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Is Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel prime minister, dead? Emerging details shock the world - OPTM
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Mar 14, 2026



The world woke up to whispers that quickly turned into roars this week.
secondsRumors so explosive, so seismic in their implication that they threatened to upend the already bloody calculus of the Middle East. We are talking, of course,
secondsabout the unconfirmed but rapidly spreading intelligence that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have been killed or severely wounded in
secondsthe latest wave of Iranian precision strikes. Iranian media is now claiming that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
secondsNetanyahu may have been hit in a major Iranian strike and that his current fate remains unclear. The claim that amidst
secondsthe fierce escalating shadow war between Israel and Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu has been killed.
secondsWhile the corporate western media is rushing to call this a conspiracy theory or Iranian disinformation, a deeper dive
minute, secondinto the timeline, the military capabilities on display and the frankly bizarre behavior of the Israeli propaganda machine suggests something
minute, secondsfar more significant is being hidden from the global public. It started with reports from Iranian military affiliated
minute, secondsnews outlets like Tasnim, which laid out a compelling case. A sudden, total blackout of Netanyahu's daily video
minute, secondsappearances, a drastic and unexplained tightening of security around his residence that suggested a fear of suicide drones breaching the perimeter,
minute, secondsand crucially, the last minute cancellation of a high-profile visit by Jared Kushner and Steve Witoff. You don't cancel visits from the US
minute, secondspresident's inner circle for a stomach bug. You cancel them when the house is on fire. But the physical evidence or
minute, secondsthe lack thereof is where this story transforms from rumor into a full-blown intelligence crisis. Yesterday, the
minute, secondsIsraeli Prime Minister's office released what they claimed was a live address from Netanyahu. Yet within hours,
minutes, secondseagle-eyed analysts and social media users across X, formerly Twitter, were tearing it apart. They pointed to
minutes, secondssomething that cannot be unseen. A grotesque anomaly on his hand, appearing to show six fingers where five should be, with a pinky finger length that defies human anatomy.
minutes, secondsIn a world saturated with deep fakes, this immediately triggered alarm bells. If the prime minister is alive and well,
minutes, secondwhy would you need to deploy an AI generated avatar to address the nation?
minutes, secondsFurthermore, a screenshot began circulating wildly. A screenshot showing a tweet from the official office of the prime minister that debunked the death rumors, but was deleted moments later.
minutes, secondsYou debunk a rumor and leave it up. You delete it only if the situation on the ground has changed so drastically that
minutes, secondsthe debunk becomes a lie itself. Was he wounded in the strike and then succumbed to those wounds? Is he currently in a
minutes, secondsmedical facility in Rammit gone as some sources are now claiming? Hooked up to machines while his handlers try to figure out how to break the news to a
minutes, secondspublic that has been fed nothing but propaganda since this genocide began.
minutes, secondsBefore we dissect the terrifying power of the Iranian missile that may have punched through the earth to get him and the bunker that failed to protect him,
minutes, secondswe need you to do something. We are one of the few outlets left connecting these dots without the filter of Tel Aviv or Washington. If you believe in honest
minutes, secondsjournalism that refuses to parrot the official line, hit that like button,
minutes, secondsshare this video far and wide, and subscribe to the channel. The truth is depending on you. Now, let's get into the mechanics of how this likely went
minutes, secondsdown because it speaks to a massive shift in the balance of power. For years, the Israeli leadership and their American backers have hid behind the
minutes, secondsmyth of the impenetrable bunker. They boast about the security perimeter around the prime minister, the underground command centers carved into
minutes, secondsthe hillsides of Jerusalem, designed to withstand direct hits and chemical attacks. But as we have seen in the footage released by the Islamic
minutes, secondsRevolutionary Guard Corps under Operation True Promise the age of the invulnerable bunker is over. We aren't
minutes, secondstalking about simple rockets here. We are talking about the deployment of the Koramsh missile, a weapon specifically designed to carry a warhead containing
minutes, secondsup to submunitions. What does that mean in plain English? It means that even if the initial blast doesn't crack
minutes, secondthe concrete, the missile opens at around km above ground and scatters dozens of smaller high velocity bomblets
minutes, secondsacross a wide area, saturating the defense systems and finding the weak spots. Reports from Hebrew military sources, which we have managed to
minutes, secondsverify, indicate a catastrophic defensive failure. cluster missiles armed with these fragmentation warheads
minutes, secondscompletely bypassed the much hyped Iron Dome and other air defense systems. They didn't just hit open fields. Sources
minutes, secondsconfirm that submunitions struck vital centers, creating deep craters in residential courtyards. Most damning of all is the technical report that
minutes, secondsconfirms one of these submunitions weighing as little as kg but traveling at hypersonic speed penetrated the roof
minutes, secondsof a fortified bunker. So let's connect that technical data to the political reality. If a standard fortified bunker
minutes, secondsin a residential area was pierced, what happens when you target the specific underground facility where Israeli officials were reportedly holding a
minutes, secondssecurity meeting in Jerusalem? We are looking at reports that the Iranian strikes specifically targeted a hardened complex in Jerusalem, not just open
minutes, secondsmilitary sites near Tel Aviv. The Iranians have been telegraphing this for months. They have the Cotter and EMOD missiles, which possess high
minutes, secondsmaneuverability and are designed to bypass radar, making them perfect for striking high value mobile targets like
minutes, secondsleadership bunkers. The United States and Israel have spent decades and billions of dollars on bunker busting munitions like the lb bombs
minutes, secondsdropped by Bs on Iran's underground nuclear facilities. They thought they had a monopoly on penetrating deep earth. But the law of asymmetric warfare dictates that if you build a bunker,
minutes, secondssomeone will eventually build a key to it. Iran appears to have built that key.
minutes, secondsThe fact that specific reports mention a submunition piercing a bunker roof in the Ramad Gan area is incredibly telling. Ramadan is not just any suburb.
minutes, secondsIt is adjacent to Tel Aviv and houses major medical centers, including the Sheibba Medical Center, which is precisely where unverified reports are
minutes, secondsnow claiming Netanyahu is being treated under intense secrecy for severe wounds or advanced medical conditions sustained
minutes, secondsduring the strike. This brings us to the horrifying possibility that the AI finger video wasn't just a glitch, but a
minutes, secondsdesperate attempt at a coverup that has already fallen apart. The logic is simple. If the prime minister is dead or
minutes, secondsincapacitated, the regime faces total collapse. The far-right ministers like Bengir, who himself was rumored to have
minutes, secondsbeen wounded, cannot hold the coalition together. The military chain of command waivers. So, the spin doctors in Tel Aviv likely did what they always do.
minutes, secondsThey lied. They fed a script into an AI generator, rendered a deep fake of BB giving a speech about the resilience of
minutes, secondsIsrael, and pushed it out. But in their haste, they made a critical error, the hand. In the history of AI generated
minutes, secondsvideo, hands are notoriously difficult to render accurately. And there it was,
minutes, secondsfrozen in a still frame, a hand with six fingers. Social media users,
minutes, secondsparticularly in America, where the tech literate population is deeply skeptical of their own government's propaganda,
minutes, secondscaught it instantly. Comments ranging from classic AI glitch to he's been gone a long time ago flooded the platforms.
minutes, secondsThe official fact checkers like Grock and Snopes rushed to call it motion blur or an optical illusion. But the damage
minutes, secondswas done. The human eye knows what a human hand looks like and that was not one. Moreover, the reaction of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent added another layer of dread to this puzzle.
minutes, secondsDuring a press conference, Bent was visibly shaken, his body stiff and his hands trembling after being called away
minutes, secondsto take a call from Donald Trump. I listen to you on the president. Sorry.
minutes, secondsOh, okay. No problem at all.
minutes, secondsSee you shortly, Mr. Secretary. You can work that in.
minutes, secondsMr. Secretary, I I have to say it's a first, I'm sure, alas as well, that uh an interviewee has been pulled away to
minutes, secondsgo to the situation room. How was the president? Was he was he stressed? Uh no, the the the the president is in
minutes, secondsgreat spirits. Uh the Iranian mission is proceeding well ahead of schedule. And
minutes, secondsyou know, I have to tell you, Wolf, that I've teenage teenager who is considering
minutes, secondsuh military service. And I can give this team my highest compliment. from President Trump to the head of the joint
minuteschiefs to the secretary of war. I would they say that I would trust my child's life in their hands.
minutes, secondsPolitical commentators, even mainstream ones, noted the dead stiffness in his demeanor. You don't get that rattled
minutes, secondsover a currency fluctuation. You get that rattled when you are told the lynch pin of your entire Middle East strategy has just been vaporized by an Iranian
minutes, secondshypersonic missile. Let's be brutally honest about the protection Netanyahu supposedly had. This is a man who has
minutes, secondsspent decades making enemies not just in Palestine and Iran, but within the global power structure. He was
minutes, secondsreportedly hiding in an underground bunker in Jerusalem, likely part of the complex that houses the Mossad and military intelligence directorates.
minutes, secondsThese bunkers are designed to withstand a nuclear blast, but they are not designed to withstand a direct hit from a bunker busting cluster munition
minutes, secondsmissile that scatters explosive penetrators. The Iranians have been watching. They know the layout. They
minutes, secondsknow the air defense corridors. The fact that the Israeli government's official website posted textonly statements and photos of Netanyahu visiting a port
minutes, secondsrather than live interactive video is an admission of defeat. They are trying to create evidence after the fact. They are
minutes, secondstrying to build an alibi, but the silence from international allies is deafening. Usually, when a leader is threatened, the White House is quick to
minutes, secondsoffer full support and confidence in their leadership. Instead, we saw Kushner's visit cancelled without a real
minutes, secondsexplanation. The Eliza Palace in Paris released a vague statement about a phone call with Macron that didn't even specify when it happened, just a text
minutes, secondsrelease. When the allies start getting cold feet about publicly associating with a leader, it's usually because they
minutes, secondsknow that leader is already gone. As we piece this together, the most credible thread leads us to the hospital at Ramadan.
minutes, secondMedical sources speaking on condition of anonymity due to the Israeli military censorship laws have hinted at a
minutes, secondshigh-profile admission under a false name. The cluster munition that struck the bunker complex may not have killed him instantly, but the internal injuries
minutes, secondsfrom blast pressure and shrapnel would be catastrophic. We are talking about ruptured organs, traumatic brain injury,
minutes, secondssevere hemorrhaging. If he is there, he is likely in an induced coma with his family being rushed to his side. And if
minutes, secondsthat is the case, the sixfinger video was nothing more than a digital corpse they tried to animate to stop the panic.
minutes, secondsBut the panic is here. The Iranian press, particularly outlets like Press TV and Thrron Times are reporting this
minutes, secondsnot as a victory, but as a matter of historical fact that the Zionist entity has been decapitated. They are framing
minutes, secondsit as divine vengeance for the assassination of General Solmani and the recent strikes that killed Ayatollah
minutesKam. Whether you believe in divine intervention or not, you have to believe in the physics of a K penetrator rod
minutes, secondstraveling at Mach smashing through a concrete roof. That physics doesn't care about diplomatic immunity or security
minutes, secondsprotocols. The rumors of Netanyahu's death are not just noise. They are a signal of a massive intelligence and operational failure by the Israeli
minutes, secondsoccupation. The use of an AI generated video with anatomical errors is the smoking gun of a propaganda machine in
minutes, secondscrisis. The deletion of the denial tweet is the confession of that crisis. And the successful penetration of the
minutes, secondsIranian missiles, specifically the cluster variants, into the heart of Israel's most secure zones proves that
minutes, secondsthe resistance axis has capabilities that the West cannot counter. Subscribe and stay tuned. Stay skeptical and keep fighting for the truth.

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America's $1 Trillion Mistake: How MBS Secretly Bought the US Military
Money Lines Exposed
Mar 14, 2026 #saudiarabia #mbs #usmilitary

The United States has long positioned itself as Saudi Arabia's indispensable security guarantor — the superpower that protects the kingdom in exchange for stable oil supplies and regional cooperation. But beneath the surface of this relationship lies a far more uncomfortable truth. Over decades of arms deals, defense contracts, and military partnerships worth over a trillion dollars, the balance of influence has quietly and dramatically shifted.

Washington did not buy Saudi loyalty. Saudi Arabia bought American protection. And the price tag has given Riyadh a form of leverage over US foreign policy that no official alliance treaty ever could.

Under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, this dynamic has been pushed to its limits. Massive weapons purchases, investments in American defense industries, and strategic financial commitments have created a web of economic dependency that constrains Washington's ability to criticize, pressure, or confront Riyadh — no matter the circumstances. From Khashoggi to Yemen, the pattern is consistent: money talks, and America listens.

In this video, we examine how Saudi Arabia's trillion-dollar relationship with the US defense establishment has effectively transformed American military power into a tool of Saudi strategic interest, why Washington finds itself unable to break free from this dependency, and what this arrangement reveals about the true nature of money and power in global geopolitics.



