Transcript [00:00] So what's going on with the Iran war? [00:02] Well, we don't really know. There's a [00:04] lot of moving parts right now. We have [00:05] the economic chokeold from the United [00:07] States. We have an expansion over in [00:09] Yemen with the Houthis and Saudi Arabia [00:10] getting back into it. But now we have [00:12] the United States who just quietly put [00:14] Israel and seven Arab militaries in the [00:16] same room in Germany to talk about Iran [00:18] and how this war is going to progress [00:20] and maybe about some potential future [00:22] cooperation between Israel and Saudi [00:24] Arabia as well as other Arab Gulf [00:26] countries. And back home domestically, [00:28] we have Republican Congressman Thomas [00:30] Massie, who is making more political [00:32] moves and just basically virtue [00:34] signaling, saying that he is now, or not [00:36] even saying he has now provided articles [00:38] of impeachment, moving to impeach [00:40] current sitting Secretary of War or [00:43] Defense Pete Hexath. I'm going to get [00:44] into all of that in just a second, but [00:46] if you guys are new here, if you've [00:48] never seen me before, I make videos [00:49] covering politics, geopolitics, social, [00:51] cultural issues, economics, whatever [00:53] might be the case, the biggest topics [00:54] that I think are relevant. If you guys [00:56] enjoy that type of content, consider [00:57] subscribing to the channel, like the [00:59] video, and at the end, please let me [01:00] know your thoughts down in the comments [01:02] section below. But without further ado, [01:03] let's get into it. Now, I'm going to get [01:04] into that meeting between Israel and [01:06] those other Arab countries. But first, I [01:08] want to show you guys this. This is a [01:09] post over here on X from Graham Allen, [01:11] saying Thomas Massie is absolute scum. [01:13] After losing his seat in Congress, [01:14] Massie has decided to go out with one [01:16] final pathetic stunt, introducing [01:18] articles of impeachment against [01:20] Secretary of War Pete Hexath. Hexath is [01:22] delivering results, rebuilding our [01:24] military, standing up for our war [01:25] fighters, and proving what real [01:27] leadership looks like, saying that [01:28] Massie can take his political tantrum on [01:30] the way out. Good Reddit. So, let's see [01:32] what Massie had to say, and then I'll [01:33] try and just briefly break down exactly [01:35] what it is uh that he's proposing. [01:37] Impeaching Peter Brian Hegsath, [01:40] Secretary of Defense for high crimes and [01:42] misdemeanors. resolved that Peter Brian [01:44] Hegsath, Secretary of Defense, also [01:46] referred to as Secretary of War by the [01:48] administration, is impeached for high [01:50] crimes and misdemeanors, and that the [01:52] following articles of impeachment be [01:54] exhibited to the United States Senate. [01:57] >> Now, I do want to stop right here. [01:58] Again, I'm going to briefly explain just [02:00] in a general sense, but this first point [02:02] that he brought up here is uh very [02:03] obviously the biggest, and you heard him [02:05] say article one. Now this resolution [02:07] that he is proposing that he has brought [02:08] forth uh that he's actually given 2 days [02:10] for. He filed it as privilege and [02:12] meaning that they only have two business [02:14] days to actually handle this. That [02:16] doesn't necessarily mean 48 hours. But [02:18] again there are eight articles in this [02:20] uh in this entire resolution with again [02:22] the first being that Hexath and the [02:23] Trump administration have violated the [02:25] War Powers Act by refusing to get [02:27] authorization from Congress to wage a [02:30] war to be engaged in the war. Now [02:32] strictly, technically, constitutionally [02:34] this is in my opinion what is supposed [02:37] to be done. Now is this the precedent uh [02:40] for you know conducting war, engaging [02:42] war or military action? No. No president [02:44] over the last I don't I couldn't give [02:46] you an exact time frame. Many many years [02:49] uh this is not how it's been handled but [02:50] technically there is an argument to be [02:52] made and I think a pretty strong one [02:53] that the authorization comes from [02:55] Congress. And this is Massiey's uh first [02:57] article within this resolution. But I'll [02:59] let the rest of this play out. The [03:00] Constitution provides that the House of [03:02] Representatives shall have the sole [03:04] power of impeachment and that civil [03:05] officers of the United States, including [03:07] the Secretary of Defense, shall be [03:09] removed from office on impeachment for [03:11] and conviction of treason, bribery, or [03:15] other high crimes or misdemeanor and [03:17] misdemeanors. The declare a war clause [03:19] of the United States Constitution, [03:21] article 1, section 8, clause 11, vests [03:25] in Congress the exclusive initiatory [03:27] powers of war. While the military, [03:29] administrative, and clemency clause of [03:31] the United States Constitution, article [03:34] 2, section 2, clause one, establishes [03:37] the president as the commander-in-chief [03:39] of the armed forces, and vests in him [03:41] operational control over wars lawfully [03:44] authorized by Congress. [03:45] >> Yeah. So, I don't think he's going to [03:46] get into all of the articles um that [03:49] that are involved in this resolution, [03:50] but yeah, this is the main one and this [03:52] is the one that he has been basically [03:54] bringing all of his attention to [03:55] stressing the significance of this [03:57] specific uh resolution, the War Powers [03:59] Act, War Powers Resolution, as he said, [04:01] instituted by the 93rd Congress. But [04:04] yeah, just a brief rundown. Like I said, [04:05] this resolution has eight separate [04:07] articles. Now, the first three in this [04:09] accuse Hexagath of violating, as you [04:11] heard a little bit of there, violating [04:12] federal war power law by carrying out [04:14] and continuing the hostilities in the [04:16] war against Iran without having [04:18] authorization from Congress. Now, the [04:20] latter articles, the latter five of the [04:22] eight, involve separate allegations that [04:24] bring up civilian casualties as well as [04:26] maritime strikes. There's also [04:27] mentioning of Senator Mark Kelly. If you [04:30] don't know who that is, just don't even [04:31] worry about it. And there's also [04:32] mentions of Venezuela and Yemen and some [04:34] military action that has been conducted [04:36] there. Of course, right now, these are [04:37] just accusations being made by Thomas [04:39] Massie. They haven't been adopted or [04:41] proven by the House. But like I said, [04:43] what I think makes this move a little [04:44] bit more significant, at least Massie is [04:47] trying to signal that, right? Stressing [04:48] the importance of it, at least to him, [04:50] right, as as being a politician, is that [04:52] he filed this resolution as privileged. [04:54] So, in plain English, what that means is [04:56] that it skips the normal line. It [04:58] doesn't have to wait. Rather, the House [04:59] only has uh two legislative days to [05:01] address it. Now, you might hear that and [05:03] say, "Well, two days. They're gonna have [05:04] to decide on impeachment in 48 hours. [05:06] No. So, it's not two calendar days. This [05:09] means two days when the House is truly [05:11] actually conducting their legislative [05:13] business. But even if they address it, [05:15] right, quote unquote, that doesn't mean [05:17] that everyone will say yes or no on [05:19] impeaching Hugsath, the House leadership [05:21] can and likely will move to table the [05:22] resolution, which uh would effectively [05:25] immediately end this or at least try to [05:26] send it uh to a separate committee. But [05:29] if a simple majority of the House even [05:30] approves one article of this resolution, [05:33] then Pete Hexath would be officially [05:35] impeached. But even that wouldn't [05:37] automatically remove him. You would have [05:38] to go to the Senate where you would have [05:40] to have twothirds of the senators there [05:42] uh who would have to be present and [05:43] actually vote to convict him, which is [05:46] just unlikely to happen, especially with [05:48] Republicans having a majority. This is [05:50] just really a political stunt. Another [05:51] one by Thomas Massie. And you could say, [05:53] hey, he's standing on principle. He's [05:55] standing up for what he believes in. [05:56] He's being, you know, consistent. Is [05:58] this going to be effective? Is this [05:59] going to do anything? No. Like a lot of [06:01] what Thomas Massie has presented. Love [06:03] him or hate him. Uh what he's actually [06:05] trying to do is practically and just [06:07] pragmatically it's just inefficient. [06:09] It's ineffective. Now moving on to some [06:11] of the latest updates regarding the Iran [06:12] war. What I find to be at least pretty [06:14] significant. Here we have this post by [06:16] Mario Nefal. He's sourcing Axios saying [06:19] the United States, Israel, and eight [06:20] Arab militaries quietly met in Germany [06:22] to discuss Iran. Sentcom commander Brad [06:25] Cooper brought together the military [06:26] chiefs of Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, [06:29] Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and [06:31] Egypt. According to Axio, the talks [06:33] cover the Iran war, traffic through the [06:35] Shrea Hormuz, and closer regional [06:37] military coordination. Now, here's the [06:39] actual article by