 Afghans killed including Taliban guards. On Tuesday...
Background Briefing: August 25, 2021
The IC's Report of the Origins of the Pandemic and the PRC's Hysterical Propaganda Onslaught We begin with the arrival at the White House today of the report from the U.S. Intelligence Community ordered by President Biden 90 days ago to look into the origins of...
Background Briefing: August 24, 2021
Biden's Poll Numbers Are Down, But Likely to be Back in a Month or So We begin with President Biden's approval rating taking a hit from the Afghan withdrawal and the resurgence of Covid and speak with Robert Kuttner, the co-founder and co-editor of The American...
Background Briefing: August 23, 2021
The Blame Game Continues Without Considering 20 Years of Disastrous Decisions We begin with the media's blame game piling on about the chaos at the Kabul airport often featuring pundits who supported the disastrous 20 year preface to today's TV images in which...
Background Briefing: August 22, 2021
Pro-Trump White Nationalists Will Be Back at The Capitol Next Month in a Volatile Heightened Threat Environment We begin with the terrorism advisory warning from the DHS that there is a heightened threat environment across the U.S. which coincided with a Trump...
Background Briefing: August 19, 2021
Pakistan Celebrates America's Humiliation Before They Come to Regret Their Pyrrhic Victory We begin with the schadenfreude-like pleasure in Pakistan's media and among its politicians at America's pain and humiliation in Afghanistan and speak with...
Background Briefing: August 18, 2021
The UAE Welcomes the Afghan Ex-President Ghani Carrying $169 Million in Cash We begin with Afghanistan's former president Ashraf Ghani being welcomed in the UAE where he is reported to have arrived with $169 million in cash. Sarah Leah Whitson, the Executive...