Transcript

Imagine waking up one morning and discovering that the most powerful military in human history, the United States armed forces, was not acting on
secondsits own interests. That the missiles raining down on Tran were not launched because of American strategy, American intelligence, or American necessity, but
secondsbecause one man sitting at a palace in Riad made a phone call. And somewhere between a trillion dollar arms deal and a decad's long geopolitical chess game,
secondsthe American war machine became effectively a weapon for hire. That is not a conspiracy theory. That is what is unfolding right now. By the time this
secondsvideo is over, you will never look at the Middle East the same way again. Because right now, as you watch this, oil is trading at over $a barrel.
secondsThe straight of Hormuz, the single most important waterway on planet Earth, is practically shut down. Dubai's airport briefly went dark. Saudi oil fields are
secondsburning. Bahrain has intercepted over missiles in two weeks. And Iran's new supreme leader, wounded and disfigured from an Israeli strike, is
secondspromising that the Gulf will never know peace again until every single American base is gone from the region. This is not a regional skirmish. This is not a
minute, secondslimited military exchange between rival powers that will burn itself out in a few days. This is the beginning of something the world has not seen since
minute, secondsthe Second World War. And at the center of it all, pulling strings that most people cannot even see, is Muhammad bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi
minute, secondsArabia, and a financial relationship with the United States that is so deep,
minute, secondsso deliberate, and so dangerous that historians may one day call it the greatest strategic miscalculation in American history. Stay with me because
minute, secondswhat I am about to show you connects dots that no mainstream media outlet has been willing to connect. And the revelation at the end of this video about who really triggered this war, how
minute, secondsthey triggered it, and what it means for the entire global order will fundamentally change how you understand everything happening in the world right now. We are going to walk through this step by step. Every piece of evidence,
minute, secondsevery financial link, every military decision, and when all of it is laid out in front of you, the picture that emerges is not just alarming. It is
minute, secondshistoric. Let us go back to the beginning. Not the beginning of this particular conflict. Not the air strikes, not the drone swarms, not the
minutes, secondsoil fires. Let us go back to the moment this entire catastrophe was set in motion. Because to understand where we are today, you need to understand a deal. A deal so large, so consequential,
minutes, secondsand so quietly executed that most Americans have no idea it even happened.
minutes, secondsWhen Donald Trump made his first foreign trip as president in he did not go to London. He did not go to Paris or Berlin or Tokyo. He went to Riad. And in
minutes, secondsthat single visit, he signed what was at the time the largest arms deal in American history. A staggering $billion in weapons, military equipment,
minutes, secondsand defense contracts spread over a decade. $billion. To put that in perspective, that is more than the
minutes, secondsentire annual GDP of countries like South Africa, Denmark or Malaysia in one handshake, in one trip, in one afternoon of ceremony and sword dancing and photo
minutes, secondsopportunities. And over the following years, that number grew. By the time we reach today, analysts and defense researchers estimate that total Saudi
minutes, secondmilitary investment in American defense contractors, weapon systems, lobbying infrastructure, and political influence networks has crossed the $trillion
minutes, secondsthreshold. $trillion flowing from Riad to Washington DC. Purchasing everything from F-fighter jets and Patriot
minutes, secondsmissile batteries to think tank influence, congressional relationships,
minutes, secondsand as we are now seeing something far more dangerous, military commitment.
minutes, secondsBecause here is what that money actually bought. It did not just buy weapons. It bought dependency. It bought a situation where American defense contractors Rathon, Loheed Martin, Boeing, Northrup,
minutes, secondsGrumman became so financially entangled with Saudi Arabia that a war in the Gulf became for them not a tragedy but an
minutes, secondsopportunity. Every Patriot missile battery that fires in Bahrain costs approximately $million per interceptor. Every time a Saudi air
minutes, secondsdefense system lights up the sky over Riyad, someone in Connecticut or Texas is counting profits. The war economy and the Saudi economy became one and the
minutes, secondssame thing. And when your economy is tied to a country's security, the country's enemies become your enemies,
minutes, secondswhether you chose them or not, whether American voters were ever asked about it or not. This is the trap Muhammad bin Salman laid. And he laid it with
minutes, secondsextraordinary patience and extraordinary intelligence. Because NBS understood something that Washington's foreign policy establishment has been slow to
minutes, secondsadmit. That in the modern world, the most powerful weapon is not a missile or a drone or a nuclear warhead. It is financial leverage. And he accumulated that leverage systematically,
minutes, secondsdeliberately, and over years. Not through corruption in the crude sense of the word, but through something far more sophisticated. The slow, methodical
minutes, secondsconstruction of a financial architecture that made American interests and Saudi interests appear to be the same thing.
minutes, secondsThink about what happened after the murder of Jamal Kosigible in Every single intelligence analyst, every human rights organization, every credible
minutes, secondsjournalistic institution in the world concluded that Muhammad bin Salman ordered the killing of a Washington Post journalist inside a Saudi consulate in
minutes, secondsIstanbul. The CIA itself concluded with high confidence that NBS approved the operation. And what happened? Nothing.
minutes, secondsAbsolutely nothing of consequence. a few frozen assets, some sanctioned officials, no accountability at the top,
minutes, secondsno real price paid because by that point the financial entanglement was already too deep. American politicians who might have pushed back were receiving campaign donations from Saudi aligned packs.
minutes, secondsAmerican media companies were taking Saudi advertising dollars. American universities had Saudi endowments.
minutes, secondsAmerican real estate markets in New York and Los Angeles and Miami were absorbing Saudi wealth. The leverage was everywhere. It was in the system. And NBS watched all of that unfold.
minutes, secondsunderstood that he had successfully purchased not just weapons but impunity.
minutes, secondsAnd if he could purchase impunity for a political assassination, the killing of a journalist who worked for an American newspaper, what else could he purchase?
minutes, secondsWhat was the limit of what a trillion dollars could buy in Washington? The answer, as we are now discovering, is a war. Let us talk about what actually
minutes, secondstriggered the current conflict. Because the official narrative, I mean, the one you hear on cable news, is that the United States and Israel launched
minutes, secondscoordinated strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities in response to an imminent nuclear threat. And while there is truth to that framing, it is dangerously incomplete because it leaves
minutes, secondsout the phone calls. It leaves out the private meetings. It leaves out what sources inside the State Department and multiple investigative journalists at outlets, including the Washington Post,
minutes, secondshave been reporting for weeks. that in the days and weeks before the strikes,
minutes, secondsMuhammad bin Salman made multiple direct calls to the White House, multiple personal conversations with President Trump. And in those calls, according to these reports, he did not just express
minutes, secondssupport for military action. He argued for it. He pressured for it with the full force of his personal relationship with the administration. He reportedly warned that if Iran was not struck now,
minutes, secondsSaudi Arabia's own security would be existentially compromised, that the window for action was closing, that waiting meant losing. Now, we have been
minutes, secondsin similar situations before where an ally pushes Washington toward military action. Israel has done it. The Gulf States have done it for decades. That is
minutes, secondshow alliance politics works. But what made this moment different was the leverage MBS was able to deploy alongside the argument. At the exact
minutes, secondsmoment these conversations were happening, Saudi Arabia was in the process of finalizing a new phase of economic agreements with the United States. investment commitments through
minutes, secondsthe Saudi public investment fund into American infrastructure, technology, and defense sectors worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The timing was not
minutes, secondsaccidental. The financial and the military were being negotiated simultaneously. And when you're negotiating a financial deal worth that much money while simultaneously asking
minutes, secondsfor military action, you are not making a request. You're making a transaction,
minutes, secondsa very large, very consequential transaction. When the transaction went through, the strikes happened. American Bbombers, the most sophisticated aircraft in the history of warfare,
minutes, secondscapable of flying from the Indian Ocean to central Iran and back without refueling, struck Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordo, Natans, and
minutes, secondsIsvahan. Israeli F-s simultaneously struck command and control infrastructure, air defense installations, and military
minutes, secondscommunications networks across Iran. The operation was coordinated, precise, and devastating. And for approximately hours, there was a strange, eerie silence from Tran. The world waited.
minutes, secondsAnalysts debated whether Iran would respond at all or whether the regime had been so fundamentally damaged that it would have no choice but to accept the
minutes, secondsnew reality. Some experts argued that the strikes had broken the regime's will to retaliate. Others argued that Iran's leadership was in such chaos, Supreme
minutes, secondsLeader Ali Kami dead, his son Moaba wounded and disfigured in a subsequent strike, that no coherent response was even possible. Cable news panels filled
minutes, secondshours of airtime with confident predictions that Iran would stand down.
minutes, secondsThey were wrong. What came next was not chaos. It was not the improvised,
minutes, secondsdesperate lashing out of a wounded regime with nothing left to lose. What came next was a military doctrine that Iran had been developing, practicing,
minutes, secondsand refining for over a decade. A doctrine built around one core strategic insight. That in any conflict with superior conventional military power,
minutes, secondsthe way to survive is not to match that power directly, but to make the cost of victory unbearable for the victor. Iran calls this the ring of fire strategy.
minutes, secondsAnd on day three of the conflict, it activated in full. And the Gulf States that had quietly cheered the American strikes were about to discover what it
minutes, secondsmeant to be inside the ring. The first targets were not American assets. Iran is too sophisticated, too strategically disciplined for that. Striking American
minutes, secondsforces directly in the opening phase would have given Washington the justification for total war. The kind of existential response that even MBS might
minutes, secondsnot have wanted. Instead, Iran went for something more elegant and more devastating. It went for the Gulf States themselves, the countries that had through their silence, their complicity,
minutes, secondstheir diplomatic cover, and their financial relationships with Washington enabled the strikes to happen. In the calculus of Iranian strategic planners,
minutes, secondsthose countries were not innocent bystanders. They were co-conspirators,
minutes, secondsand they were going to pay a co-conspirator's price. Saudi Arabia was first, and the scale of what Iran unleashed was staggering. In a single -hour period, over drones, Shahed,
minutes, secondsvariants, and more advanced models that Iran had been developing quietly for years in defiance of international sanctions were launched towards Saudi territory. The targets were not random.
minutes, secondsThey were chosen with surgical precision by military planners who had spent years studying satellite imagery,
minutes, secondsinfrastructure maps, and the vulnerabilities of Saudi oil facilities.
minutes, secondsthe eastern province where the vast majority of Saudi oil infrastructure is concentrated where Aramco's sprawling facilities pump wealth into the Saudi
minutes, secondseconomy and by extension into the global energy system was the primary target.
minutes, secondsthe Abkike processing facility which handles roughly % of the world's daily oil supply on its own refineries,
minutes, secondspipelines, and in a move that sent a message about the depth of Iranian intelligence capabilities, the approaches to Riad itself. Saudi air
minutes, secondsdefenses, Americanmade Patriot systems that Riyad has spent tens of billions of dollars acquiring and maintaining performed better than many analysts had
minutes, secondsfeared. Of the drones launched in that initial wave, Saudi forces intercepted the majority. But the majority is not all of them. And the
minutes, secondsones that got through did not need to destroy everything. They needed to destroy confidence. They needed to prove that even with American weapons, even with American training, even with a trillion dollars in military investment,
minutes, secondseven with all the financial architecture that MBS had so carefully constructed,
minutes, secondsSaudi Arabia could not guarantee the security of its own oil fields. And in that single night of drone strikes, they succeeded in proving exactly that. Oil
minutes, secondsmarkets already nervous since the initial strikes on Iran went into full panic mode within hours of the first confirmed hits on Saudi oil
minutes, secondsinfrastructure. Crude spiked to levels not seen since the early days of the COpandemic. And then it kept going because
minutes, secondstraders understood what the think tanks and cable news panels were only beginning to articulate that this was not a one-time strike. This was the
minutes, secondsopening move in a campaign, a campaign that Iran had spent years designing precisely to make the economic cost of any conflict with it unbearable for
minutes, secondseveryone in the region. While the Saudi strikes were dominating the headlines,
minutes, secondssomething arguably more consequential was happening in the United Arab Emirates. Because Dubai is not just a city, Dubai is a symbol. Dubai is the
minutes, secondsphysical embodiment of the Gulf's transformation from desert trading posts to global financial hubs. Dubai's skyline, the Burj Khalifa piercing the
minutes, secondssky at over meters, the sail-shaped Burj Alarab rising from its artificial island, the extraordinary geometry of the Palm JRA represents hundreds of
minutes, secondsbillions of dollars of global investment. Russian oligarchs, Indian billionaires, Chinese sovereign wealth funds, European luxury brands, American technology companies, hedge funds,
minutes, secondsprivate equity firms, all of them have money, assets, and operations in Dubai.
minutes, secondsDubai is where east meets west in the language of commerce. It is where the global financial system touches the Gulf. And Iran knew exactly what hitting
minutes, secondsDubai would do to global confidence in a way that hitting a remote oil facility simply would not. A Shahed type drone,
minutes, secondsIranianmade, GPSG guided, relatively inexpensive to produce, and extraordinarily difficult to intercept reliably in large numbers, detonated near the Fairmont Hotel on the Palm JRA.
minutes, secondsClose enough to create a massive explosion visible from miles away across the water. Close enough to force a brief closure of Dubai International Airport,
minutes, secondsthe second busiest airport in the world by international passenger volume,
minutes, secondsthrough which over million travelers pass each year. Close enough to trigger emergency protocols at the Jabel Ali port, the largest seapport in the Middle
minutes, secondsEast, through which roughly % of the UAE's imports flow, and close enough to force ADNO, the Abu Dhabi National Oil
minutes, secondsCompany, to temporarily halt operations at a refinery processing nearly a million barrels of oil per day. The message was not subtle. The message was
minutes, secondsdelivered in the only language that global capital understands, the language of risk. And that message was heard in every trading floor, every insurance
minutes, secondsunderwriting room, and every boardroom from London to Singapore. Qatar was next. And Qatar's situation is particularly significant because of what
minutes, secondsQar represents in the global energy equation. Qatar is the world's largest exporter of liqufied natural gas.
minutes, secondEuropean countries that have been desperately trying to wean themselves off Russian energy since the Ukraine conflict have been increasingly dependent on Qatari LNG to heat homes,
minutes, secondsgenerate electricity, and run industrial processes. Japanese and South Korean economies run on Qatari LNG. Asian manufacturing, which produces the
minutes, secondsconsumer goods that stock store shelves across the Western world, is powered in substantial part by energy from Qatar's North Field, the largest single natural
minutes, secondsgas reservoir on the planet. When Iranian strikes forced Qatar to suspend LG production, even temporarily, even partially, the shock waves went far
minutes, secondsbeyond the Gulf. European energy markets went into crisis mode. The price of natural gas in Europe spiked dramatically in a matter of hours.
minutes, secondsCountries that had been carefully managing their strategic reserves suddenly found themselves calculating worst case scenarios. Energy ministers across the continent began making urgent
minutes, secondscalls to Washington and Riad, asking the question that was now consuming every government in every boardroom on the planet. How long is this going to last?
minutes, secondsAnd nobody had a good answer because nobody in any government anywhere had planned for this. Nobody had built their energy security strategy around the
minutes, secondsassumption that Qatar's LNG exports could be disrupted. That assumption had always seemed too extreme until now. And now we arrive at the single most
minutes, secondsconsequential geographic point in this entire conflict. The single body of water that connects all of these individual crises into one unified
minutes, secondsglobal catastrophe, the Strait of Hormuz.
minutes, secondsIf you have never thought carefully about the Straight of Hormuz before,
minutes, secondsstart now because this is where the modern world is most vulnerable. The Straight of Hormuz is a narrow waterway at its narrowest point only about mi
minutes, secondswide, connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Omen and the Arabian Sea beyond.
minutes, secondsAnd through this mile gap flows approximately % of the world's total oil supply every single day. in tankers,
minutes, secondsenormous floating vessels carrying millions of barrels of crude oil from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Iraq, and Qatar to the refineries and power plants
minutes, secondsand factories of Asia, Europe, and beyond. % of the world's oil through a gap you could drive across in minutes. That has always been the
minutes, secondsvulnerability at the heart of the global energy system. And Iran has always known it. Iran has been developing its straight of Hormuz strategy for decades.
minutes, secondsThe IRGC Navy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Naval Forces, has spent years practicing swarm tactics,
minutes, secondsdeploying fast attack boats, conducting mining simulations, testing anti-hip missile batteries positioned on the Iranian coastline overlooking the strait, and operating submarines in the
minutes, secondsshallow waters of the Gulf. They have wargamed the closure of the strait more times than any Western military planner can count. They have modeled the economic consequences. They have studied
minutes, secondsthe insurance protocols and the shipping industry's risk thresholds. They designed their strategy not just to close the straight militarily, but to
minutes, secondsmake it economically irrational to sail through it. And when the order finally came down, they were ready. The mining campaign began quietly. Iranian forces
minutes, secondsusing a combination of a traditional contact mines and more sophisticated influence mines, the kind that can be programmed to activate based on the acoustic signature of specific vessel
minutestypes, began seeding the shipping lanes through the straight. Not enough to close it completely, not in the first hours, but enough to trigger the insurance protocols that govern global
minutes, secondsshipping. Because here is something that most people do not realize about how the global economy actually works. You do not have to physically block a shipping
minutes, secondslane to stop traffic through it. You just have to make the insurance cost high enough that it becomes economically irrational to sail. When Lloyds of London and other major maritime insurers
minutes, secondsbegan raising war risk premiums for vessels transiting the straight of Hormuz, in some cases to levels or times their peaceime rates, shipping
minutes, secondscompanies began rerouting, not because they were physically stopped, because the math no longer worked. And when the math does not work, the ships do not move. And when the ships do not move,
minutes, secondsthe oil does not flow. And when the oil does not flow, the world economy begins to seize up like an engine running without lubrication. Tanker traffic
minutes, secondsthrough the straight of Hormuz dropped dramatically within days of the mining campaign beginning. Some estimates suggest it fell by to % of its
minutes, secondsnormal volume. The implications of that number are almost impossible to overstate. Consider what flows through that waterway on a normal day. Saudi
minutes, secondscrude heading to Japanese refineries that power one of the world's top three economies. Qatari LNG heading to South Korean plants that manufacture the
minutes, secondssemiconductors inside the phone you are holding right now. UAE oil heading to Indian refineries that fuel a billion and a half people. Iraqi crude heading
minutes, secondsto European markets that are already fragile from years of geopolitical turbulence and post-pandemic economic instability. Kuwaiti exports. Bahini
minutes, secondsrefined products. All of it suddenly in question. All of it disrupted. All of it held hostage to a conflict that was set in motion by decisions made in Riyad and
minutes, secondsWashington. And here is where we need to connect this back to the financial architecture that NBS built over a decade. Because Saudi Arabia cannot
minutes, secondsexport its oil if it cannot get tankers through the straight. The vast majority of Saudi oil goes east to Asia and it goes east through the straight of
minutes, secondsHormuz. The pipelines that bypass the strait, primarily the east west pipeline that runs across the peninsula from the eastern province to Yanbu on the Red Sea
minutes, secondscoast have capacity but not enough capacity. They can handle roughly million barrels per day at maximum throughput. Saudi Arabia produces
minutes, secondsapproximately to million barrels per day. The arithmetic does not work.
minutes, secondsEven if the pipelines run at absolute maximum capacity around the clock, Saudi Arabia loses roughly half its export capacity if the strait is effectively
minutes, secondsclosed. Which means that the trillion dollar strategy MBS deployed to purchase American military protection has produced an outcome where his own
minutes, secondscountry's economy is being held hostage by the very enemy he asked America to bomb. The irony is almost too much to process. NBS spent a trillion dollars to
minutes, secondscreate a security architecture that was supposed to make Saudi Arabia untouchable. And instead, he has triggered a conflict that has made Saudi
minutes, secondsArabia more economically vulnerable than at any point in decades. But the economic damage extends far beyond Saudi Arabia or even the Gulf region. Let us
minutes, secondstalk about what is actually happening to the global economy right now in real time. Because this is the dimension of this crisis that most people are not
minutes, secondsfully grasping. Oil at $a barrel is not just an energy price. It is a tax. A tax on every single economic activity that requires energy. Which is to say,
minutes, secondsevery single economic activity that humans engage in anywhere on the planet.
minutes, secondsWhen fuel prices spike, transportation costs spike. When transportation costs spike, the price of every physical good that moves from one place to another spikes with it. food, medicine,
minutes, secondsmanufacturing components, consumer electronics, construction materials,
minutes, secondsagricultural inputs, everything that arrives at a port, gets loaded onto a truck, gets driven to a warehouse, and gets sold in a store. All of it becomes
minutes, secondsmore expensive, not a little more expensive, significantly more expensive.
minutes, secondsAnd that price increase does not stay in the Gulf. It does not stay in the Middle East. It goes everywhere. It goes to supermarkets in Ohio and grocery stores
minutes, secondsin Nigeria and convenience stores in Jakarta and farmers markets in Brazil.
minutes, secondsIt is a global inflationary shock with the specific and cruel quality of hitting the poorest people hardest. The families that spend the highest
minutes, secondsproportion of their income on food and energy and basic goods. The International Monetary Fund had been just weeks before this conflict erupted
minutes, secondscautiously optimistic about the global economic outlook for Inflation in most major economies had been trending in the right direction. Interest rates
minutes, secondswere expected to ease as central banks gained confidence that the post-pandemic inflationary cycle was ending. Consumer confidence was recovering. The word soft
minutes, secondslanding was being used in circles where just a year ago economists were debating the probability of a severe recession.
minutes, secondsAll of that is gone now, erased. Every economic projection, every growth forecast, every inflation model has been thrown out because nobody built their
minutes, secondsmodels around the assumption that the straight of hormuz would be semi-closed in March of There's no version of any mainstream economic forecast that
minutes, secondsaccounts for this. And that means the world is navigating without a map. The financial markets are responding accordingly. Global equity markets have entered freeall. The Dow Jones
minutes, secondsIndustrial Average has shed trillions in market capitalization in a matter of days. Wealth that represents pension funds, retirement accounts, college
minutes, secondssavings, and the accumulated economic security of tens of millions of ordinary families who have no idea why their investments are collapsing and no
minutes, secondsability to stop it. European markets have been hit even harder because Europe's energy exposure post-Russia,
minutes, secondspost Ukraine, now post Gulf, makes this crisis existentially threatening in a way that it is not quite, not yet for the United States. Asian markets
minutes, secondsdependent on Gulf energy to power the manufacturing export machines that generate the growth numbers Beijing and Tokyo and Seoul point to as evidence of
minutes, secondstheir economic vitality are in deep distress. And then there is the banking sector because modern financial institutions are deeply exposed to Gulf
minutes, secondssovereign wealth funds and Gulf real estate and Gulf investment vehicles in ways that most retail investors and most voters do not fully appreciate.