Axios. I'll try to run [06:41] you guys through it here. They say, "Top [06:43] military commanders from the US, Israel, [06:44] and seven Arab countries met last week [06:46] in Germany to discuss the war with Iran [06:47] and broader tensions in the region." [06:49] According to two Israeli officials who [06:51] said this to Axios, they say the private [06:53] retreat organized by the commander of [06:54] Sentcom, Admiral Brad Cooper, was not [06:56] officially announced by any of the [06:58] participating countries. And while [06:59] similar meetings have taken place in the [07:01] past, this was the first such gathering [07:03] since the United States and Israel went [07:04] to war with Iran more than 6 months ago, [07:06] it was a rare opportunity for military [07:08] commanders from Israel and Arab Gulf [07:10] countries that don't have diplomatic [07:11] relations to Israel to meet and exchange [07:13] their views on the war. inside of the [07:15] room. In addition to Brad uh Brad [07:17] Cooper, the meeting was attended by the [07:19] military chiefs of staff of Israel, [07:20] Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, [07:22] Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt. Brad Cooper [07:25] reassured the group that the US military [07:26] would not withdraw its forces from the [07:28] region despite Iranian attacks on US [07:30] bases. Also briefed his colleagues on [07:32] the US plan for expanding ship traffic [07:34] in the straight of Hormuz, which uh has [07:36] been they've been doing a lot better of [07:37] a job with that. However, the Houthis [07:40] over in Yemen who are a proxy of the [07:42] IRGC and the Islamic regime, they are [07:44] now attempting to close the Babel Mandeb [07:46] Strait. Um, and they have actually just [07:48] struck a the East West pipeline over in [07:50] Saudi Arabia, which is a huge hit to [07:52] Saudi Arabia. That war, the Yemen civil [07:54] war in in the war between uh the [07:56] Houthis, who are not the officially [07:58] recognized and internationally [08:00] recognized government of Yemen, between [08:01] them and Saudi Arabia is ramping back [08:03] up. And the Houthis are making some huge [08:05] territorial advances, which is not good [08:07] for Saudi Arabia. I I don't know why [08:10] they've let it get to this point. They [08:12] buy tons and tons of weapons from us and [08:14] our military is to a high degree kind of [08:17] integrated with theirs in a way. And the [08:19] fact that they're letting the Houthies [08:20] kind of slap them around is [08:21] embarrassing, at least to me. Uh if you [08:23] want to know more about that, it's my [08:25] latest video. You guys can go check that [08:26] out. I broke down those latest updates [08:28] as to what's going on over there in [08:30] Yemen with Saudi Arabia and the Houthis. [08:32] But they say an Israeli official said [08:33] that the IDF forces chief of staff [08:35] General Ayal Zamir briefed the other [08:37] participants on IDF operations on [08:39] various fronts. And Sentcom confirmed [08:40] the meeting saying in a statement that [08:42] it quote hosted senior military leaders [08:44] from eight nations during a scheduled [08:46] conference in Germany. The leaders [08:47] discussed opportunities for enhancing [08:49] security cooperation in the Middle East. [08:51] They say big picture cooperation between [08:53] Israel and other countries in the region [08:55] has intensified since the beginning or [08:57] since the signing of the Abraham Accords [08:59] between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain in [09:01] September of 2020. Shortly afterward, [09:03] Israel was moved from the European [09:04] Commands area of responsibility to [09:06] scentcom. This move allowed it to [09:07] cooperate militarily with Arab countries [09:09] under the Sentcom umbrella and be a part [09:11] of the regional security architecture, [09:12] mainly when it comes to air and missile [09:14] defense, which if you are a Gulf country [09:17] that is allied with the United States, [09:18] who is in opposition to the Islamic [09:20] regime over in Iran, you would want uh [09:24] Israel and the United States to be [09:26] working with you when it comes to air [09:27] and missile defense. Especially Israel, [09:29] they are fantastic at it. Now, very [09:30] obviously, this is a big development. [09:32] You have these other countries who are [09:33] now talking with Israel about how [09:34] they're going to progress in this war. [09:35] the strategy, all of this potential [09:37] military cooperation to handle Iran. As [09:39] we know, Iran has been lashing out as [09:41] they immediately did following American [09:43] and Israeli strikes against the Gulf [09:45] countries who host US air bases, their [09:47] oil infrastructure and things like that. [09:49] This