The Derek Hunter Show · WMAL | CMLS Washington DC

HR 3 March 20th, 2026

·35 min·2 clips

"The Gaza genocide became a truth," and it gave anti-Israel voices "air cover" on the right.

Derek brings Jim on as a guest and gets right to the Joe Kent controversy. Jim does not dress it up. He says he knows Kent, that he had been excited when Kent was appointed to direct the National Counterterrorism Training Center, and that the resignation landed as a real disappointment. The conversation treats that reaction as more than a procedural note. From there, the talk turns to Ukraine and NATO. Jim argues that NATO is showing up late, that being late to the party makes you suspect, and that the alliance is less central than it used to be because the old Cold War logic no longer fits the current threat. He also says the U.S. has already carried plenty of the load. The line about bringing extra beer to the party captures the tone: mocking, but strategic too. The segment keeps asking what leverage America still has and what happens when allies assume U.S. backing is automatic. Derek then shifts to Russia. Why did Russia stall? Why did it get stuck instead of rolling through quickly? Jim says he expected a faster advance too. He points to corruption as the likely answer and says the rot may have gone much deeper than many outsiders understood. The argument is not abstract. It is about stripped supply chains, maintenance money that disappeared, and a military that looks strong until it has to move. The episode keeps that tone all the way through. It is impatient with polished language. It prefers direct questions to balanced seminar-style framing. And it treats the day’s political fights as proof points for a larger argument about institutional decay, double standards, and countries learning too slowly that the old assumptions no longer hold. The closing briefly veers into the usual live-radio chaos before the traffic handoff and sign-off.

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A fast, combative hour on Joe Kent, NATO, Ukraine, and corruption inside the Russian military.

This hour follows Joe Kent through NATO, Ukraine, and the claim that corruption can hollow out a military from the inside. It moves with the snap of talk radio: quick pushback, blunt calls, and enough friction to keep the pace from sagging.

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A blunt hour on Joe Kent, NATO, and being late to the party on Ukraine.

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