Part 2 of 2

When Gulf sovereign wealth funds, Saudi Arabia's public investment fund, Abu Dhabi's ADIA and Mubadala, Qatar's QIA,
all of them managing trillions of dollars in global assets begin pulling back from international markets to manage domestic crises and domestic political pressures. That withdrawal has
downstream effects that ripple through pension funds and investment portfolios and retirement accounts on every continent. The financial crisis of
minutes, secondstaught the world a painful lesson about how deeply interconnected global banking really is. How quickly a problem in one corner of the financial system can spread to every other corner. This
minutes, secondsconflict is providing a refresher course in that same lesson. And we are not yet anywhere near the end of it. Meanwhile,
minutes, secondsinside Iran, or what remains of Iran's organized government structure after the devastating strikes on its nuclear and military infrastructure,
minutes, secondsa power struggle is unfolding that may ultimately determine whether this war ends in a negotiated settlement or spirals into something truly catastrophic. Something that would
minutes, secondsrender everything we have discussed so far merely the opening act.
minutes, secondsUnderstanding that power struggle requires understanding who Moshdabakamini is, how he came to power,
minutes, secondsand what his position at the top of a wounded, disoriented, internally fractured regime actually means for the trajectory of this conflict. Muchaba
minutes, secondsKamini is the second son of the late Supreme Leader Ali Kami. He spent decades operating in the background of Iranian political life, running
minutes, secondssensitive intelligence operations through IRGC channels, building a carefully maintained network of loyalists within the revolutionary guards and the clerical establishment,
minutes, secondspositioning himself through years of quiet maneuvering as the natural ideological heir to his father's revolutionary project. He was, in the eyes of the hardline faction of the
minutes, secondsIranian establishment, the ideal successor. Someone who would preserve the Islamic Republic's revolutionary identity without the compromises and
minutes, secondspragmatic accommodations that figures like former President Roani had sometimes been willing to make in the interests of economic normalization and
minutes, secondsdiplomatic engagement. But he was never supposed to come to power this way. Not in the middle of a war. Not wounded from a strike that left him, according to American Defense Secretary Pete Hegith,
minutes, secondsdisfigured. Not with the physical infrastructure of the Islamic Republic in ruins, the nuclear program destroyed,
minutes, secondsthe air defenses degraded, the economy already buckling under decades of sanctions now compounded by the costs of active conflict. The circumstances of
minutes, secondshis accession have created an internal dynamic within the Iranian government that is simultaneously the most dangerous and the most potentially
minutes, secondshopeful dimension of this entire crisis because it means that Iran is not speaking with one voice. Iran is speaking with competing voices and the
minutes, secondsquestion of which voice wins will determine whether the world gets a ceasefire or an escalation into something that no one can come back from. Iranian President Pzeskian, a
minutes, secondsrelative moderate who won his election on a platform of pragmatic engagement with the outside world, economic reform,
minutes, secondsand a willingness to explore diplomatic solutions to Iran's international isolation, has apparently issued orders to halt the strikes on Gulf states. He's
minutes, secondsissued something approaching a public apology to the Gulf governments,
minutes, secondsacknowledging that attacks on civilian infrastructure in countries like the UAE and Qatar are not in Iran's strategic interest. He understands from a position
minutes, secondsof extraordinary weakness that Iran cannot afford to make enemies of every neighboring country simultaneously. That the path to Iranian survival in this
minutes, secondscrisis runs not through expanding the conflict, but through isolating the United States and Israel as the aggressors while positioning Iran as the
minutes, secondsvictim seeking accommodation. But the revolutionary guards are not listening to him. The IRGC answers not to the civilian president, not even fully to a
minutes, secondssupreme leader who is wounded and isolated and still consolidating his own internal authority. It answers to its own institutional command structure, its
minutes, secondsown revolutionary ideology, and its own strategic doctrine. A doctrine built around the conviction that the moment Iran shows weakness is the moment its
minutes, secondsenemies accelerate. that every missile fired at a Saudi oil field, every drone that reaches a Dubai hotel, every tanker that turns back at the entrance to the
minutes, secondsstrait, every interceptor missile Bahrain has to fire, each of these imposes a cost that raises the political price of continuing the war for
minutes, secondsWashington and Riyad. It is a theory of conflict that says the way out is not through weakness, but through making the enemy's position progressively more
minutes, secondsuntenable. And so you have this extraordinary situation where Iran's civilian government is trying to stop a war that Iran's military has decided it
minutes, secondsneeds to continue fighting. A leadership rift so severe, so fundamental to the institutional architecture of the Islamic Republic that it represents
minutes, secondseither the beginning of a political transformation inside Iran, a shift toward the pragmatists and away from the hardliners that could eventually open a
minutes, secondspath toward negotiation, or the trigger for a brutal internal consolidation of power by the IRGC that would end any realistic prospect of a diplomatic
minutes, secondssettlement and lock the region into a long-term conflict with no clear end point. This is the knife's edge the world is sitting on right now. France has already lost a soldier, a French
minutes, secondsmilitary adviser killed by an Iranian drone strike in Kurdistan in northern Iraq. The first Western military fatality of this conflict. And France's response was not outrage. It was
minutes, secondssomething quieter and more revealing. A carefully worded foreign ministry statement reserving the right to respond to attacks on French personnel combined
minutes, secondswith private communications to Washington, making clear that France is not prepared to be dragged into a war it was not consulted about, that it did not
minutes, secondsendorse, and that it does not believe serves Western interests. The NATO alliance, already under strain from years of burden sharing arguments and
minutes, secondsthe difficult politics of the Ukraine conflict, is now fracturing along additional lines, and adversaries in Moscow and Beijing are watching those
minutes, secondsfracture lines with very careful attention. Because Russia and China have not been passive observers to any of this. Russia, which has been providing Iran with advanced drone technology,
minutes, secondselectronic warfare systems, and the kind of satellite intelligence that makes precision targeting of distant facilities possible, has every incentive
minutes, secondsto see this conflict continue as long as possible. Every day the Gulf is in chaos is a day that Russian oil exports flowing through routes that bypass the
minutes, secondsstraight of Hormuz entirely command premium prices. Every dollar that energy prices rise globally is a dollar flowing into Russian state coffers, helping
minutes, secondsMoscow sustain its war economy in Ukraine despite Western sanctions. Every NATO alliance meeting consumed by Gulf crisis management is a meeting that is
minutes, secondsnot focused on Ukraine, not focused on Baltic security, not focused on any of the other dimensions of Russian strategy. Vladimir Putin did not start
minutesthis war, but he is benefiting from it in ways that are almost perfectly calibrated to his interests. and he has no reason whatsoever to use whatever
minutes, secondsinfluence he retains with tan to help bring it to an end. China's position is more complex, more nuanced, and ultimately more consequential than
minutes, secondsRussia's because China is the world's largest importer of Gulf oil. China needs Gulf energy to run its manufacturing economy in a way that no
minutes, secondsother major power does. Chinese refineries are specifically engineered around Gulf crude specifications.
minutes, secondsChinese industrial supply chains assume the reliable, affordable availability of Gulf energy as a baseline condition. And so, China faces this extraordinary and
minutes, secondsgenuinely uncomfortable strategic contradiction. It is ideologically and geopolitically aligned with Iran in its opposition to American military
minutes, secondsdominance of the greater Middle East. It has deep financial and infrastructure relationships with Iran through the Belt and Road Initiative. It has been
minutes, secondspublicly critical of American and Israeli military action. But it also desperately and urgently needs the straight of Hormuz to remain open because Chinese economic growth and
minutes, secondsChinese political stability but depends on it. And nobody can predict with confidence which of those competing interests will dominate Beijing's decision-making as this crisis deepens and the economic costs begin to mount.
minutes, secondsWhat we do know is that Chinese diplomatic channels to tan have been extraordinarily active since the conflict began. Chinese officials at the
minutes, secondshighest levels have been in direct contact with both the Iranian government and reportedly with IRGC command structure figures. And while China is
minutes, secondsnot publicly positioning itself as a mediator, it will not take that political risk with its domestic audience, will not be seen as working to help resolve a conflict that American
minutes, secondsaggression started. It is clearly communicating to Thran that the continued disruption of Gulf oil flows is a problem that Beijing takes with the
minutes, secondsutmost seriousness. Whether that communication translates into any actual constraint on IRGC operational planning remains the critical unknown. And now
minutes, secondslet us look at Bahrain because Bahrain is a case study in exactly how impossible this entire situation has become for the small Gulf states caught
minutes, secondsbetween Iranian military power and American military presence. Bahrain hosts the United States Fifth Fleet, the American Naval Command responsible for
minutes, secondsthe Gulf region, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, and significant parts of the Indian Ocean. The fifth fleet is not merely a military installation. It is
minutes, secondsthe physical embodiment of American power projection into the Gulf. It is the reason that Gulf shipping lanes have been for decades as relatively secure as
minutes, secondsthey have been. It is in the most fundamental sense the ultimate guarantor of everything MBS spent a trillion dollars assuming he could rely upon.
minutes, secondsSince the conflict began, Bahrain has intercepted over missiles and nearly drones. Bahrain, a country smaller
minutes, secondsthan the city of Los Angeles, a small island connected by a causeway to Saudi Arabia, has been absorbing hundreds of Iranian projectiles to protect an
minutes, secondsAmerican base and preserve the fiction that Gulf stability is still maintainable. And every interceptor missile Bahrain fires, every Patriot
minutes, secondsbattery that lights up the sky over Manama depletes the very defensive arsenal that is supposed to protect Bahraini civilians from the next wave.
minutes, secondsThere's a finite number of interceptors in any inventory. Iran has demonstrated the capacity to manufacture cheap,
minutes, secondseffective drones faster than any Gulf state can fire missiles at them. The mathematics of attrition favor tyran in a way that no rapid American rearmament
minutes, secondscan quickly address. This is a race that the defenders are losing even when they are winning in any individual engagement. BAPcoin petroleum company,
minutes, secondsthe national oil company has declared force majour on its refinery operations following strike damage. Force majour is the legal term companies use when
minutes, secondscircumstances beyond their control prevent them from meeting contractual obligations. It is the language of insurance claims and canceled supply contracts and downstream shortages rippling through global supply chains.
minutes, secondsIt is the language of economic damage becoming measurable and real and expensive for people who have no connection to the politics or the grievances or the history that produced
minutes, secondsthis conflict. The ripple effects from Bahrain alone are being felt in unexpected places around the world.
minutes, secondsJapanese automobile manufacturers who source components from facilities that process Gulf refined materials are adjusting production schedules and
minutes, secondsplacing emergency calls to alternative suppliers. South Korean electronics companies that use refined products from Gulf processing plants are convening
minutes, secondsrisk management sessions and reviewing force measure clauses in their own supplier contracts. European energy companies that have structured long-term
minutes, secondsLG agreements around Gulf supply assumptions are consulting lawyers about what they can and cannot legally do. The war has already moved inside the global
minutes, secondseconomy. It is not a future risk to be hedged and managed. It is a present reality being lived and paid for right now. Now, let us pull all of this back
minutes, secondsto the core question. The question that everything we have discussed leads to.
minutes, secondsThe question that the title of this video promises to answer honestly and completely. Did Muhammad bin Salman secretly buy the American military? Let
minutes, secondsus be precise about what that question means and what it does not mean. It does not mean that the United States is merely a mercenary army for Saudi Arabia with no interests or values of its own.
minutes, secondsThe American concern about Iranian nuclear weapons is genuine and long-standing and bipartisan. It predates MBS, predates Trump, predates
minutes, secondsthe current administration entirely. The strategic relationship between the United States and Israel is deep and complex and rooted in shared democratic values, shared intelligence cooperation,
minutes, secondsand decades of military partnership that cannot be reduced to Saudi financial influence. The security architecture of the Gulf has always reflected real
minutes, secondsAmerican national interests in energy security, freedom of navigation,
minutes, secondscounterterrorism, and regional stability. These things are real. They matter. They provide legitimate reasons for American engagement in the region.
minutes, secondsBut here is the butt that changes everything about this situation. None of those genuine American interests required acting on NBS's timeline. with
minutes, secondsNBS's urgency at NBS's insistence in the precise and consequential manner that NBS reportedly requested. The United States had been living with Iranian
minutes, secondsnuclear ambiguity and Iranian military capability for years. Diplomats across multiple administrations had been working imperfectly and frustratingly
minutes, secondsand often unsuccessfully through diplomatic channels to constrain Iranian behavior without triggering a regional war. The decision to move from strategic
minutes, secondspressure and diplomatic negotiation to kinetic military strikes against Iranian territory. The decision that set off this entire cascade of economic and
minutes, secondsmilitary consequences was made in a specific window of time at a specific moment in history following specific private conversations between a Saudi
minutes, secondsprince and an American president. And the financial context of those conversations cannot be ignored or minimized. The trillion dollar financial
minutes, secondsarchitecture that MBS constructed over a decade, the arms deals, the investment fund commitments, the lobbying infrastructure, the sovereign wealth fund deployments into American assets,
minutes, secondsthe endowments and the advertising budgets, and the think tank funding created a set of incentives,
minutes, secondsdependencies, and relationships that made American decision makers structurally more receptive to Saudi arguments than they would otherwise have been. It did not corrupt the process in
minutes, secondsany simple or direct sense. It shaped the process. It tilted the playing field in a direction that made a decision for military action feel more natural or
minutessupported, more inevitable than it would have been if that financial architecture did not exist. That is not a conspiracy.
minutes, secondsThat is not a dramatic or sensationalized reading of events. That is how power actually works in the world we live in. Money does not buy decisions
minutes, secondsdirectly. It builds relationships over years, shapes incentives gradually,
minutes, secondscreates dependencies incrementally, and makes certain outcomes feel like common sense while making other outcomes feel reckless or unrealistic. And when a
minutes, secondstrillion dollars flows consistently in one direction over a decade, the river of influence it creates is real and consequential, even if nobody in
minutes, secondsWashington ever signed a document saying that in exchange for this financial relationship, the United States will take military action against Iran on Saudi Arabia's preferred timeline. The
minutes, secondsquestion of whether that trillion dollars was well spent for Saudi Arabia is one that NBS is now presumably grappling with in real time. From his
minutes, secondspalace in Riyad, watching drone alerts light up his country's eastern province,
minutes, secondswatching oil prices that should be enriching Saudi Arabia instead being disrupted by a war that Saudi lobbying helped trigger, watching the regional
minutes, secondseconomic integration projects, and the vision modernization agenda. He staked his entire legacy on being threatened by the very conflict he
minutes, secondsencouraged. The brilliant strategic genius who was supposed to transform Saudi Arabia into a post oil economic powerhouse, who was supposed to make
minutes, secondsRiyad the financial and cultural capital of the Arab world, is watching oil infrastructure burn in a war he helped start. The man who spent a decade
minutes, secondsconstructing an intricate architecture of American military protection is now discovering that American military power can bomb Iran, can destroy nuclear
minutes, secondsfacilities, can degrade missile arsenals, but it cannot protect Saudi Arabia from everything Iran can do in response across a body of water that
minutes, secondsseparates two countries with a long history of mutual hostility. Because here is the fundamental strategic miscalculation embedded in the heart of
minutes, secondsMBS's entire approach. He understood financial leverage. He understood influence and dependency and how to construct relationships that made his
minutes, secondsown position indispensable. He understood how to make himself immune to consequences that would have destroyed the reputation and the freedom of any
minutes, secondsordinary person. But he misunderstood geography. He misunderstood the asymmetry of exposure that separates Saudi Arabia from the United States in a
minutes, secondsGulf conflict. He misunderstood the difference between American power projected at a distance, the kind that can strike nuclear facilities from B
minutes, secondsbombers flying from the middle of the Indian Ocean and the vulnerability that Saudi Arabia faces as a neighbor to Iran, separated not by oceans and thousands of miles of strategic buffer,
minutes, secondsbut by the waters of the Persian Gulf.
minutes, secondsIran cannot hurt the continental United States the way it can hurt Saudi Arabia.
minutes, secondsIran cannot mine the harbors of New York or Los Angeles. Iran cannot send drone swarms to strike refineries in Texas or pipelines in Alaska. The geographic
minutes, secondsdistance that makes American military intervention in the Gulf relatively low cost for America simultaneously makes Iranian military retaliation completely
minutes, secondsirrelevant to American territory. But for Saudi Arabia, sitting directly across the Gulf from a wounded, angry, and strategically sophisticated Iran,
minutes, secondsevery single one of those protective distances works in reverse. Iran can reach Saudi Arabia in ways it cannot reach America. An NBS in his brilliant
minutes, secondsand patient pursuit of American military power forgot to build inadequate insurance against the inevitable cost of the military action he was purchasing.
minutes, secondsThis is the trillion dollar mistake, not the money itself. The money bought real things, real influence, real weapons.
minutes, secondsThe mistake is the strategic misunderstanding embedded in the strategy. the belief that purchasing American military willingness to act
minutes, secondswould translate cleanly into Saudi security when what it actually purchased was American willingness to act in a way that imposed massive and immediate costs
minutes, secondson the very country that had paid for the action. MBS bought the trigger pull but did not fully account for the recoil and now the world is left managing
minutes, secondsconsequences that nobody planned for and nobody knows how to end. Oil markets in permanent turbulence for the foreseeable future with every price spike cascading
minutes, secondsthrough food prices and transportation costs and manufacturing inputs for billions of people who never voted for any of the decisions that produced this
minutescrisis. The straight of Hormuz operating at a fraction of its normal capacity with the insurance costs and the mine threat keeping the shipping lanes far
minutes, secondsbelow what the global economy requires to function normally. A global economy absorbing an inflationary shock it was not prepared for at a moment of genuine
minutes, secondsfragility. A NATO alliance fracturing under the pressure of a war its European members were not consulted about and cannot afford to be drawn into. A China
minutes, secondswatching its energy security and its economic growth assumptions evaporate in real time, calculating its options with the full weight of its economic
minutes, secondsdiplomatic power. A Russia actively benefiting from every additional day of chaos and every additional dollar on the price of oil. A France bearing its first
minutes, secondssoldier of this conflict and delivering quiet ultimatums to Washington. a Bahrain firing its last reserves of interceptor missiles against an enemy
minutes, secondsthat manufactures drones faster than Bahrain can replace what it fires. And at the center of all of it, at the center of every burning oil field and
minutes, secondsevery drone filled sky and every tanker turning back from the straight and every stock market in freef fall, is a decision that was made in a specific set
minutes, secondsof phone calls, in a specific set of private conversations between a Saudi prince who spent a trillion dollars building leverage and an American
minutes, secondspresident who, whether consciously or not, exercised that leverage exactly as it was designed to be exercised. The straight of Hormuz will eventually
minutes, secondsreopen. Wars eventually end. oil markets eventually find equilibrium. The economic damage, however severe, will eventually be absorbed and worked
minutes, secondsthrough by the resilience of the global economy and the populations that depend on it. But the structural questions this conflict has exposed about American
minutes, secondsforeign policy decision-making, about the relationship between financial influence and military commitment, about the accountability gap that allows a
minutes, secondstrillion dollar influence architecture to shape decisions that affect the lives of billions of people who had no voice in them. Those questions will not go away when the drones stop flying and the
minutes, secondsfires in the eastern province are finally extinguished. Because the next time a foreign leader with deep financial ties to Washington wants the American military to act, they will have
minutes, secondsthis precedent to point to. They will know that it worked. A patient systematic financial investment in American institutions, American
minutes, secondsrelationships, and American dependencies can move the most powerful military in history. and the question of whether America can maintain a coherent,
minutes, secondsprincipled, interestbased foreign policy, a policy accountable to American voters rather than to foreign sovereign wealth funds and arms deal relationships
minutes, secondsin a world where financial leverage has become the most powerful weapon in any strategic arsenal. That is the question that will define the next decade of
minutes, secondsinternational relations. Because what NBS understood and what this crisis has made undeniable is that the rules-based international order that the United
minutes, secondsStates spent the second half of the th century constructing and defending is not protected by principles alone. It is protected by interests. And when
minutes, secondsinterests can be shaped by money, when the financial architecture of a relationship can make certain decisions feel like common sense and others feel impossible, then the order itself
minutes, secondsbecomes available for purchase. And that is a lesson that every ambitious leader watching this crisis unfold in Beijing and Moscow and Riyad and Tel Aviv and
minutes, secondsIslamabad and everywhere else has now been taught at extraordinary cost and will not forget. This is what a trillion dollar mistake looks like when it
minutes, secondscatches up with you. This is what happens when financial leverage meets military reality and geographic vulnerability all at once. And the
minutes, secondsterrifying truth, the truth that keeps the people who actually understand this conflict awake at night, is that nobody in any relevant position of power, not
minutes, secondsin Washington, not in Riyad, not in Tehran, and certainly not in the boardrooms of the defense contractors counting their profits from every interceptor missile fired and every
minutes, secondsweapon system rushed to theater. Nobody has a clear and credible answer to the most important question of this moment.
minutes, secondsNot how this ends, but how it stops before the knife's edge tips in the wrong direction. Before a wounded and politically desperate new Supreme Leader
minutes, secondsmakes the calculation that his own survival requires an escalation that crosses a line nobody can walk back from. Before one miscalculation, one
minutes, secondsmisidentified target, one unauthorized launch by a commander who does not know the full diplomatic picture takes a regional catastrophe and transforms it
minutes, secondsinto something that none of us have adequate language for yet. That is where we are on the morning of March th,
minutes, secondsThat is the world the trillion dollar mistake has produced. And that is why more than perhaps any moment in living memory, what matters is not just
minutes, secondsunderstanding what is happening, the explosions and the drone alerts and the tanker rerouting and the stock market numbers, but understanding how it
minutes, secondshappened. Who made the decisions? Who built the architecture that made those decisions feel inevitable? Who paid for them? And who is paying for them now? in
minutes, secondsoil prices and food costs and insurance premiums and fractured alliances and children growing up in countries that are on fire because of a transaction
minutes, secondsthat most of their parents never knew was being made. Pay attention because the next chapter of this story is being written right now. And the choices made
minutes, secondsin the next few days and weeks will determine whether what we are living through becomes a crisis that the world navigates and learns from or the opening act of something far larger and far
minutes, secondsdarker than anyone was willing to admit was possible. Stay informed. Think critically. And never stop asking who benefits, who pays, and who decided.
minutes, secondsBecause here is the final truth that this entire story leaves us with. The greatest threat to American power in the st century is not Iran's missiles or China's economy or Russia's aggression.
minutes, secondsIt is the slow, invisible erosion of the principle that American power should serve American people and American values, not the financial interests of
minutes, secondsforeign princes who have learned through patient investment and careful relationship building over years exactly how to make American power serve theirs.
minutes, secondsEvery alliance requires trust. Every partnership requires reciprocity. And when a relationship becomes so financially entangled that it is no
minutes, secondslonger possible to distinguish American interests from the interests of the party that has spent a trillion dollars ensuring that America cannot tell the difference. That is the moment the
minutes, secondsrepublic itself is at risk. Not from an external attack. From the inside, from the quiet, legal, entirely undramatic process by which money shapes
minutes, secondsperception. Perception shapes policy and policy shapes history. That is the story of this war and that is the warning it
minutes, secondscarries for every war that comes after

1,430 Missiles on Israel: Iran’s "Judgement Day" Strike Just Vaporized Israel’s Defense Grid
Warfare Meet History
Mar 14, 2026

The skies over Israel have been set ablaze in what is being described as the most massive, concentrated ballistic missile assault in modern history. Reports emerging from the region confirm that Iran launched a staggering 1,430 missiles in a single 60-minute window, effectively overwhelming the Iron Dome and David’s Sling defensive layers. While the IDF continues to claim interception successes, the sheer volume of this "Judgement Day" saturation strike—a tactic Tehran has been refining for years—has left critical infrastructure and defense nodes in the north and center of the country reeling. The sheer scale of the barrage was designed to deplete Israel’s interceptor stocks in record time, turning the "Iron Shield" into a sieve as waves of projectiles struck simultaneously across multiple geographic sectors.