is their strategic leverage again [09:51] choking out the straight of Hormuz now [09:53] using the Houthis, their proxy over in [09:55] Yemen to shut down the Babel Mandep [09:57] straight. So, they're closing down both [09:59] waterways to the east and west of Saudi [10:01] Arabia. straight up hormuz fifth of the [10:02] world's oil and liqufied natural gas [10:04] goes through there and then on the other [10:06] side that's really the only other [10:08] alternative right the bypass they now [10:10] have their proxies taking that out [10:11] economic strangulation chokeold on the [10:13] global economy this is their only [10:15] leverage uh Iran that is because they [10:17] can't militarily fight with America or [10:19] Israel so they're in a geographical uh [10:22] strategic very much so position now the [10:24] report mentioned ISR now I don't think I [10:26] covered that in the moment ISR means [10:28] intelligence surveillance and [10:29] reconnaissance so I guess in plain in [10:31] English. Israel will potentially or at [10:33] least could help Saudi Arabia locate and [10:35] track Houthi forces, some of their drone [10:37] and missile activity and give the Saudis [10:39] a much clearer real-time picture of [10:40] what's happening on the ground as well [10:42] as in the air. Now, as I referenced or [10:44] as I said, the Houthis have gained [10:46] control of a couple of islands right off [10:48] of the coast of Yemen. Now, a lot of [10:50] these are very close to American air [10:51] bases. A lot of these are very close to [10:53] Saudi positions. And the closer they [10:55] get, we're talking about a matter of [10:57] potentially just seconds between a [10:59] surfaceto-air missile being fired and [11:01] potentially hitting Saudi aircraft. Now, [11:03] this is probably why the Saudis haven't [11:06] sent any manned aircraft over the skies [11:07] of Yemen. It's mainly been unmanned [11:09] aircraft, at least according to all of [11:11] the available reporting. It looks like [11:12] they don't really want to take that next [11:13] step to say, "Hey, we're going to put [11:15] men in jets. Like, we're going to just [11:16] fly over your skies and we're going to [11:18] bomb the crap out of you." Doesn't look [11:19] like they're willing to go to such [11:20] lengths. Uh, at least as of now. We'll [11:23] see what happens. It would not surprise [11:24] me if they do or if potentially Israel [11:27] will step in and handle some of that for [11:29] themselves as well as of course for [11:31] Saudi Arabia. As the government, the [11:33] crown prince of Saudi Arabia, they are [11:34] not friends with the Houthis. They are [11:36] enemies. Again, Israel is already [11:37] providing at least according to the [11:39] reporting some type of similar [11:40] assistance over uh to the UAE, the [11:42] United Arab Emirates. And Israel is also [11:44] deploying an Iron Dome battery there [11:46] along with some Israeli personnel to [11:48] help operate that. But I don't think we [11:50] should get ahead of ourselves. uh you [11:51] know this is a reported discussion very [11:53] obviously we're not going to know the [11:54] details of what all was discussed and it [11:56] wasn't even publicly announced [11:58] beforehand so this was uh pretty secret [12:00] so there is no finalized agreement here [12:02] you still have Saudi Arabia and Israel [12:03] that don't have formal diplomatic [12:05] relations and neither country has [12:06] announced you know some new military [12:08] alliance but as this war progresses as [12:10] Iran continues to lash out and use all [12:12] of its resources left available to it to [12:14] try and uh you know put pressure on [12:16] Israel and the United States but [12:18] particularly the United States when it [12:19] comes to oil as I've talked about with [12:21] those routes, those waterways. Uh it [12:23] would not surprise me to see some type [12:25] of coordination or alliance with Israel [12:28] and and Saudi Arabia. And I think that [12:30] if that comes as a result of this war, [12:32] despite your opinions on this war, I [12:34] think it would be a fantastic thing for, [12:36] you know, formal relations to be made or [12:37] at least to make a step in that [12:39] direction between Saudi Arabia and [12:40] Israel. It would make the region a lot [12:42] better of a place. But that's all I got [12:44] for now. I thought these were some big [12:45] updates regarding the war. Again, if you [12:46] guys want to know more about what's [12:48] going on over in Yemen with the Houthis, [12:50] my latest video is out now. You can go [12:51] check that out. I would appreciate it. [12:53] If you're new here and you enjoyed the [12:54] video, I would really appreciate if you [12:56] considered subscribing to the channel. 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