Summary: As the United States focuses on its economic problems the Middle East chessboard slides toward an increasingly inevitable nuclear showdown between Israel and Iran Is anyone watching John's boralogue sizes up the geopolitics under way in that part of the world Then Jonathan Schanzer www jewishpoliycenter org joins the show Part of the conversation concentrates on what's at stake for the world energy markets Congress is doing its best to kill the economy totally A horrible bill is under way which would virtually shut down mining in the country We'll hit that one next week Meanwhile this week a massive