This unprecedented escalation marks a terrifying departure from the previous "wave-based" warfare seen over the last two weeks, signaling that the Iranian military has fully pivoted to a strategy of total tactical saturation. With mass casualties reported across Tel Aviv and Haifa, and the Home Front Command struggling to maintain control amidst the chaos, the conflict has entered a dark new phase where traditional deterrence is no longer a factor. As the U.S. prepares its "hard response" following the destruction of its assets in the region and the loss of its tanker fleet, Israel finds itself fighting a war on two fronts that is rapidly spiraling out of control. The defensive grid has not just been tested; it has been fundamentally compromised, leaving a nation bracing for a potential continuation of the assault that could reshape the Middle East map by dawn.



Transcript

m Eastern Standard Time. Saturday,
March th, days, hours, and minutes since the world changed forever. Inside a reinforced
intelligence bunker beneath the Kira military headquarters in Tel Aviv, a year-old radar operator named Lieutenant Colonel Yale Ms. Rahi is
secondsstaring at a screen she's never seen look like this before. Not during the October th aftermath. Not during the -day war last June. not during any simulation, any drill, any briefing,
secondsclassified or otherwise. What she's looking at right now at this exact moment is separate ballistic threat signatures
secondsmoving simultaneously. All of them aimed at Israel. All of them launched within a single -minute window. She picks up the direct line to Arrow Battery Commander Brigadier General Noom Eldar.
secondsShe says one word, judgment. That is not metaphor. That is the actual code word,
secondsand it has never been used before. Here is what nobody is telling you about what happened in the last hours. There's a third player in this story. Not the
minuteUnited States, not Israel, not even Iran's new supreme leader, Mojaba Kame,
minute, secondswho was elected days ago after his father, Ali K, was killed in the opening salvo of Operation Epic Fury on February th. This third player has been operating out of a compound in Muscat,
minute, secondsOman, conducting back channel communications between Washington and Tran that go all the way to the top.
minute, secondsWe'll get to who that is, but first you need to understand the sheer scale of what just happened because until you do, none of the diplomacy makes any sense.
minute, secondsdays ago, the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury, precision guided munitions, GBU
minute, secondsmassive ordinance penetrators, BSpirit stealth bombers flying directly from Whiteitman Air Force Base in Missouri,
minute, secondshours round trip. Um, Kim and F-I Adair jets from Nevada Air Base in the Neg Desert. The targets were Iran's
minute, secondsnuclear infrastructure, its Islamic revolutionary guard cores command nodes,
minute, secondsits ballistic missile production sites at the Imam Ali complex near Kershaw,
minute, secondsand most consequentially the leadership house compound in northern Thran, where Ali Kam had lived and governed for decades. The compound was hit at
minutes, secondsa.m. Thrron time. Kam was killed. of his senior advisers died with him.
minutes, secondsSignal number one, this was not a warning. This was termination. Iran's response was immediate and catastrophic,
minutes, secondsnot just for Israel, but for the entire global energy architecture that the st century runs on. Within hours, the IRGC's Katam Alania headquarters had
minutes, secondsofficially declared the Straight of Hormuz closed. Not partially closed, not conditionally closed, closed. Through that m wide waterway on any given
minutes, secondsnormal day, roughly million barrels of crude oil move. About % of the world's entire maritime oil trade gone,
minutes, secondsstopped. Ships anchored outside. Over tankers floating, waiting, burning fuel they cannot replace, watching
minutes, secondsthrough binoculars as Iranian speedboats and naval frigots patrol the choke point. On March th, a Thai bolt carrier, the Maya Nari, was struck and
minutes, secondsset ablaze nautical miles north of Oman. The US military has attacked Iranian mine laying vessels. The strait is not just politically closed, it is physically mined. Brent crude hit $
minutes, secondsa barrel on Monday. The IRGC spokesman was not subtle. You will not be able to artificially lower the price of oil, he said in a formal statement.
minutes, secondsExpect oil at $per barrel. The IEA convened an emergency Gfinance ministers call and agreed to release million barrels from strategic reserves.
minutes, secondsThe largest coordinated petroleum reserve release in human history. It has not been enough. But here's the catch.
minutes, secondsBecause there's always a catch. That oil price panic. That barrel threat.
minutes, secondsThat was before this morning. Before with missiles. Because here is what the markets have not yet priced in.
minutes, secondsIf the straight stays closed for three more weeks, just three, Goldman Sachs projects that gasoline in the United States reaches $per gallon. Not $
minutes, secondsnot $$The S&P which has already lost % since February th,
minutes, secondswould face a secondary shock that analysts are privately modeling as a to % total draw down from pre-war levels. The last time that happened was
minutes, secondsWhat came after was a global recession. And right now on the morning of March th, you have a radar
minutes, secondsscreen in Tel Aviv showing incoming threats, a new Iranian Supreme Leader who has publicly sworn the attacks will not stop. And a US
minutes, secondspresident who said on Tuesday, and this is a direct quote from his CBS interview, I think the war is very complete pretty much. They have no navy,
minutes, secondsno communications, they've got no air force. That was Tuesday. It is now Saturday and
minutes, secondsmissiles say otherwise. Let's talk about the weapons because technical specificity matters here. It tells you what Iran actually has left and what
minutes, secondsit's choosing to use. The IDF assessed on March st that Iran entered this conflict with approximately ballistic missiles. In the first
minutes, secondhours of war, the IRGC fired at pace that stunned Western. analysts. Rockets and drones screaming simultaneously at
minutes, secondsIsraeli cities at US bases in Bahrain where the fifth fleet is headquartered at NSA Bahrain. At Aludade Air Base in Qatar, where US personnel are
minutes, secondsstationed at urbal international airport in Iraqi Kurdistan at the Dubai Creek Harbor Tower, which was struck by a drone attack captured on video and
minutes, secondsshared million times on social media within hours. Bahrain alone has intercepted missiles and drones
minutes, secondssince February th. Saudi Arabia has destroyed drones over its eastern region, then more that breached its airspace in a second wave. On March th,
minutes, secondsan Iranian military source told FAR's news agency that Tran had already fired more than ballistic and naval missiles and nearly drones since
minutes, secondsthe war began. The number going to Israel was roughly % of the total. The other % went toward US targets across the Gulf. And then there's something the
minutes, secondsmainstream coverage is not emphasizing enough, the cluster munitions. Iran, a non-signatory to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The International
minutes, secondsTreaty banning weapons that scatter dozens of submunitions over a km radius, has been using them deliberately against residential areas. The Israeli
minutes, secondsHomefront Command confirmed that nearly half of all Iranian ballistic missiles fired at Israel contained cluster warheads. Amnesty International has
minutes, secondsformally condemned it. Erica Gavvara Rosas of Amnesty's crisis response unit called them inherently indiscriminate weapons used with clear disregard for
minutes, secondsinternational humanitarian law. That is the language of war crimes. That is not speculation. That is what officials are saying publicly. Now the nine people who
minutes, secondswere killed in Beth Sheamesh, you need to hear this story. Beth Sheamesh is miles from Jerusalem. It is a quiet mixed city. On the morning of March th,
minutes, secondsan Iranian ballistic missile, one of the Shahab derivatives in the IRGC inventory carrying a kg conventional
minutes, secondswarhead, penetrated the intercept window. The AOS system missed it.
minutes, secondDavid's sling was already tracking higher altitude threats. Iron Dome does not engage ballistic missiles. The missiles struck a synagogue. Nine
minutes, secondscivilians were killed. Dozens were injured. The shelter, which should have been the safest room in the building.
minutes, secondsThe reinforced mammade built to specifications established by the Israeli homeront command after the Scud missile strikes of the Gulf War with
minutes, secondscm concrete walls and blast proof airtight ceiling was not enough. Nine people dead. That is the human cost of what happens when you fire enough
minutes, secondsmissiles. You don't need precision. You need volume. And this morning's missile barrage is Iran's final answer
minutes, secondsto the question of whether they have enough left to keep trying. But here's what you need to understand about the defense architecture that is currently
minutes, secondsbeing tested beyond any parameter it was designed for. Israel's air defense grid is a multi-layered system built over years. Layer is the Ainterceptor,
minutes, secondsthe crown jewel designed in partnership with Boeing capable of engaging targets in the exo atmosphere above km altitude. It kills ballistic missiles
minutes, secondsbefore they reenter the atmosphere. Each Ainterceptor costs approximately $million. Layer is David's Sling,
minutes, secondsjointly developed with Rathon, designed to kill medium-range ballistic missiles and cruise missiles between and km. Each interceptor approximately $
minutes, secondsmillion. Layer three is Iron Dome, the iconic short-range system that shoots down rockets and artillery shells. Each timer interceptor approximately $
minutes, secondsThe system Israel relies on for strategic depth. The one that protects its nuclear capable sites at Deona, its air bases at Palm and Ovda, which Iran
minutes, secondsspecifically targeted with drones on March th, is designed for a saturation threshold of several hundred simultaneous incoming threats. It was
minutes, secondsnever designed for Here is the math. If you assume an average intercept cost of $per threat across the
minutes, secondslayered system, one last simultaneous missiles costs Israel and its US backers and $million in
minutes, secondsinterceptors alone in minutes. That is before you calculate the cost of any missile that gets through. The US has deployed Marops interceptor
minutes, secondsdrones to the region. drone killing drones essentially each costing $to $as a cheaper mass intercept
minutes, secondslayer. They are being used. They are making a difference. But drones against simultaneous ballistic trajectories is
minutes, secondsnot a solution. It is a tourniquet on a severed artery. Signal number two, Iran knows all of this. Iran's military
minutes, secondsplanners have spent years studying the saturation limits of Israel's defense grid. The -day war in June the conflict that preceded this
minutes, secondsone, was in some sense a calibration exercise. Iran tested volley sizes,
minutes, secondstiming intervals, trajectory combinations. It watched, it learned, and on the morning of March th,
minutes, secondsIt applied that knowledge. Now, let's talk about the third person in the room, the one I mentioned at the beginning.
minutes, secondsHis name is Abbas Aragchi, former Iranian foreign minister. And right now,
minutes, secondsas missile signatures glow on Lieutenant Colonel Misrai's screen in Tel Aviv, Abasaragi is in Muscat, Oman,
minutes, secondsnot in a hotel, not in the Iranian embassy, in a private compound belonging to the Omani government, km from the waterfront, where Oman's Sultan Heam has
minutes, secondsquietly made his country the last functioning diplomatic back channel between the United States and the Islamic Republic. Arachi has been there since March th. He arrived days ago
minutes, secondswithout a press release, without a statement, without a single tweet. The only reason we know he is there is because three sources, one Omani, one
minutes, secondsEuropean, one American, have independently confirmed it to major news organizations, none of whom have published fully because they are waiting for a second and third confirmation from
minutes, secondswithin the negotiations themselves. What is he discussing? Here is what officials are saying privately. Iran's new supreme leader Moshaba Kam, young, untested,
minutes, secondselevated in a crisis, is not the same as his father. Ali Kina was a true ideological hardliner, the product of the revolution, a man who had never once
minutes, secondscompromised on the nuclear file without extracting a price that humiliated his interlocutors.
minutes, secondsMustava Kam is a -year-old cleric who spent his career in religious courts,
minutes, secondsnot in the IRGC command structure. He is, as one senior European intelligence official described him to Reuters, in a description that has not been published,
minutes, secondsbut has been shared within diplomatic circles. A man who wants to survive, not a man who wants to die a martyr. And Arachi, who spent three years as a
minutes, secondsnuclear negotiator himself, is in Musket carrying a message that is, depending on which version you believe, either a ceasefire proposal or an ultimatum, or
minutes, secondsboth. But here's the catch, and this one is the most important catch of this entire story. [snorts] Within Tran's own
minutes, secondspower structure, there is an active effort to sabotage any deal. Because while Mosavakame may be looking for an off-ramp, the IRGC is not. The Islamic
minutesRevolutionary Guard Corps is not a military that reports to a civilian government, it is a parallel state, a billion dollar annual budget. Commercial
minutes, secondsinterests, construction companies, media networks, missile production facilities.
minutes, secondsIts commander, Major General Hussein Salami, has not appeared in public since March rd. His deputy, Brigadier General Muhammad Resa Zahedi, was killed in an
minutes, secondsIsraeli strike on Palm during the second week of the conflict. The IRGC is a wounded institution and wounded institutions do not negotiate. They
minutes, secondsescalate. This morning's missiles are not coming from the office of the supreme leader. They are coming from Katama Lambia. They are coming from men
minutes, secondswho believe genuinely operationally believe that if they can force the straight of Hermuz to stay closed for days, the economic pressure on the
minutes, secondsUnited States will become politically unsustainable for Donald Trump. And they may not be entirely wrong about that.
minutes, secondsMore than American organizations have already signed a letter to Congress demanding a halt to funding the war. The
minutes, seconds$billion spent in just the first six days has become a domestic political flash point. Senator Ran Paul has been
minutes, secondson the floor every day this week. US Senator Lindsey Graham has publicly played down the possibility of ground troops in Iran, but the fact that he
minutes, secondsfelt the need to say it tells you everything about what is being discussed behind closed doors. Here is what nobody is telling you about Steve Witoff. The
minutes, secondsWhite House special envoy who shuttled between Gaza and Doha and Riad and Washington in the months before this war who became the administration's doit all
minutes, secondsdiplomatic fixer. Whitov has been in back channel contact with Omani officials since March th. Not official contact, unofficial, personal. The Omani
minutes, secondsforeign minister has been the intermediary. The message going from Washington to Muscat is this. The United States will accept a ceasefire if Iran
minutes, secondsaccepts verification procedures for its remaining nuclear infrastructure, opens the straight of Hormuz within hours,
minutes, secondsand releases three American citizens currently detained in Evan prison.
minutes, secondsIran's counter message, which Arachi brought to Musket days ago, has three components of its own. No permanent renunciation of uranium enrichment,
minutes, secondimmediate cessation of US and Israeli strikes, and recognition of Iran's right to retaliate. Those two positions are not reconcilable today. They may be
minutes, secondsreconcilable by Thursday, but here is the geopolitical domino that most people are not watching closely enough because everyone is looking at Thran and Tel
minutes, secondsAviv and Washington. Nobody's watching Beijing. China receives % of the oil it imports from the Persian Gulf. % of
minutes, secondsthat oil transits the straight of Hormuz. China's refinary sector is facing emergency draw down scenarios.
minutes, secondsBeijing has not said a public word in support of Iran's military campaign, not one, because it cannot afford to. But it
minutes, secondshas also not condemned it. What China is doing in the language of international relations is urging restraint which is diplomatic code for we are on the phone
minutes, secondswith everyone and we are applying pressure in both directions simultaneously. Chinese state counselor Wong Yi spoke to Iranian President Massud Peshkian on March th. The call
minutes, secondslasted minutes. The readout from Beijing was four sentences. Four sentences for a -minute call tells you that most of what was said will never be
minutes, secondspublished. What was said, according to a source familiar with the call's contents, was that China's patience has a limit. Beijing will not allow the
minutes, secondsstraight of Hormuz to remain closed for longer than days without taking steps that will fundamentally alter its relationship with Thran. Iran sells %
minutes, secondsof its oil to China. That is not a trade relationship. That is a lifeline. And China is quietly indicating that the
minutes, secondslifeline has a switch. Signal number three, the geopolitical center of gravity in this conflict is not Iron Dome versus Iranian Shahab missiles. It
minutes, secondsis Beijing's phone calls. Let's come back to this morning. March th,
minutes, secondsa.m. Eastern, p.m. in Tel Aviv, p.m. in Tran. The
minutes, secondsreformed to missiles were not fired randomly. The IDF's preliminary assessment shared with Sentcom at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa and with the
minutes, secondsNational Security Council in Washington is that the barrage was structured in three distinct waves timed minutes apart. The first wave approximately
minutes, secondFate and Zulfagar short to medium-range ballistic missiles targeted at IDF air defense battery positions across central and northern Israel. The
minutes, secondstactical logic degrade the intercept infrastructure before the main payload arrives. The second wave approximately longer range Shahab and Gutter
minutes, secondsballistic missiles. Iran's workhorse strategic deterrent, each with a range of kilometers and a kilogram
minutes, secondsconventional warhead aimed at population centers including Tel Aviv, Hifa, Beer Cheva, and Jerusalem. The third wave,
minutes, secondsQuaprecisionguided drones launched simultaneously from IRGC positions in western Iran, southern Lebanon via Hezbollah proxy platforms, and what
minutes, secondsIsraeli intelligence now assesses are forward deployed sites in Syria that survived the February th opening strikes. The simultaneous coordination
minutes, secondsof three waves across three separate launch platforms time to arrive within overlapping intercept windows is not improvisation. That is an operational
minutesplan that took months to develop. It is in the language of military doctrine a saturation strike designed specifically to exhaust defensive interceptor
minutes, secondsstockpiles before the high-v value warheads arrive. RAND Corporation analysts published a classified assessment in warning that Israel's
minutes, secondscombined interceptor inventory could handle no more than simultaneous ballistic threats before battery depletion forced commanders to make
minutes, secondstriage decisions about what to let through. Today's strike is
minutes, secondsthat is above the depletion threshold. Here is the honest calculation, and this is where it gets very serious. If Israel's arrow and David's sling systems achieve a %
minutes, secondsinterception rate, which would be historically extraordinary, better than anything ever recorded in live combat,
minutes, secondsmissiles reach Israeli territory. If the rate is %, still exceptional by any operational standard, missiles
minutes, secondsimpact. The Bait Sheamesh synagogue was hit by a single missile, one missile out of a much smaller barrage and nine people died. You do not need to complete
minutes, secondsthat arithmetic yourself. The IDF Home Front Command has already done it. And that is why every mobile phone in central and northern Israel lit up at
minutes, secondsa.m. local time with an emergency alert that has never been sent before. It is two words in Hebrew, hit mukvon,
minutes, secondsfortified shelter. Not go to your mama, not proceed to the nearest shelter.
minutes, secondsFortified shelter, the highest tier reserved for chemical or nuclear adjacent threats. That is not confirmed use of unconventional weapons. Let me be
minutes, secondsabsolutely clear. There is no confirmed intelligence as of this hour that Iran has deployed chemical or radiological warheads in this barrage. But the alert
minutes, secondstier tells you that Israeli Defense Command is not ruling anything out. And the reason for that caution traces back to one specific piece of intelligence
minutes, secondsclassified above top secret that was shared with congressional leadership on a closed basis three days ago on March th and which is now leaked partially
minutes, secondsto two reporters at the Washington Post and the New York Times, neither of whom has published it yet because they cannot independently verify the primary source.
minutes, secondHere's what leaked. US satellite imagery captured what appears to be the movement of warhead canisters from a storage facility near Natans, Iran's central
minutes, secondsuranium enrichment complex on the night of March th. The canisters were moved in three convoys, each consisting of four flatbed trucks, to a site near
minutes, secondsCorormabad in Lorestan province. The Natan's facility was struck by US and Israeli forces on February th in what was described as a comprehensive
minutes, secondsdegradation of Iran's nuclear enrichment capability. President Trump said on March th at a Kentucky rally that the strikes had obliterated Iran's nuclear
minutes, secondspotential. And but Trump also said in the same rally, but then they started again. That parenthetical they started
minutes, secondsagain has received almost no media attention. It should receive all of it.
minutes, secondsBecause if what was moved from Natans to Cororam Ababad on March th is what US satellite analysts believe it might be,
minutes, secondsthen this war just entered a dimension that none of the parties, not Washington, not Jerusalem, not Beijing,
minutes, secondshave a contingency plan for. But here's the catch. And here's the pivot that changes everything again. The same Omani back channel that has Arachi and Musket
minutes, secondsright now, the same channel that Steve Witco has been quietly working since March th, produced something unexpected in the last hours. a written
minutes, secondscommunication, not a verbal message relayed through intermediaries, but a written document, two pages, delivered by Omani Foreign Minister Bad Al-Busidi
minutes, secondsdirectly to a senior American official whose name has not been released. The document described by three separate sources as a framework, not a proposal,
minutes, secondscontained language about conditions for the suspension of offensive operations.
minutes, secondsNot a ceasefire, a suspension. The word choice matters enormously. A ceasefire implies permanence, implies negotiation,
minutes, secondsimplies international monitoring. A suspension can be unilateral. It can be revoked. It gives both sides something they need. The IRGC gets to say it chose
minutes, secondsto pause, not that it was defeated. The White House gets to announce the guns are quiet without making a single concession on the nuclear file. Whether
minutesthat document survives this morning's,missile barrage is the single most important diplomatic question on Earth
minutes, secondsright now. Because the political pressure inside Israel to respond to this morning's attack with overwhelming force to turn whatever is left of Iran's
minutes, secondsmissile storage infrastructure to rubble is enormous. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing pressure from his own war cabinet. Defense Minister Israel
minutes, secondsKatz who disclosed on March th that Israel had originally planned to strike.
minutes, secondsIran in mid and was only accelerating the timeline due to nuclear urgency is on record saying that delay would have allowed the Iranian regime to
minutes, secondsreach a level of immunity for its nuclear program. That is not the language of a man who wants a suspension. That is the language of a man who wants to finish the job. And
minutes, secondshere is where Netanyahu's own political calculations become the variable that could decide everything. Minister of Science and Technology Gila Gamile
minutes, secondsstated three days ago that Israel's legislative elections will likely be brought forward to late June or early July, specifically to allow Netanyahu's
minutes, secondblock to leverage the war. That is the word she used, leverage, which means that for Benjamin Netanyahu, the
minutes, secondspolitical arithmetic of this moment is a decisive military victory before June means electoral dominance. A ceasefire that leaves any ambiguity about Iran's
minutes, secondsnuclear status, any ambiguity about whether missiles can be fired at Israeli cities and the world simply moves on means
minutes, secondsvulnerability, means opposition, means the possibility of facing criminal proceedings that have been paused by wartime unity. That is the internal
minutes, secondsfriction, not between Israel and the United States, within Israel itself,
minutes, secondsbetween a prime minister calculating electoral calendars and a diplomatic back channel in Muscat that might represent the last coherent off-ramp before this conflict crosses a threshold
minutes, secondsfrom which there is no return. On the other side of that equation, standing in the way of any deal with equal ferocity is the IRGC. Major General Salami,
minutes, secondswherever he is, and his disappearance from public view since March rd is itself significant, commands an institution that has spent years
minutes, secondsdefining itself by resistance. By the slogan death to America, by the sacred obligation encoded in IRGC institutional
minutes, secondsculture, to never accept terms that could be framed as capitulation, the IRGC watched Saddam Hussein lose the Gulf War. It watched Muhammad Gaddafi
minutes, secondsgive up his WMD program and then watched NATO bomb him into oblivion years later. It has absorbed the lesson. The lesson is if you disarm in exchange for
minutes, secondspromises, you die. That belief held operationally by the men who command Iran's remaining drones and several hundred surviving ballistic
minutes, secondsmissiles is the most dangerous non-uclear factor in this entire crisis.
minutes, secondsAnd now there is Hezbollah because no account of this morning is complete without Lebanon. Even as the missile barrage was being tracked and
minutes, secondsengaged over Israel, Hezbollah launched rockets from southern Lebanon into northern Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces are now simultaneously conducting air operations in three theaters: Iran,
minutes, secondsLebanon, and the West Bank. In northern Israel, residents of Naharia, Acre, and Western Galilee communities have been in and out of shelters for consecutive
minutes, secondsdays. A daycare center in the northern Galilee was damaged on March th. people were injured in a single Hezbollah barrage. The Lebanese
minutes, secondsgovernment has formally banned Hezbollah military activities, a ban that is in practice uninforceable. UN special coordinator Janine Hennis Plasher met
minutes, secondswith Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sar in Jerusalem days ago. Sahar told her bluntly that UNIFIL peacekeepers are an obstacle to IDF operations. That is a
minutes, secondsforeign minister of a country that is simultaneously fighting wars in four directions, telling the United Nations to get out of the way. Let's zoom out
minutes, secondsone final time to the economic picture because this is where the war that most people experience most directly is being fought. Not in the skies above Tel Aviv,
minutes, secondsbut at the gas pump in Ohio and the grocery store in Arizona. Gasoline prices in the United States have already crossed $per gallon, the highest level
minutes, secondssince late The IMF has published analysis showing that every % rise in oil prices produces a zero % rise in global inflation and a zero %
minutes, secondsreduction in global economic growth. Oil has risen approximately % since February th. Do the math. That is a
minutes, secondspotential one % addition to global inflation. In an environment where the Federal Reserve has been trying to hold inflation at %, that is not a manageable overshoot. That is a crisis.
minutes, secondsGoldman Sachs in a note published Thursday morning projected that if the straight of Hormas remains closed through April th, one more month, US
minutes, secondsgasoline prices would reach $per gallon and global GDP growth would contract by zero % in a figure
minutes, secondsthat would represent the largest single-year economic shock since the COpandemic. Japan, which gets % of its oil imports through the straight of
minutes, secondsHormuz, has already begun releasing strategic reserves. South Korea, Taiwan,
minutes, secondsSingapore, and Bangladesh are all facing supply disruptions. Kuwait has declared force majour and cut oil production.
minutes, secondsQatar stopped all gas production on March the nd after Iranian drones hit Qatari gas facilities. The LNG disruption is particularly severe for
minutes, secondsEurope, which has been dependent on Qatari liqufied natural gas since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in and now faces a double energy shock from two
minutes, secondssimultaneous supply disruptions on two fronts. The sulfur supply. % of global sulfur production comes from the Gulf has been disrupted. This is not a
minutes, secondsheadline, but it matters. Sulfur is the feed stock for fertilizer production.
minutes, secondsFertilizer prices are climbing. Food prices in will reflect that. The global helium supply critical for semiconductor manufacturing largely
minutes, secondstransits through Gulf channels. Every iPhone, every Nvidia AI chip, every Tesla component that requires precision
minutes, secondssemiconductor manufacturing is going to feel this war in its supply chain for the next months, regardless of when the shooting stops. And here we arrive
minutes, secondsat the singular binary truth of Saturday, March th, at a.m.
minutes, secondEastern Standard Time. There's a two-page document in Muscat, Oman. It is sitting in the hands of Bad Al-Busidi,
minutes, secondsthe Omani foreign minister, who has spent hours flying between Tran and a private compound and Washington's back channels trying to keep the possibility
minutes, secondsof a suspension alive. There is a man named Abas Aragchi who represents a supreme leader who wants to survive,
minutes, secondsbacked by a military apparatus that wants to fight until it cannot physically fire another projectile.
minutes, secondsThere is a US president who told CBS the war was very complete days before phone order missiles launched simultaneously and who is now being
minutes, secondsbriefed in real time in the White House situation room. There is Benjamin Netanyahu doing political math about June elections while his radar screens
minutes, secondsshow incoming trajectories. There are Chinese diplomats making minute phone calls with four sentence readouts. And there is a satellite image of four
minutes, secondsflatbed trucks moving canisters from Natans to Koramabad that two reporters at major newspapers have in their hands and have not yet published. In the next
minutes, secondsto hours, one of two things happens. The two-page musket document survives this morning's barrage. Arache
minutes, secondsbrings it back to Thran. Mojaba Kame, a man who wants to be remembered as a builder, not as the leader who was killed in week three of a war his
minutes, secondsinstitution started, overrules the IRGC and accepts the suspension framework.
minutes, secondsThe guns go quiet. Oil drops $per barrel in minutes. Netanyahu holds a press conference and calls it a complete victory.
minutes, secondsTrump posts on Truth Social before Netanyahu finishes his first sentence.
minutes, secondsThe straight reopens, not fully, not safely, not for American ships, not for weeks, but enough that the tanker fleet begins moving. The world exhales. the underlying problems, the nuclear file,
minutes, secondsthe IRGC's institutional survival, Iran's right to uranium enrichment,
minutes, secondsIsrael's demand for permanent strategic immunity.
minutes, secondsNone of those are solved. They are paused. And in that pause, the architects of this crisis will begin positioning for the next one. or the
minutes, secondsmissiles that are right now in the air above Israel. The ones that Lieutenant Colonel Yael Mizrahi is watching on her screen, the ones that
minutes, secondsarrow batteries from Bear, Cheva to Hifa are burning through their interceptor inventories to stop. The ones that include possibly warhead configurations
minutes, secondsthat the Israeli homeront command doesn't fully understand yet. Those missiles change the calculation entirely if enough of them get through, if the
minutes, secondsdamage is severe enough, if the Israeli public demands a response proportionate to the scale of a civilization level attack. If Netanyahu's war cabinet
minutes, secondsdecides that the Muscat document is a trap, a stall, a mechanism for Iran to preserve its remaining nuclear capability while the guns are quiet. If
minutes, secondsthe IRGC's bet that missiles will exhaust Israel's intercept stockpile and break Israel's political
minutes, secondswill turns out to be correct, then we are in a different war. A larger war. A war with no back channel. A war where
minutes, secondsthe next move is not missiles. It is something that none of the parties have had to contemplate publicly since That is not
minutesspeculation. That is what analysts with security clearances are saying privately. That is what the two-page must get document is trying to prevent.
minutes, secondsThat is what the satellite imagery from Koramabad suggests is possible. The next to hours are the most consequential hours since the end of the
minutes, secondsCold War. And they are happening right now on this Saturday morning. While most of the world is asleep, watch the Musket
minutes, secondschannel. Watch a Ragchi. Watch what Netanyahu says in his first statement after the barrage numbers are confirmed.
minutes, secondsWatch the price of Brent crude when markets open in Asia at or more a.m.
minutes, secondsTokyo time. Watch whether the two-page document gets published. And if it does,
minutes, secondswatch what word is used. Ceasefire or or suspension. The word will tell you everything. Peace or war, deal or bombs,
minutes, secondsa total breakthrough or a total collapse. The clock is running.

