Jed Babbin continued to fill in for Hugh Hewitt while he is on his Alaska cruise. Starting out the hour from Israel is former military and current reporter, Paul Kotik, on the impact of the cease fire. Later in the hour, Real Clear Politics’ John McIntyre discussed the Wallace-Ahmadinejead interview last night.
National Review columnist Michael Ledeen joined Jed Babbin at the top of Hour 2 to talk about the overall impact this cease fire is having on the West’s ability to fight the global war on terror.
Much of the third hour was dedicated to the New Yorker piece by Sy Hersh, accusing the Bush administration of planning and ordering the Israelis to conduct the recent attacks on Lebanon as a dry run into a supposed bombing raid on Iran later. Col. Carney of the Special Forces Survival Foundation joined guest host Jed Babbin.
Guest host Jed Babbin interviewed Gen. Tom Wilkerson from the U.S. Naval Academy on how Israel is or is not prosecuting the war. Later, Jed went on a media rant, and was joined by columnist and humorist extraordinaire, James Lileks.
This hour, Jed Babbin reacted to the stunning audio from Hardball where NBC Nightly News Anchor, Brian Williams, compares American Special Forces, including Army Rangers and Navy SEALs, to homicide bombers.
Guest host Jed Babbin started out on a rant about Brian Williams’ clarification of his comparison of U.S. Special Forces to suicide bombers, and then was joined by Center For Security Policy, discussing the disappointing U.N. resolution, our participation in it, and what is going to happen in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Morton Kondracke of Roll Call, one of the Fox News Channel Beltway Boys, started out the hour with Jed Babbin. Later on, super economist, Larry Kudlow joined Jed, and then a lot of calls reacting to the Mike Wallace interview of Iran’s Ahmadinejead.
Emmett of the Unblinking Eye joined guest host Jed Babbin with the hour of the movies. This week’s list, in honor of the bad journalism of Mike Wallace and Brian Williams, the top 10 Bad Journalism movies.
Guest host Jed Babbin dives right into the major news story of the day, the busted airline bombing plot, with deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Michael Jackson. Later in the hour, Clint Van Zandt talked about the police work that would have to have gone on to bust up this cell.
On the Wednesday edition, guest host Jed Babbin split time equally between the election results of yesterday, particularly in the Lieberman/Lamont race, and the day’s events in the Israeli-Hezbollah war. John McIntyre from Real Clear Politics joined Jed.