Iran ends US invincibility in Iraq; US tells citizens to leave as embassy struck | Janta Ka Reporter
Janta Ka Reporter
Mar 14, 2026

The US has ordered its citizens to evacuate from Iraq after its main diplomatic hub in the green-zone of Baghdad was hit by an Iranian strike. Rifat Jawaid says this development truly marks the end of the US dominance in Iraq.



Transcript

In a devastating blow to Donald Trump's wararm mongering plans, Iran has just hit the American embassy in Iraq,
secondsforcing the US to tell its citizens to leave the country immediately. Now, this is huge. And the Islamic Republic has
secondspulled off this feat after Trump deluded about a fictional victory over Iran.
secondsMeanwhile, not a single country has responded to Trump's desperate cry for help against Iran in the state of Hormos. But these clowns would tell you
secondsAmerica is winning. This would be the broad focus of my video tonight. Also in my video, a courageous woman, Iranian
secondswoman, extending her solidarity to the mothers of Gaza, even amidst constant and indiscriminate bombardments by the
secondsAmericans and Israelis. So please stay tuned. So Iran has done the unthinkable once again. The Islamic Republic has hit
secondsthe US embassy in Iraq directly with one of its ballistic missiles. Now, this is a body blow to the much claimed bravery
minute, secondof the Americans. For decades, they built a fortress in Baghdad by creating a green zone. Iran has ended the sense of invincibility with just one stroke.
minute, secondsFaced with such a humiliation, the US has now ordered its citizens to leave Iraq immediately. Some breaking news
minute, secondsconsidering the uh situation in the Middle East. We're hearing from the United States that all US citizens
minute, secondsshould leave Iraq immediately. That warning coming in the last few moments.
minute, secondsSo you'll remember we told you that Iraqi security officials have said a missile struck the US embassy compound in Baghdad reportedly hitting a helipad.
minute, secondsA fire as you can see uh set being set on the roof of the embassy. Uh well now
minute, secondswe're being told all US personnel and citizens must leave Iraq. Iran and Iraq
minute, secondsaligned terrorist militia groups pose a significant threat to public safety in Iraq. The statement says there have been attacks against US citizens, US
minutes, secondsinterests, critical infrastructure as well. These groups have attacked US diplomatic facilities, US businesses and
minutes, secondsUS operated energy infrastructure and have threatened to continue targeting them. The statement goes on to say,
minutes, seconds"Iran aligned terrorist militia have also attacked hotels frequented by foreigners and other facilities with US
minutes, secondsties throughout Iraq. Americans face risk of kidnapping and individual Americans have been targeted. Iran
minutes, secondsaligned terrorist militia may impede Iraqi authorities ability to respond effectively in an emergency." The
minutes, secondsstatement concludes, "US citizens should leave Iraq now. US citizens choosing to remain in Iraq are strongly encouraged
minutes, secondsto reconsider in light of the significant threat posed by Iran aligned terrorist militia groups. So the message
minutes, secondsvery simple and very clear, US citizens should leave Iraq now and the government, the American government is
minutes, secondsgoing to facilitate that for anyone who is wanting to leave. The Americans are going to make that possible. As you can
minutes, secondssee uh in the message posted on social media, the message for US citizens is that travel advisories at level four,
minutes, secondswhich is the highest security risk. The pro-Iranian Iraqi resistant group has also released a powerful video of his
minutes, secondsstrikes targeting the US bases across West Asia. You can watch that video on our Telegram channel. Details are on the
minutes, secondsscreen and also in the description of this video. But Trump and his minion Pete Hexet would tell you they are
minutes, secondswinning. And Iran was on its knees. And we are not even talking about the Iranians now planning to hit the UAE
minutes, secondshard in order to teach them a lesson for allowing the Americans its soil to carry out military strikes on the Kh Island.
minutes, secondsIran meanwhile has said that they are not done yet. Its top general, Major General Mossim Razi, has spelled out the conditions to end the conflict.
minutes, secondsThat's the most
minutes, secondsforces. Iran has also said that for any country wishing to have their oil tankers safely pass through the state of
minutes, secondsHormuz, it must agree to pay in the Chinese currency. This effectively means that they should reject dollars as the
minutes, secondscurrency and Trump was urging China to intervene. Isn't it clear which side China is on? His frustration can be best
minutes, secondsseen by his latest attack on American media outlets. He's now had a go at the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal because they reported the
minutes, secondsdestruction of five American refueling planes at the US bases in Saudi Arabia. He wrote on Truth Social, and I quote,
minutes, seconds"Yet again, an intentionally misleading headline by the fake news media about the five tanker planes that was
minutes, secondssupposedly struck down at an airport in Saudi Arabia and of no further use. In actuality, the base was hit a few days
minutes, secondsago, but the planes were not struck or destroyed. Four of the five had virtually no damage and are already back
minutes, secondsin service. one had slightly more damage but will be in the air shortly. None were destroyed or close to that as the
minutes, secondsfake news said in headlines. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal in particular and other low-life papers
minutes, secondsand media actually want us to lose the war. They're terrible reporting is the exact opposite of the actual fact. They
minutes, secondsare truly sick and demented people that have no idea the damage they cause. the United States of America. Fortunately,
minutes, secondsas proven by our great and conclusive election win in the people of our country understand what is happening for better than the fake news media.
minutes, secondsPresident Donald J. Trump. End quote.
minutes, secondsJust how delusional the US administration under this madman called Trump is can be best understood by its announcement of a $million reward for
minutes, secondsanyone who shares the whereabouts of the new Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatah Mushtabi and National Security Council
minutes, secondsChief Ali Larijani. Larijani was openly walking on the streets of Thran yesterday along with other members of
minutesthe Iranian leadership team. I carried that video from this channel. But social media keyboard warrior Trump must look
minutes, secondsstrong. Hence this announcement. Even Trump supporters know the reality about the reason behind this deranged occupant of the White House starting this war.
minutes, secondsMarco Rubio told us. Pete Hexath also said that the US was executing the Israeli goals. Listen to Tucker Carson now on the Pierce Morgan show.
minutes, secondsTrump may have got played here by Netanyahu.
minutes, secondsWell, I already knew that that the Israelis had done that uh in the previous administration. I knew they did it in with the Nixon administration
minutes, secondsum where they threatened to use nuclear weapons against the Arabs and forced Henry Kissinger to okay arm sales uh to
minutes, secondsIsrael. So there's a long pattern of this. The qu and I think anyone who knows anything about the Israelis knows
minutes, secondsthat they're capable of this. They're capable of great violence. They're they take their threats very seriously, maybe too seriously to the point where they become self-fulfilling. I mean, you
minutes, secondscould argue about it, but they're, you know, they don't mess around. And of course, this had already happened in this administration in June are bombing
minutes, secondsthe -day war in Iran began when the prime minister of Israel announced to the administration, I'm doing this this
minutes, secondsweek. And my question then, and I raised it, was how about no? How about no?
minutes, secondsYou're a client state. You've got million people. You're the size of New Jersey. You don't make operational decisions. And you certainly don't tell the world's dominant superpower what we're doing next. Like, why would you?
minutes, secondsThat's like getting a lecture from your children. No. And that that was my position because that seems consistent with the laws of nature. The weaker partner doesn't get to dictate terms.
minutes, secondsLike, what world are we living in? And um whatever. I'm not in charge. So, but that was my position. I think that'd be the position of most rational people.
minutes, secondsBut Israel was in charge of that war.
minutes, secondsThey started it and they were in charge of this war. They started it. So this is a difficult thing for the people who
minutes, secondsadvocated for the war to deal with because their whole purpose is not to help the United States. It's to both and not even to help Israel. It's to help the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. If if you're loyal to Israel,
minutes, secondsif you love the state of Israel, what do you think about what's happening in Tel Aviv and Hifer right now? They just had apparently an Iranian rocket land right next to the Church of the Nativity.
minutes, secondsLuckily, it didn't do much damage, but this isn't helping Israel. There's no real endgame for Israel here that's going to result in its long-term
minutes, secondsstability and peace. Of course not. This is a disaster for Israel. Actually, not that I really care cuz I'm not Israeli,
minutes, secondsbut I don't want to see any country harmed. And these people are in a very tough spot because now we've left the rhetoric stage and we're in the kinetic
minutes, secondsaction stage where the rest of us can just assess outcomes without mediation.
minutes, secondslike who controls the straits of Hormuz in three years? Is there an American mil military base in Bahrain? What happened to the fifth fleet? It used to be there.
minutes, secondsWhere is it now? You know, who's controlling the energy flows out of the Middle East? These are measurable phenomenon. They're not susceptible to
minutes, secondsBen Shapiro being like wagging his eyebrows at you and telling you you're an anti-semit. It doesn't matter what he says. And so, it puts them in a very tough spot. How do they respond? Well,
minutes, secondswe know from the Iraq war, not a single person is ever going to admit he was wrong. Ever. Ever. One of the most liberating things I've ever done in my
minutes, secondslife was admit that I was wrong about the Iraq war and I was ashamed of it. I remain ashamed of it. But once you say I was wrong and I'm sorry, this tremendous weight lifts off your shoulders and you
minutes, secondsdon't have to lie anymore. And that is that is what liberation actually is. None of these people will do that. None.
minutes, secondsIt's it they feel no compunction and they won't. So instead, what they're doing is they're just going bonkers on the attack cuz and this is a precept
minutes, secondsthat Israel lives by. The best defense is a strong offense. So rather than like debating you on the terms or admitting that they were wrong in their forecast
minutes, secondsand there was no popular uprising in Iran and we've lost control of the world's energy, they're going to say,
minutes, second"Piers Morgan, you're a Nazi. Megan Kelly, you're a Nazi." And you're just like, "What?" That is a kind of insulation that they're constructing
minutes, secondsaround themselves to prevent well any kind of soularching about how did I get it so wrong and all these people died because I was wrong. They don't want to deal with that. But it also allows them
minutes, secondsjust like keep going onto the next war of conquest or the next satanic disaster that they'll back which they will.
minutes, secondsHave you spoken to President Trump since the war began?
minutes, secondsUh I just just through proxies like he called me names or said I was too dumb to understand MAGA or
minutes, secondssomething. I Trump may have started this illegal war to please his Israeli masters, but the Israelis are gripped by the sense of
minutes, secondsdepision on the brutal response from the Iranians. Don't take my word for it. See what Israeli journalist Alan Misrai has just tweeted. He wrote, and I quote,
minutes, seconds"Israel has informed the US it is running out of interceptors at a rapid pace. Additionally, confusion and chaos
minutes, secondson the northern border. The IDF doesn't know what to do and seems to not have the ability to carry out a major ground
minutes, secondsinvasion. For the first time in this war, I saw two heated arguments in TV studios with the theme being in both
minutes, secondscases the untrustworthiness of Israel's leadership. They promised to regime change Iran but can't. And they promised
minutes, secondsus was destroyed and people could go back home to the north but this was clearly a lie. two weeks in, first signs
minutes, secondsof collapse appear. This is the precise timeline I predicted when this thing began. End quote. I will leave you with
minutes, secondsthe clip of an Iranian mother who says that her own hardship or the one faced by her toddler in this video is nothing
minutes, secondscompared to what children of Gaza have gone through in the last two and a half years. But the Western media would tell you Iranian women were oppressed and needed liberating. forchech.
minutes, secondsThat's it for me. Thank you very much for your support of this platform and our journalism. If you haven't subscribed to my channel, please do so because that's one of the many ways you can support independent journalism.

Iran Destroyed Israel's Ben Gurion Airport — 73 Aircraft Burned, All Flights Canceled
Blackbox Money and Collapse Codex
Mar 14, 2026

On March 14th at 2:47 AM, twelve Iranian ballistic missiles struck Ben Gurion International Airport. Four hit the main runway creating 15-meter craters. Three hit aircraft parking areas where 73 commercial and military aircraft were stationed. Two hit fuel storage tanks igniting fires still burning 18 hours later. Two hit Terminal 3 causing structural collapse. One hit air traffic control tower. Eighty-nine killed (ground crews, overnight workers, passengers). All international air service to/from Israel canceled indefinitely. Israel's only major international airport destroyed. Country cut off from global economy.

Aircraft losses: El Al 23 wide-body jets ($6.9B—entire long-haul fleet destroyed, bankruptcy likely). United 7 Boeing 787s. Lufthansa 5 Airbus A350s. Delta 4 Boeing 777s. British Airways 3 Airbus A380s. Other foreign carriers 12 aircraft. Israeli Air Force 19 military aircraft. Total: 73 aircraft = $12-15B losses, largest single-event aircraft destruction since 9/11 (when ~300 aircraft destroyed/damaged across multiple U.S. airports).

Iron Dome complete failure: 12 Khorramshahr-4 missiles launched, each deploys 10 submunitions = 120 targets. Iron Dome fired 31 interceptors, zero successful intercepts. All 12 missiles hit targets. Submunitions maneuvered unpredictably using GPS guidance, deployed at low altitude giving Iron Dome limited engagement time. 120 simultaneous targets exceeded system processing capacity.
Repair timeline: Main runway 4-6 months (15m craters, reinforced concrete required). Terminal 3 demolition + rebuild 12-18 months. Aircraft wreckage clearing 2-3 months. Fuel contamination cleanup 3-4 months. Optimistic reopening September 2026. Realistic January 2027. Israel without functioning international airport 6-10 months minimum.

Economic impact: $2-3B per week with airport closed. Tourism -$450M/week. Business travel -$200M/week. Cargo -$1.2B/week. Total damage if closed one year: $150B+. Insurance cascade: El Al faces $18-22B claim (largest aviation insurance payout ever). Insurers refusing future Ben Gurion coverage unless Israel demonstrates reliable missile defense (cannot). Foreign carriers told: no insurance for Ben Gurion operations. Even after repairs, airport may stay empty—no airline can afford insurance costs.
Netanyahu emergency cabinet 6 AM: Considered retaliating against Tehran airport, decided against (would kill hundreds of civilians, cross international line, invite further retaliation). Statement: "Cannot guarantee it will not be hit again." Airlines, insurers, traveling public all know: Ben Gurion remains target when it reopens.

SOURCES: IDF operational reports March 14 2026, Ben Gurion Airport damage assessments, aircraft loss documentation, Iron Dome engagement data, insurance industry statements, Netanyahu cabinet meeting sources.



Transcript

On March th, at a.m. local time,
secondsIranian ballistic missiles struck Bengurian International Airport outside Tel Aviv. Four missiles hit the main runway, creating craters up to m
secondsacross. Three missiles struck aircraft parking areas where commercial and military aircraft were stationed. Two missiles hit fuel storage tanks,
secondsigniting fires that are still burning hours later. Two missiles struck Terminal causing structural collapse.
secondsOne missile hit the air traffic control tower. people were killed, most of them ground crews, overnight maintenance workers and passengers who were sleeping
secondsin the terminal waiting for morning flights. people were wounded. And as of this moment, Bengurian International Airport is completely shut down. No
secondsflights are landing, no flights are departing. All international air service to and from Israel has been cancelled indefinitely. Israel's only major
secondsinternational airport has been destroyed, and the country is now cut off from the global economy. Ben Gurion handles over million passengers per
secondsyear. It is Israel's economic lifeline to the outside world. Tourism, business travel, cargo operations, medical evacuations, and military logistics all depend on this airport functioning.
minute, secondsWithout it, Israel cannot easily receive emergency supplies, cannot evacuate foreign nationals, cannot maintain normal commercial operations, and cannot
minute, secondsproject the image of stability that foreign investment requires. The repair timeline is estimated at to months minimum. During that time, Israel will
minute, secondsbe economically isolated in ways that no amount of military success can offset.
minute, secondsOver the next few minutes, I'm going to show you exactly what happened during the attack. The aircraft that were destroyed and what their loss means for Israel's aviation industry. Why Iron
minute, secondsDome failed to stop a single missile despite firing interceptors. And how Iran just achieved a strategic objective that cripples Israel's economy without requiring a single ground troop. Quick,
minute, secondsbefore we continue, thanks a lot for tuning in. Your support is what keeps this show going, and I appreciate you watching. Please make sure you're subscribed and like the video so more
minute, secondspeople get to see this. Now, let's get to it. We are now at day of this war.
minute, secondsIran has launched over ballistic missiles since February th. Most of those missiles have targeted military installations, government buildings, and
minutes, secondsinfrastructure that supports Israel's war effort. But the Bengorian strike represents something different. This was not about destroying military
minutes, secondscapability. This was about cutting Israel off from the world and creating economic damage that will persist long after any ceasefire is signed. Bengurion
minutes, secondsInternational Airport is located approximately km southeast of Tel Aviv. It is the largest airport in Israel and handles nearly all of the
minutes, secondscountry's international passenger traffic. The airport has three terminals. Terminal is the main international terminal and handles the
minutes, secondsmajority of passenger traffic. The airport has two runways. The main runway is runway which is
minutes, secondsm long and handles all widebody international flights. The secondary runway is runways which is
minutes, secondsmeters long and primarily handles domestic and smaller regional aircraft.
minutes, secondsOn a normal night, Bengurian has between and aircraft parked at gates, on aprons, and in maintenance areas. On the night of March the th going into March
minutes, secondsth, the airport had aircraft on the ground. That number is higher than normal because international airlines have been reducing flight frequency due
minutes, secondsto the war, but many carriers were still operating limited service. Aircraft that would normally turn around quickly were spending longer on the ground waiting for connecting passengers or cargo. At
minutes, secondsa.m., Israeli radar systems detected ballistic missile launches from western Iran. The missiles were identified as Cororum Shar s based on
minutes, secondstrajectory and velocity. Air raid sirens activated at Bengurian and across the surrounding area. Airport security initiated emergency protocols. Ground
minutes, secondscrews began moving toward shelters, but there was not enough time. The missiles covered the distance from western Iran to Tel Aviv in approximately minutes.
minutes, secondsIron Dome batteries protecting Bengurian engaged the incoming missiles. interceptors were fired. Not a single intercept was successful. All Cororum Shar missiles reached their targets.
minutes, secondsAnd when those missiles hit, they destroyed Israel's connection to the rest of the world. Now we need to talk about what was destroyed because the aircraft that burned at Benoran
minutes, secondsrepresent one of the largest single event aviation losses in history. LL,
minutes, secondsIsrael's national airline, had widebody aircraft on the ground at the time of the attack. These were Boeing Dreamlininers and Boeing OBs.
minutes, secondsEach aircraft is valued at approximately $million. aircraft at million each equals $billion in losses for
minutes, secondsLL alone. But the financial impact is worse than that because LL's entire longhaul fleet was concentrated at Bengurian. The airline has essentially
minutes, secondslost its ability to operate international routes. Lal is now facing bankruptcy. Foreign carriers also suffered massive losses. United Airlines had seven Boeing s on the ground.
minutes, secondsLufansza had five Airbus As. Delta had four Boeing s. British Airways had three Airbus As. Other carriers
minutes, secondsincluding Air France, KLM, Turkish Airlines, and Emirates had a combined aircraft parked at Bengorian. Those aircraft were either waiting for morning
minutes, secondsdepartures or had arrived late and were scheduled to depart the following day.
minutes, secondsWhen the missiles hit the aircraft parking areas, the fuel tanks on those aircraft ignited. Widebody jets carry tens of thousands of gallons of jet
minutes, secondsfuel. When that fuel ignites, the fires burn at temperatures exceeding ° C.
minutes, secondsThe aircraft structures melt. Everything inside burns. By the time firefighting teams could respond, the aircraft were total losses. The Israeli Air Force also
minutes, secondslost military aircraft that were stationed at a section of Benorian used for military logistics and transport operations. These included F-fighters
minutes, secondsundergoing maintenance, Ctransport aircraft, and smaller military planes used for reconnaissance and communications. Those losses degrade
minutes, secondsIsrael's airlift capacity and reduce the number of fighters available for combat operations. Added all together,
minutes, secondsaircraft destroyed, ll planes, $billion. Foreign carriers planes approximately tobillion depending on
minutesaircraft type. Israeli air force planes approximately tobillion. Total estimated losses to billion.
minutes, secondsThat is the largest single event aircraft destruction since September th when nearly aircraft were destroyed or damaged across multiple
minutes, secondsairports in the United States. Most people think that Israel's Iron Dome system is designed to protect high-v value targets like airports. That is correct. Bengurian was protected by
minutes, secondsthree Iron Dome batteries positioned around the airport perimeter. Those batteries were fully operational on the night of March th and they failed completely. Here is what happened.
minutes, secondsAccording to IDF preliminary assessments, the Cororum Shahar four missiles approached Bengurian from multiple directions simultaneously. Each
minutes, secondsmissile carries a cluster warhead that deploys submunitions during terminal descent. That means missiles became separate targets. Iron Dome tracked
minutes, secondsthe incoming missiles and attempted to engage. interceptors were fired. But the Corormchar submunitions are designed to evade interception. They
minutes, secondsmaneuver unpredictably during descent using GPS guidance and control fins.
minutes, secondsThey deploy at altitudes low enough that Iron Dome has very limited engagement time. And when submunitions are arriving simultaneously, the defensive
minutes, secondssystem cannot process fast enough. Not a single missile was intercepted. All reach their target zones. The submunitions hit runways, terminals,
minutes, secondsfuel storage, aircraft parking, and the control tower with precision. The attack was designed to cause maximum operational disruption and maximum
minutes, secondseconomic damage, and it succeeded. The runway craters are m across and m deep. Repairing them requires excavation, compaction, and repaving
minutes, secondswith reinforced concrete capable of supporting widebody aircraft. The repair timeline for the main runway alone is to months. Terminal suffered
minutes, secondsstructural collapse when two missiles hit the building. The entire terminal will likely need to be demolished and rebuilt. That is a to month
minutes, secondsproject. The aircraft wrecks need to be cleared from the aprons and taxiways before normal operations can resume.
minutes, secondsThat is a to threemonth process involving cutting the burned aircraft into pieces and hauling away the debris.
minutes, secondAnd the fuel contamination from the storage tank fires has spread across sections of the airport. Jet fuel has soaked into the ground and will require environmental remediation before those
minutes, secondsareas can be used safely. That adds another to four months to the timeline. The optimistic estimate for reopening Bengurian is September
minutes, secondsThe realistic estimate is January
minutes, secondsIsrael will be without a functioning international airport for at least months and possibly as long as months. This is not the first time an airport has been destroyed during a military conflict. On July th,
minutes, secondsIsraeli Air Force jets bombed Rafikh Harreri International Airport in Beirut,
minutes, secondsLebanon. The attack destroyed the runways and put the airport out of service for weeks. Israel's justification was that Hezbollah was using the airport to transport weapons
minutes, secondsand personnel. The international community condemned the attack as a disproportionate use of force against civilian infrastructure. [clears throat]
minutes, secondsNow, years later, Iran has done the exact same thing to Israel, and the strategic impact is far worse because Israel has no alternative international
minutesairport. Lebanon could reroute some traffic through Damascus or other regional airports. Israel cannot.
minutes, secondsBengurion is the only airport in Israel capable of handling widebody international flights. There are smaller airports at Hifa and Allet, but they
minutes, secondscannot accommodate Boeing s or Airbus As. They are designed for regional turborops and smaller jets. That detail
minutes, secondsmatters because it means Israel is now completely dependent on sea and land routes for imports and exports. And both of those routes are compromised. The
minutes, secondsstraight of Hormuz has been closed for days, blocking oil shipments. Iranian missiles have hit ships in the Mediterranean. Land routes through Jordan and Egypt are slower and more
minutes, secondsexpensive than air cargo. Israel's supply chain is collapsing and the economic costs are staggering. Every week that Bengurian remains closed costs
minutes, secondsthe Israeli economy approximately tobillion. Tourism revenue $million per week lost. Business travel
minutes, secondsmillion per week. Cargo operations billion per week. Add in the indirect costs from reduced foreign investment,
minutescanceled contracts, and business relocations. And the total economic damage could exceed $billion if the airport remains closed for a year. Now
minutes, secondstowards the end here, I want to show you the insurance cascade that is making this crisis even worse. Because while Israel is trying to figure out how to
minutes, secondsrepair Bengurian, the global aviation insurance industry is deciding that Israeli operations are uninsurable.
minutes, secondsAviation insurance works on the principle that catastrophic events are rare. A major airport attack that destroys aircraft in one night is not
minutes, secondsrare. It is a proven and repeatable threat. Insurance companies are now recalculating their risk models for Bengurian. Even after the airport is
minutes, secondsrepaired, insurers are indicating they will not provide coverage for aircraft operations at Bengurian unless Israel can demonstrate reliable protection
minutes, secondsagainst ballistic missile attacks. And Israel cannot demonstrate that. Iron Dome just failed completely. Lal is facing an tobillion insurance
minutes, secondsclaim for its destroyed fleet. That is the largest single aviation insurance payout in history. The insurance companies covering LL are already
minutesindicating they will not renew policies for any replacement aircraft that operate out of Bengurian. That means even if LLAL had the money to buy new
minutes, secondsplanes, it could not insure them. And without insurance, the airline cannot operate. Foreign carriers are making similar calculations. Lufansza, United,
minutes, secondsDelta, and British Airways all lost aircraft at Bengorian. Their insurance companies are paying out billions in claims. And those same insurers are
minutes, secondstelling the airlines, "We will not cover future operations at Benorian until the security situation fundamentally changes. If foreign carriers cannot get
minutes, secondsinsurance, they will not return to Israel even after the airport reopens."
minutes, secondsIsrael is facing a scenario where Bengurian gets repaired but remains largely empty because no airline can afford the insurance costs of operating
minutes, secondsthere. On March th at a.m. hours after the attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency
minutes, secondscabinet meeting. According to sources who attended, Netanyahu was presented with an option to retaliate by striking Tran's Imam Kmeni International Airport.
minutes, secondsThe argument was that Iran had destroyed Israel's airport, so Israel should destroy Iran's airport. an eye for an eye. Netanyahu decided against it. The
minutes, secondsreason striking a civilian airport in Tehran would kill hundreds of Iranian civilians and cross a line that would make it impossible to maintain international support for Israel's
minutes, secondsmilitary operations. It would also invite further Iranian retaliation against Israeli civilian infrastructure.
minutes, secondsAnd it would not solve the fundamental problem which is that Israel cannot defend Bengurian from Iranian ballistic missiles. Instead, Netanyahu gave a brief statement to the press. He said,
minutes, seconds"We are assessing the damage and will ensure Benorian is rebuilt stronger than before. We cannot guarantee it will not be hit again, but we are working with
minutes, secondsour American partners to enhance our defensive capabilities." That statement tells you everything. He cannot guarantee it will not happen again. That
minutes, secondsmeans when Bengurian reopens, it remains a target. Airlines know this. Insurers know this. And the traveling public knows this. No one wants to fly through
minutes, secondsan airport that the prime minister admits he cannot defend. The broader pattern keeps accelerating. Over to Iranian civilians confirmed dead.
minutes, secondsAmerican service members killed across the region. The Strait of Hormuz closed for days. Oil prices above $per barrel. And now Israel's only
minutes, secondsinternational airport destroyed with aircraft burned in to months before operations can resume. missiles,
minutes, secondsaircraft destroyed, killed. Bengurian shut down indefinitely. to month repair timeline. two to three billion
minutes, secondsdollars per week in economic losses. LL facing bankruptcy. Foreign carriers refusing to return. Insurance companies declaring Bengurian uninsurable. And
minutes, secondsNetanyahu admitting he cannot guarantee it will not happen again. Iran just achieved a strategic victory without landing a single soldier on Israeli
minutes, secondssoil. Cutting off Israel's airport cripples the economy, isolates the country, and creates costs that will persist for years. This is not about
minutes, secondswinning battles. This is about making Israel economically unsustainable. Share this to every person who thinks military strikes alone can win wars. Iran
minutes, secondsdestroyed aircraft in one attack and forced the closure of Israel's only international airport. That is economic warfare that no amount of air strikes on Iranian military targets can offset.
minutes, secondsThanks a lot for watching. I really appreciate your support. Join the discussion in the comments below. Let me know your thoughts. Can Israel defend Bengurian if it reopens? Will airlines
minutes, secondsreturn? Let me know. Please subscribe and like the video if you want to stay updated. and click the video on the screen to see another.

‘JUST FOR FUN…’: Trump’s MIND-BLOWING Iran Bombing Announcement Triggers Tehran | Watch
Times Of India
Mar 14, 2026 #trump #khargisland #iran

US President Donald Trump said the United States military could strike Iran’s strategic Kharg Island again — “a few more times… just for fun.” Trump claimed earlier US strikes had “totally demolished” most of the island, which serves as the backbone of Iran’s oil exports. The remarks came as tensions escalate over the security of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for global oil shipments. Trump also warned of a stronger US push to secure the waterway and urged allied nations to join the operation, while saying Tehran’s current terms for ending the conflict are “not good enough yet.”



Transcript

secondsUS President Donald Trump appears determined to cross Iran's red line.
secondsCar Island, the backbone of Iran's oil economy, has now become the epicenter of the escalating conflict.
secondsNow, Trump said he would bomb Car Island again and this time, in his words, just
secondsfor fun. Speaking with NBC News in a telephonic interview, Trump said more
secondsstrikes could follow as Iran continues its blockade on the critical straight of Hormuz.
secondsHe urged allies to send warships to secure the critical narrow waterway, a route vital for global oil supplies.
minute, secondsAccording to Trump, US strikes have totally demolished most of Iran's strategic Carg island. He also warned
minute, secondsthe attacks may not be over yet, saying the United States could hit the island again a few more times just for fun.
minute, secondsTrump also claimed that Thran appears ready to negotiate an end to the conflict, but said the current terms
minute, secondsbeing offered by Iran are not good enough yet. warning of a major security push, Trump said, "We're going to be sweeping the straight very strongly,"
minute, secondsand added that other countries could join the operation, especially those whose oil shipments have been disrupted.
minute, secondsIn a separate post on Truth Social,
minute, secondsTrump said the United States of America has beaten and completely decimated Iran both militarily, economically, and in
minutes, secondsevery other way. But the countries of the world that receive oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage, and we will help.
minutes, secondsThe comments mark a sharp escalation in rhetoric.
minutes, secondsOn March th, the US bombed Carg Island, a lifeline of Iran's oil export.
minutes, seconds% of Iranian oil exports from Kog Island, which is about km off the
minutes, secondsIranian mainland and km northwest of the straight of Hormuz.
minutes, secondsMeanwhile, Iran's armed forces are now threatening tit fortat strikes on oil companies linked to the United States across the region.
minutes, secondsIran's joint military command spokesman Ibrahim Zulfagari accused the US of
minutes, secondsusing ports and hideouts in the UAE to launch strikes on Iranian territory.
minutes, secondsHe warned that those launch points could now become targets and urged residents near ports and docks in the UAE to evacuate.
minutes, secondsThe invading US military after its military bases in the region were destroyed has fired missiles at the
minutes, secondsIranian island of Abu Musa while taking shelter in ports, docks, and hideouts within cities in the UAE. We declare to
minutes, secondsthe leaders of the UAE that the Islamic Republic of Iran considers it its legitimate right in defense of its
minutes, secondsnational sovereignty and territory to strike and hit the launch points of American enemy missiles located in
minutes, secondsshipping ports, docks, and the hideouts of US forces that are taking cover in some cities of the UAE. We call on the
minutes, secondsMuslim people of the UAE and residents of populated areas to clear out of the ports, docks, and the hideouts used by
minutes, secondsAmerican forces in UAE cities so that they do not get harmed. Surely Allah is mighty, the Lord of Retribution. The
minutes, secondsislands off Iran have become the latest focus of the war. Despite intense strikes, Tehran continues to project defiance.
minutes, secondsIran's ferocious response has already sent shock waves across the region. And now, amid a tense calm over CARG, Iran
minutes, secondsis preparing for a stronger retaliation as the war enters its third week on March th with no end in sight soon.
minutes, secondsMassive escalation in the ongoing war between US Israel and Iran.
minutes, secondsThis as US President Donald Trump said American forces carried out the most powerful bombing raid on Carg Island,
minutes, secondsthe heart of Iran's oil empire.
minutes, secondsTrump claimed that every military target on the island was destroyed and emphasized that he chose not to damage
minutes, secondsthe oil facilities for reasons of decency. In a post on Truth Social,
minutes, secondsTrump said that at his direction, United States Central Command launched a massive strike targeting military
minutes, secondsfacilities on Kar Island, a peace strategic hub for Iran. According to Trump, all military targets on the
minutes, secondsisland were totally obliterated in the operation. However, the US president said he deliberately chose not to strike Iran's oil infrastructure on the island,
minutes, secondscalling it a decision made for reasons of decency.
minutes, secondsBut Trump issued a stern warning. If Iran or any other actor threatens shipping through the strategic straight
minutes, secondsof Hormuz, the United States could immediately target the island's oil facilities. The president also
minutes, secondsreiterated Washington's long-standing position that Iran will never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. The strike
minutes, secondsmarks one of the most direct US military actions against Iran in recent years as tensions in the region continue to soar.
minutes, secondMeanwhile, in another post, Trump said Iran had ambitions to dominate the entire Middle East region and destroy
minutes, secondsIsrael, but claimed that those plans are now dead.
minutes, secondsHello everybody.
minutes, secondsSo, the situation in Iran is going very well. a lot of uh big hits today, a lot of big winds today as you probably have
minutes, secondsheard militarily and I think it's going very well and uh it's a very good control. We'll see
minutes, secondswhat's happening with the Straits. Uh they continue to try and sabotage their own country in the Middle East, but uh it's been very very strong militarily.
minutes, secondsPresident, what's your message to voters who may be concerned about the potential for rising gas prices? Well, I think your gas prices as soon as that's over
minutes, secondsare going to come tumbling down along with everything else. I think it's going to be you're going to see a very big decrease in the price of gasoline, gas,
minutes, secondanything having to do with energy uh as soon as this is ended. But we had to end the nuclear threat in the Middle East and throughout the world and uh we will have done that.
minutes, secondsYou still expect unconditional surrender? And what does that mean to you, sir? For me, it means very simply that we are in a position of uh of
minutes, secondsdominance that nobody's ever seen before. And whether or not they're able to say the words or whether or not they're able to even fight, uh their navy is gone, their air force is gone,
minutes, secondsmost of their military is gone, their big threat is gone in every way. They have no radar, they have no anti-aircraft
minutes, secondsweapons for the most part, weapons. and for indefinitely. They have no way of of of determining what they call visibility.
minutes, secondsSo just about everything is gone and you'll see that. But today we've had some very very big hits, very powerful hits.
minutes, secondsMr. President, when will the Navy start escorting tankers through the straits of Hormuz?
minutes, secondsHas spoken with Chinese President Xi about the the Iran war?
minutes, secondsI have and we're discussing a couple of different things with him. Not only that, but other things.
minutes, secondsOn the on the Save Act, if uh Leader Thun cannot whip up the Republican support to either nuke the filibuster,
minutes, secondsreopen the government and pass the Save Act, or somehow the Save. It's called the Save America Act,
minutes, secondsright, sir? Do you think if if Leader Thun can't accomplish that, do you think Senate needs a new leader?
minutes, secondsIt's certainly a very popular thing. I don't think there's ever been a bill that's more popular than the Save America Act. It's voter ID. It's a proof
minutes, secondsof citizenship. Uh it's things that are so popular. No men and women sports. Uh no transgender mutilization of our children. Uh so many different things.
minutes, secondsIt's so good. No, uh no running around with the mailin ballot nonsense that's gone on for so long that no other
minutes, secondscountry does. No other country. We're going to clean up our elections. I don't think I've ever been involved in anything that's had the support of the
minutes, secondsSave America Act. So, we'll see what happens.
minutes, secondsCurrently, are you speaking with uh Prime Minister Netanyahu? And are your objectives the same in terms of ending the war?
minutes, secondsI think they might be a little different. I guess you know, they're a different country than we are, but he will tell you there's never been a power like the power of the United States. I built our military in my first term,
minutes, secondscontinue to do so. But I built our military and rebuilt it. It was in bad shape, just like the wall, just like the
minutes, secondsborder, just like everything else in our country. was all in bad shape. But I rebuilt the military in my first term and we're using it in this term to you
minutes, secondsknow really for the sake of good for the sake of peace and for the sake of safety and good daily.
minutes, secondsDo you speak with Netanyahu daily?
minutes, secondsHow long now do you think the war is likely to last?
minutes, secondsCan't tell you that. I mean I have my own idea but what good does it do? It'll be as long as it's necessary. Uh they've
minutes, secondsbeen decimated the countries their country is in bad shape. the whole thing is collapsing. Uh if you read some of the fake news, it's like, oh, they're
minutes, secondsdoing wonderfully. They're not doing wonderfully. They're doing the opposite.
minutes, secondsThey're doing as bad as you can have. I would say this, uh I won't give you time, but we're way ahead of schedule.
minutes, secondsYou comment on way ahead of schedule.
minutes, secondsDid Putin make an offer to you this week that he would be willing to send in troops to take the uranium and store it?
minutes, secondsI can't talk to you about made a post about Claudia Shine Bomb refusing your help in Mexico. What's your plan with Mexico?
minutes, secondsWell, she should not have refused my help. I offered to get rid of the cartels in Mexico, and for some reason,
minutes, secondsshe doesn't want to do that. I like her very much, but she should get rid of the cartels because the cartels are, whether we like it or not, the cartels are running Mexico. We can't have that.
minutes, secondsThank you.
minutes, secondsCar Island, considered Iran's oil lifeline, was at the radar of the Trump administration ever since the conflict
minutes, secondsstarted. The attack marks a huge escalation in the ongoing war. Carg Island is widely considered the oil
minutes, secondslifeline of Iran and one of the most strategic energy hubs in the Persian Gulf. The -m long Coral Island lies
minutes, secondsabout mi off Iran's mainland coast and serves as the country's primary oil export terminal. It handles around %
minutes, secondsof Iran's crude oil exports, moving roughly million barrels of oil annually with a loading capacity of
minutes, secondsnearly million barrels per day, making it an undisputed backbone of Iran's economy.
minutes, secondsThe attacks came hours after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegsith said the American forces would conduct the most intense strikes today.
minutes, secondsThe strikes also came as the US military ordered Marines and an amphibious assault ship to the Middle East.
minutes, secondsAccording to a US official,

US Cloning Iranian Drones? Shocking Twist After Tehran Bombards American Bases In Middle East
Times Of India
Mar 14, 2026 #iranuswar #middleeastcrisis #iranconflict

Tensions in the Middle East are spiraling as Iran accuses the United States and Israel of staging false-flag attacks using a reverse-engineered Shahed-136 drone, reportedly called “Lucas.” Tehran claims these strikes on civilian infrastructure in Turkey, Kuwait, and Iraq are designed to frame Iran, sow regional distrust, and isolate the Islamic Republic diplomatically. Iranian officials insist their operations target only U.S. and Israeli military assets and are publicly acknowledged, warning that manufactured attacks risk undermining trust and escalating conflict across the region.



Transcript

The shadow war in the Middle East just got darker and far more complicated. For weeks now, tensions between Iran and the
secondsUnited States have been rising. Drone strikes, cyber operations, intelligence battles, and proxy conflicts have turned the region into a dangerous chessboard.
secondsBut now, Iran's military leadership is making a serious accusation.
secondsAccording to a spokesman for the Katam Alambia's central headquarters, the United States and Israel may be
secondsconducting a sophisticated false flag operation using a copy of one of Iran's most notorious weapons,
secondsthe Shahed drone. This loitering munition, widely known for its distinctive buzzing sound and long
secondsrange, has become a symbol of Iran's drone warfare capabilities. It's cheap,
secondseffective, and capable of striking targets hundreds of kilometers away. But Iran claims something unusual is
minute, secondshappening. The spokesman says that the United States and Israel have reverse engineered the Shahed creating their own version of the drone,
minute, secondsreportedly called Lucas. And according to Thrron, this clone is allegedly being used to attack civilian infrastructure
minute, secondsacross the region while making it appear as if Iran is responsible. If true, that would mean a deliberate attempt to frame
minute, secondsIran, spark outrage among neighboring countries, and isolate Thran diplomatically.
minute, secondsIran says the motive is clear. After suffering military setbacks and struggling to build strong political
minute, secondscoalitions against Iran, Washington and its allies may be resorting to deception, attempting to manufacture incidents that justify tougher action.
minute, secondsIn recent days, several suspicious drone attacks have targeted facilities in countries like Turkey, Kuwait, and Iraq.
minutes, secondsWestern media reports quickly pointed fingers at Iran. But Iranian officials insist those accusations are false. They
minutes, secondssay their military operations follow a strict doctrine. Only military targets connected to the United States or Israel
minutes, secondsare legitimate objectives. Civilian infrastructure, according to Thran, is off limits. And when Iran does conduct
minutes, secondsan operation, officials say they publicly acknowledge it. This is why the latest attacks raise red flags in
minutes, secondsTehran. Iranian authorities argue that these strikes show signs of being deliberately staged to create confusion
minutes, secondsand distrust between Iran and its neighbors. The bigger goal to fracture regional cooperation and paint Iran as
minutes, secondsthe aggressor. There is also some evidence fueling the debate. On March nd, the United Kingdom's Ministry of
minutes, secondDefense confirmed that a Shahed type drone that struck the RAF Arai base in Cyprus did not originate from Iran.
minutes, secondsIranian foreign minister Abbas Arachi has also accused Israel of launching drone attacks from Azerbaijan and then
minutes, secondsblaming Thran. and Iran's ambassador to Saudi Arabia has denied any Iranian role in an alleged drone attack targeting the
minutes, secondsUS embassy in Riyad. The most recent incident occurred just days ago. A drone strike targeted the Lana refinery in
minutes, secondsIraqi Kurdistan. Once again, speculation quickly pointed toward Iran, but Iranian media citing military sources say the
minutes, secondsattack had nothing to do with Iran or the so-called axis of resistance. If Tehran's claims are accurate, the
minutes, secondsimplications are enormous. False flag operations have historically been used to justify wars, trigger retaliation,
minutes, secondsand shift public opinion. And in a region already on edge, even one miscalculation could spiral into a major
minutes, secondsconflict. So the question remains, are these attacks truly Iranian operations,
minutes, secondsor is someone else using Iran's own weapons against it in a highstakes geopolitical deception? In the Middle
minutes, secondsEast silent drone war, the truth may be far harder to detect than the aircraft themselves. And as accusations fly, one
minutes, secondsthing is certain. The pressure is rising, and every move now risks pushing the region closer to a much larger confrontation.
minutes, secondsIran has claimed a massive espionage crackdown amid the ongoing war with the United States and Israel.
minutes, secondsAccording to Iran's Press TV, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC,
minutes, secondIntelligence Wing, has reportedly detained individuals who were accused of gathering intelligence on military sites for foreign adversaries.
minutes, secondsThe regime, now led by Mojaba Kani, has been carrying out crackdowns on what it calls as an espionage network amid war with the United States and Israel.
minutes, secondsAccording to IRGC affiliated Taznim agency, four
minutes, secondspeople were arrested for allegedly sharing sensitive information with UKbased media house Iran International.
minutes, secondsThe crackdown on alleged espionage network comes at a time when federal authorities in the United States are on
minutes, secondsalert following reports of Thrron allegedly planning attacks on American soil using sleeper cells.
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Iran Just Did Something UNBELIEVABLE to US forces in UAE…Then Mass Surrender Erupts - OPTM
OPTM
Mar 14, 2026



Transcript

Welcome. I want to talk about what is happening right now in the Gulf because the images coming out of the United Arab Emirates are nothing short of a
secondsstrategic earthquake. For years, we have watched Dubai market itself as a gleaming bubble of safety, a neutral playground for the wealthy where
secondsgeopolitics simply doesn't intrude. That bubble, my friends, has just been vaporized by Iranian artificial intelligence. We are witnessing the
secondsopening salvo of a new kind of warfare and the corrupt monarchies of the Gulf are learning a very hard lesson.
secondsAn intercepted drone strike has hit one of the largest oil storage facilities in the Middle East suspending some of its operations. The attack on the port of
secondsFujira in the UAE caused huge clouds of smoke across the complex. Some oil loading operations in the port of UAE's
secondsFujay outside the straight of Hormuz have been suspended and this is after a drone attack on the port.
secondsAn oil tanker has been targeted by Iran near the port of Sharah in UAE and also erupted at Pujera oil port after
minute, secondsstrikes. When you allow the American military and Israeli intelligence to use your land as a launchpad to butcher the people of Iran, you do not get to cry
minute, secondsneutrality when the missiles come flying back at you. This morning, in what the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has dubbed a special operation, Thran
minute, secondsdeployed its first wave of AI equipped missiles and drones against American logistics hubs in the UAE. And here is
minute, secondsthe part that should terrify the Pentagon. The artificial intelligence worked. Social media is lighting up with verified clips showing an Iranian projectile performing aerial gymnastics,
minute, secondsdodging no less than six American Patriot missiles over Fujira before slamming into its target. You can watch the aftermath. We have not verified this footage.
minutes, secondThe reinforced air defense systems that the US military so proudly deployed around oil installations, data centers,
minutes, secondsand military bases were outsmarted by algorithms. We are not talking about simple rockets anymore. We are talking
minutes, secondsabout munitions that can identify a target, differentiate it from decoys,
minutes, secondsand evade the most expensive defense systems on the planet. This isn't just an attack. It's a proof of concept that the balance of power has shifted. If you
minutes, secondsare just joining us and you want to understand why your morning coffee order failed in Dubai or why your bank app wouldn't load, you need to listen
minutes, secondsclosely. And frankly, if you believe in honest journalism that tells you the truth about American Empire and its consequences, please take a moment to
minutes, secondshit that like button and share this video. The algorithm is designed to bury voices that challenge the mainstream narrative. So, dropping a simple dot or
minutes, secondsa comment, just something to boost the signal, helps us break through the noise. And if you haven't already, smash that subscribe button. We need you with us to keep this honest coverage alive.
minutes, secondsLet's get into the specifics because the devil is absolutely in the details. The primary target of this morning's
minutes, secondsAIdriven operation was the Fujira oil terminal. Fujira is not just some small dock. It is one of the most critical
minutes, secondsenergy choke points on Earth, handling millions of barrels of crude daily just outside the straight of Hormuz.
minutes, secondsWitnesses reported multiple drones slamming into the facility, sending huge plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. The IRGC timed this perfectly,
minutes, secondsstriking just as the US and Israel were boasting about their own strikes on Iran's Kar Island. The IRGC timed this
minutes, secondsperfectly, striking just as the US and Israel were boasting about their own strikes on Iran's Kar Island, Iran's
minutes, secondsmain export hub. Thrron's message is brutally clear. If you target our ability to feed our people, we will set
minutes, secondyour oil fields on fire. And let's be real, the fact that the UAE thought they could host the logistics for an American
minutes, secondswar on Iran while remaining untouched is the height of delusional arrogance. But the strikes on oil are only half the
minutes, secondsstory. The most sophisticated attacks this morning targeted the very infrastructure of the future. The Guardian reported extensively on a
minutes, secondscoordinated strike that hit Amazon Web Services data centers. Think about that.
minutes, secondsThe IRGC didn't just hit a military base, they hit the servers running Dubai's economy. At in the morning,
minutes, secondsa Shahed one guided by AI ignited a facility that stores data for millions
minutes, secondsof people. When you woke up this morning and couldn't pay for a taxi, check your bank balance, or order food, it wasn't a
minutes, secondsglitch. It was a direct consequence of the UAE government allowing the US and Israel to use its territory to unlive
minutes, secondsIranians. The IRGC specifically stated that these data centers were targeted because of their role in supporting the
minutes, secondsenemy's military and intelligence activities. The Gulf States want to be the AI superpowers of the world. But
minutes, secondsthey are learning that Silicon Valley logic doesn't work when you have a target painted on your back by your own foreign policy. And this brings us to
minutes, secondsthe grotesque hypocrisy of the UAE government. You have Emirati ministers going on the BBC like Lana Newsbe did
minutes, secondsrecently ringing their hands and demanding that Iran stop striking the Gulf. They claim with a straight face that they did not allow their territory
minutes, secondsto be used for attacks. Let me ask you a simple question. If American B-s are refueling at Aldafra air base. If CIA
minutes, secondsdrones are launching from UAE runways to spy on Iran. If special forces are staging out of ports in FYRA to funnel
minutes, secondsammunition. Are you neutral? The IRGC isn't buying it. In a statement released just hours ago, the Katam ala central
minutes, secondsheadquarters issued a direct warning to civilians in the UAE. Evacuate port areas. Stay away from military bases and
minutes, secondsleave any area where US forces are hiding. They advised UAE citizens to avoid ports, docks, and American
minutes, secondshideouts to avoid harm. This is not a threat of random violence. This is a precision warning. They are telling the
minutes, secondsexpats and locals, "Get away from the American war machine because we are coming for it.
minutes, secondsForeign speech. Foreign speech. Foreign speech.
minutes, secondsThe regime in Abu Dhabi and Dubai is now in a state of panic. You can see it in their actions. After the strikes, police
minutes, secondsin Abu Dhabi arrested people for the crime of filming the drones and missiles in the sky. They are terrified of the
minutes, secondstruth getting out. They are sending text alerts to residents threatening legal action if they share information. They
minutes, secondsare trying to pretend that the war isn't there, that the debris crashing into buildings in central Dubai is just a
minutes, secondsminor mishap. But the reality is that the myth of the UAE as a safe haven is permanently destroyed. If you are an investor looking at the Gulf right now,
minutes, secondsyou have to ask yourself, is my data center safe? Is my oil tanker safe? The answer is a resounding no. The UAE has
minutes, secondstraded its security for a seat at the table with American Empire and now the bill has come due. Looking at the bigger picture, the United States under a Trump
minutes, secondsadministration that seems utterly detached from reality is pushing for a total escalation. Trump is threatening to totally obliterate Iran's oil
minutes, secondsinfrastructure on Kar Island if they continue to block the straight of Hormuz. Yet Iran army is demanding some heavy tax on the US to end the war.
minutes, secondsTrump is cooked.
minutes, secondsThat's the most
minutes, secondsforces. But here is the problem with that macho Trump posturing. Iran has already proven they can shut the
minutes, secondsstraight and they have already proven they can hit back harder. The Pentagon has reportedly spent over $billion in
minutes, secondsthe first week of this conflict. And for what? To watch their advanced Patriot systems get embarrassed by Iranian AI.
minutes, secondsThe IRGC is vowing to target any energy facility in the Gulf linked to the US,
minutes, secondswhich means the future of every oil platform in the UAE is now hanging by a thread. So what is the takeaway in today
minutes, secondsupdate? The shock and awe doctrine that America relied on for decades is dead.
minutes, secondsIt has been replaced by a new era of asymmetric intelligence. Iran has effectively use this moment to demonstrate that they can reach into the
minutes, secondsheart of the Gulf's most protected spaces. They have shown that data centers need missile defense systems just as much as military bases do. and
minutes, secondsthey have exposed the Emirati leadership as powerless vassels who cannot protect their own borders or their own economy because they hitched their wagon to a
minutes, secondsdying star. The civilians in Dubai are now paying the price for their government's treachery. As the smoke rises over Fujira and the servers stay
minutes, secondsdark in Dubai, one thing is certain, the region will never be the same. The age of safe pampered neutrality in the Gulf
minutes, secondsis over. And frankly, the monarchies have no one to blame but themselves.

U.S. Rushes 2,500 Troop Deployment After Iran Blasts American Military Sites
Global Military Update
Mar 14, 2026 #IranWar #MiddleEastCrisis #Iran
#IranWar #MiddleEastCrisis #Iran #WarUpdate #MilitaryNews

The U.S. is rushing 2,500 Marines into the Middle East aboard the USS Tripoli after two weeks of missile strikes, dead American troops, hits on U.S. bases, and a still-closed Strait of Hormuz. If this war is really being “won,” why is Washington sending one of its biggest new reinforcements yet?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uOl2hYXhZQE

Transcript

Day of Operation Epic Fury. America's deploying Marines from the st Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Middle East aboard the USS Tripoli warship.
secondsThis comes as a sudden response to Iran's escalating retaliation. In the past weeks, Iran has fired over ballistic missiles and nearly
secondsdrones across the region. American service members are dead. are wounded. This morning, a missile hit the United States embassy in Baghdad and took out part of its air defense system.
secondsThe US naval headquarters in Bahrain have been hit multiple times and the straight of Hormuz which carries % of the world's oil has been closed for
secondsweeks. This is the war that defense secretary Pete Hexath says America is winning. Over the next few minutes, I'm
secondsgoing to break down exactly why these Marines are being rushed into a conflict America claims is over, what Iran has done to American military
secondsinfrastructure across the region, and what this reveals about the future of the conflict. These Marines were not sitting in a staging area waiting for
secondsorders. days before the deployment dropped, the st MEU was running exercise Iron Fist in Japan. That
minute, secondsexercise was cut short. The entire unit pivoted toward the Persian Gulf. These are not rear echelon support personnel.
minute, secondsThe st MEU integrates air and ground combat into a single expeditionary force. Amphibious landings, port seizures, limited scale raids, maritime
minute, secondsplatform captures, embassy reinforcement, and non-combatant evacuations. That last one matters more than anyone is admitting right now, and
minute, secondswe will come back to why. The ship carrying them tells you even more about what America is preparing for. The USS
minute, secondsTripole is an - ft America class amphibious assault ship homeported in SEBO, Japan. In April of this ship
minute, secondsset a record by embarking at least F-B Lightning stealth fighters,
minute, secondsproving what the Navy calls the lightning carrier concept. It also carries MVOsperries and MHS Seah
minute, secondsHawk helicopters. This is not a transport vessel. It is a floating air base that can project force from over the horizon before a single boot touches
minutes, secondsshore. Riding alongside it, the guided missile cruiser, USS Robert Smalls, the guided missile destroyer USS Raphael
minutes, secondsPeralta, and the amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans. Commercial satellites caught the Tripoli sailing alone south of Taiwan through the Luzon
minutes, secondsStrait on Thursday. That puts it more than a week from Iranian waters. And that is where this gets bigger than the Middle East. The Tripoli group is the
minutes, secondsmost significant military asset pulled out of Indoacific Command's inventory since this war started. Before this,
minutes, secondstransfers from the Pacific were limited to THAAD and Patriot battery components moved from South Korea. A decision that triggered a formal statement from the
minutes, secondsSouth Korean president. Now, an entire amphibious ready group is leaving the Western Pacific. That leaves a gap in the seventh fleet area at exactly the
minutes, secondsmoment when tensions around Taiwan have not cooled one degree. The Navy is betting the Middle East matters more than the Taiwan Strait right now. Or
minutes, secondsthat is a calculation with enormous consequences if Beijing decides to test the opening. With this deployment, total naval assets in the region climb to at
minutes, secondsleast warships. The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, the USS Gerald R.
minutes, secondsFord, which recently transited into the theater. Eight destroyers already operating in the Arabian Sea and now the Tripoli group. Middle East reported that
minutes, secondsup to Marines and sailors are being dispatched in total. Central Command asked for these forces because it needed. And this is the precise
minutes, secondslanguage used. More options. More options against a military that supposedly no longer exists. Now later in what happened this morning in
minutes, secondsBaghdad, a missile punched through the green zone and struck the helellipad inside the United States embassy compound. Associated Press footage showed a thick column of black smoke
minutes, secondsclimbing from the compound. An Iraqi security source said the strike destroyed part of the embassy's air defense system. The embassy itself has
minutes, secondssaid nothing. US diplomatic facilities in Iraq have faced multiple attacks during the war. And America also suspended operations at its embassy in
minutes, secondsKuwait after it was struck earlier in the conflict. The timing of the Baghdad hit is critical. It came just hours after American or Israeli strikes killed
minutes, secondstwo members of KadB Hezbollah in Baghdad's Arasat neighborhood, including someone described by security sources as a key figure. That operation happened at roughly in the morning local time.
minutes, secondsThe retaliation was fast. Iran aligned armed groups operating under the Islamic Resistance in Iraq umbrella have been claiming daily attacks on American
minutes, secondspositions since the war began. But the day before the embassy strike or the security picture around American personnel in Iraq was already deteriorating. The embassy had renewed its highest level security alert,
minutes, secondswarning that Iran and aligned militia groups were likely to continue targeting American citizens and US interests. The threat is clearly growing, even if many
minutes, secondsof the most dramatic claims circulating online remain difficult to independently verify. Pull back now and look at the scale of what Iran has thrown at this
minutes, secondswar. Since February the th, the IRGC has launched what it calls multiple waves of Operation True Promise. By
minutes, secondsMarch the th alone, Iranian state media reported more than ballistic and naval missiles fired, plus nearly drones, roughly % aimed at Israel, %
minutes, secondsdirected at American targets across the Gulf. The IRGC confirmed it has targeted at least separate bases where
minutes, secondsAmerican troops operate. Most people think Iran's retaliation has been symbolic, a few rockets that get intercepted and make the news cycle. In
minutes, secondsreality, American service members are confirmed dead as of Friday. About have been wounded, eight of them severely. Six Army reserveists from the
minutes, secondsrd Sustainment Command out of De Moine, Iowa were killed by a drone strike at Port Schwea in Kuwait on the second day of the war. Six more crew
minutes, secondsmembers died Thursday when a KC Strat tanker refueling aircraft went down during combat operations in western Iraq. The crash was not caused by enemy
minutes, secondsfire, but it happened in a combat zone under wartime conditions. Naval Support Activity Bahrain, which serves as the headquarters of United States Naval
minutes, secondsForces Central Command in the fifth fleet, has taken extensive damage.
minutes, secondsMultiple Iranian missile and drone strikes have hit warehouses, satellite dishes, and the main base infrastructure. This is a facility that normally hosts sailors and their
minutes, secondsfamilies. In Kuwait, friendly fire brought down three American FE Strike Eagles on March the st when Kuwaiti air
minutes, secondsdefenses mistakenly engaged them. All six crew survived, but the incident reveals the fog and chaos surrounding this theater. Pentagon briefings to
minutes, secondssenators confirm that the first six days of Operation Epic Fury alone cost American taxpayers an estimated billion. The Gulf States are absorbing
minutes, secondspunishment, too. Bahrain has intercepted missiles and drones since the war began. Residential towers in Manama
minutes, secondshave been hit. A -year-old woman was killed, eight others wounded in a single building strike. Dubai International Airport took a hit. Hotels in the UAE
minutes, secondswere struck. Saudi Arabia has been intercepting waves of missiles and drones aimed at the Shabba oil field, a facility sitting on top of billion
minutes, secondsbarrels of reserves. Jordan absorbed Iranian missiles and drones. people injured. In Oman, two people died from
minutes, secondsdrone strikes. Fuel tanks at Salala port were hit. And off the coast of Basra in Iraqi waters, Iranian explosiveladen drone boats set two oil tankers on fire,
minutes, secondskilling at least one crew member. This is not a contained conflict. This is a regional war. And now the part I promised, the Straight of Hormuz, mi
minutes, secondswide at its narrowest. Roughly million barrels of petroleum liquids pass through it every single day. That is about % of everything the world
minutes, secondsconsumes. Within hours of the war starting, the IRGC declared the strait closed. By midnight on March the nd,
minutes, secondszero tankers were broadcasting AIS signals inside the waterway. Traffic dropped % immediately and then collapsed to near nothing. More than
minutes, secondscommercial vessels anchored outside the straight, refusing to enter. Shipping through the straight has become commercially prohibitive for many operators because of the risk. With
minutes, secondshundreds of vessels anchoring outside and waiting for conditions to change,
minutes, secondsthe waterway shut down not because of a naval blockade in the traditional sense,
minutes, secondsbut because the economics of passage became impossible. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center has logged at least attacks on shipping
minutes, secondsand four suspicious incidents since February the th. Tankers set ablaze. A tugboat dispatched for rescue operations hit by two missiles and sunk. Three crew
minutes, secondsstill missing. The Thai flagged Mayor Nari struck in the engine room. Three crew unaccounted for. A sea drone hit the Sonagle in Namibbe near Kuwait,
minutes, secondskm from the straight itself, which means the threat zone now extends far beyond the choke point. Iran has also seated roughly a dozen mines into the waterway,
minutes, secondsaccording to wire reporting. The Pentagon says it has destroyed Iranian mine laying vessels, over Iranian ships total, and more than
minutes, secondsmine layers. And yet, the attacks keep coming. Here's the number I mentioned at the top, the one that changes everything. Iranian oil tankers are
minutes, secondsstill passing through the straight of Hormuz. Multiple marine intelligence tracking services have confirmed this.
minutes, secondsThran closed the straight to the entire world, but left it open for itself.
minutes, secondsIranian crude continues flowing to China, generating revenue for the regime, while every other nation's supply is choked off. Iran did not just weaponize the strait. It monopolized it.
minutes, secondsMeanwhile, the American Navy has refused daily requests from the commercial shipping industry for military escorts.
minutes, secondsThe official reason is that the risk remains too high. Shipping industry sources told Reuters the US Navy says escorts are not possible for now. While
minutes, secondsenergy secretary Chris Wright said it was quite likely escorts could begin by the end of the month. The president told tanker crews to show some guts. Hexath
minutes, secondssaid of the straight do not need to worry about it. General Dan Kaine, the joint chief's chairman offered only that they were evaluating a range of options.
minutes, secondsThat is three different answers from three different officials in the same administration inside the same week. On Friday, the president announced that American forces had totally obliterated
minutes, secondsall military targets on Iran's Kar Island. This is the terminal that handles the vast majority of Iran's oil exports. Iranian state media reported at
minutes, secondsleast explosions targeting air defense installations, a naval base, the airport control tower, and a helicopter hanger belonging to an offshore oil
minutes, secondscompany. Iran's account says no oil infrastructure was damaged. The president's message was a direct threat.
minutes, secondsIf Iran or anyone else interferes with the free and safe passage of ships through the straight of Hormuz, he said he would immediately reconsider his
minutes, secondsdecision not to wipe out the oil infrastructure on Kar. Iran's Katam al-
minutes, secondsAmbia central headquarters responded within hours, promising immediate retaliation if economic or energy assets are touched uh in pledging to strike
minutes, secondsAmerican linked infrastructure across the region. Brent crude closed Friday at $a barrel, up nearly %. Second straight
minutes, secondsday above Earlier in the week, it touched $before pulling back. That is roughly a % increase from pre-war levels around
minutes, seconds$The International Energy Agency announced the largest strategic petroleum reserve release in history.
minutes, secondsmillion barrels sounds enormous, but at million barrels a day, it would cover only about days of disruption.
minutes, secondIraqi oil production from its three main southern fields has collapsed %
minutes, secondsdropping from million barrels per day to million. Gulf states have collectively cut output by at least
minutes, secondsmillion barrels per day because storage tanks are filling up with nowhere to ship. Marisque has suspended all crossings through the straight of Hormuz
minutes, secondsand the Bab Elmande. Restad Energy has warned Brent could reach $if these conditions hold for four months. Iran's
minutes, secondsown military spokesperson told reporters to prepare for $oil. American gas prices are up cents a gallon since
minutes, secondsFebruary the th. The national average sits at $.
minutes, secondsAmerican gasoline prices have jumped by roughly to cents a gallon since the war began. And the first days of
minutes, secondsthis war cost billion. Nobody in Washington has publicly defined what the next days will cost are, let alone the
minutes, secondsnext weeks. The strategic picture is full of fractures. The original theory was decapitation. Remove Kam, collapse
minutes, secondsthe regime, end the threat. Kam was killed within hours on February the th. The IRGC reconstituted its command
minutes, secondsstructure within hours. A new Supreme Leader, Mushtaba Kam, the slain leader's son, was elected on March the th, just
minutes, secondsdays later. His first public statement delivered through state television because he did not appear in person, declared, "The street will stay closed.
minutes, secondsAll American bases in the Middle East must shut down and attacks will continue indefinitely. Hegs says the new leader is wounded, likely disfigured, hiding
minutes, secondsunderground. Most people think a decapitation strike ends a regime. In reality, this one accelerated succession. The government did not
minutes, secondsfracture, it consolidated. Militias did not scatter, they intensified. More than American organizations have signed a
minutes, secondsletter demanding Congress halt funding for this war. Senate Democrats filed a war powers resolution. Lawmakers are calling for public hearings. The
minutes, secondsadministration is simultaneously investigating a strike on an Iranian girl school near Bandar Abbas that reportedly killed more than people
minutes, secondswith emerging photographic evidence pointing to an American missile. The White House says it will accept the results of the probe. Meanwhile, in
minutes, secondsLebanon, more than people have been killed since Israel expanded operations and over have been displaced.
minutes, secondsThe World Health Organization has warned of toxic black rain falling over Thran,
minutes, secondscontaminated precipitation from burning oil facilities mixing with storm clouds.
minutes, secondsShare this to anyone in uniform, anyone with family deployed, anyone who needs to understand what is actually happening right now. Marines are sailing
minutes, secondstoward a war zone that was supposed to be wrapped up in days. Nobody has defined what victory looks like. Nobody has defined what this costs next month.
minutes, secondsNobody has explained why a defeated enemy requires the largest amphibious reinforcement the Pentagon has ordered since this war began. Thanks a lot for
minutes, secondswatching. I really appreciate your support. Join the discussion in the comments below. Let me know your thoughts. Who do you think has the upper hand in the war? Do you think the war is
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