Transcript [00:00] the Straits of Hormuz. I made a video a [00:02] few days ago where I I I laid out the [00:05] case that we're not really in a [00:07] ceasefire. Everyone's talking about it [00:09] being a ceasefire because there aren't [00:10] missiles flying and there aren't air [00:12] strikes being carried out. But what I [00:14] argued is that what we've actually seen [00:16] is a is the Americans move from uh [00:20] kinetic attacks, the Americans and [00:21] Israelis to siege warfare. One of the [00:24] oldest forms of warfare. You read about [00:26] it in the Bible, right? laying siege to [00:28] your enemy to bring about their [00:30] collapse. It's a type of warfare we [00:32] have. So, the war hasn't actually [00:33] stopped at all, just moved to a [00:35] different uh a different type of [00:37] warfare. That's what I argued in that [00:38] video. And yesterday, chairman of the [00:40] Joint Chiefs Dan Kaine gave a briefing [00:43] on how the blockade of Hormuz is [00:45] working. And the way he explains it, you [00:48] can tell that that's exactly what this [00:49] is. This is a siege in especially the [00:52] last line of that part of his briefing [00:54] in the clip that I'm going to show you. [00:56] fascinating and it's also just super [00:58] interesting. I was watching the whole [01:00] briefing and I was like, "Wow, I got to [01:01] show this to my audience where he [01:02] explains the mechanics of how exactly [01:05] the blockade is working and it it's [01:08] really interesting." Now, after I show [01:10] you that video, we're going to talk [01:12] about something that no one else is [01:14] discussing, and that is the impact of [01:17] what's going on in the Straits of Hormuz [01:19] on the other Gulf States, on Kuwait, [01:22] Bahrain, UAE, all those other states, [01:24] and how they're dealing with it. It's a [01:26] fascinating uh part of uh what's [01:29] happening that I haven't seen anyone [01:30] else touch on. So, make sure you stay [01:32] with me for that. Okay, let's move now [01:35] to General Dan Kaine, chairman of the [01:37] Joint Chiefs yesterday in his briefing. [01:41] Here we go. [01:43] >> Mr. Chairman, over to you. [01:44] >> Thank you, Mr. Secretary, and good [01:46] morning, uh ladies and gentlemen. Thank [01:47] you for being here today. Last week, the [01:49] president of the United States directed [01:51] a ceasefire that temporarily paused [01:53] major combat operations in Iran. The [01:56] unprecedented effort by America's joint [01:59] force during Operation Epic Fury set the [02:01] conditions for this ceasefire. And as [02:04] the secretary said, I'd like to [02:05] emphasize during this pause that the [02:08] United States joint force remains [02:10] postured and ready to resume major [02:13] combat operations at literally a [02:16] moment's notice. This morning, I'd like [02:18] to give you an update on the ongoing [02:20] blockade in the Sentcom AO area of [02:24] responsibility. On Monday, 13 April at [02:27] 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, at the [02:30] direction of the president, America's [02:33] joint force began implementing a [02:35] blockade against Iran under the [02:37] leadership of Admiral Cooper and the [02:39] team at SNCOM. [02:42] Let me be clear. This blockade applies [02:45] to all ships regardless of nationality [02:49] heading into or from Iranian ports. The [02:54] US action is a blockade of Iran's ports [02:57] and coastline, not a blockade of the [03:01] straight of Hormuz. Enforcement will [03:03] occur inside Iran's territorial seas and [03:08] in international waters. In addition to [03:11] this blockade, the joint force through [03:15] operations and activities in other areas [03:18] of responsibility like the Pacific area [03:21] of responsibility under the command of [03:23] Admiral Paparro will actively pursue any [03:28] Iranian flagged vessel or any vessel [03:32] attempting to provide material support [03:34] to Iran. This includes dark fleet [03:37] vessels carrying Iranian oil. As most of [03:40] you know, dark fleet vessels are those [03:43] illicit or illegal ships evading [03:45] international regulations, sanctions, or [03:49] insurance requirements. More than 10,000 [03:52] sailors, marines, and airmen, over a [03:55] dozen ships, and dozens of aircraft are [03:58] executing this mission. And let me walk [04:01] you through this operation a little bit. [04:03] Please go to the first slide [04:05] first to the graphic. This is taken uh [04:08] before the blockade began. North is up. [04:11] You can see the blockade line here in [04:13] the center of the graphic uh denoted uh [04:16] by the red dashed line. Uh this map is a [04:20] poll from our common operating picture [04:24] that we use to allow commanders and key [04:27] leaders to see what is happening in near [04:30] real time. We just grabbed screen grabs [04:33] to highlight the actions and activities. [04:36] What is not shown is how incredibly [04:40] congested this area is and the [04:42] incredible work that our sailors are [04:45] doing to ensure that they can work in [04:47] and around an incredibly busy water [04:51] space. What is also not depicted here is [04:55] the massa massive force of fighters, [04:59] intelligence aircraft, uh, helicopters, [05:02] and other embarked forces to include [05:05] aerial refueling tankers that are up [05:08] overhead this blockade area. You'll note [05:11] that US forces are in blue, Iranian uh, [05:15] ships are in uh are in red. Uh and as we [05:19] started this blockade, uh there were [05:22] seven ships of interest that were uh of [05:25] concern uh for US Central Command. [05:28] Through a variety of intelligence tools [05:31] and with the assistance of the Office of [05:34] Naval Intelligence and other [05:36] intelligence agencies, the force began [05:39] to hunt uh for potential interdictors uh [05:42] at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. [05:45] Next slide, please. It's now 12:40 [05:48] Eastern Daylight Time, 2 hours and 40 [05:51] minutes into the blockade. As attempted [05:54] blockade runners attempt to hop the [05:57] line, uh, US forces began to commit. Out [06:01] in front of them was a range of [06:03] intelligence, surveillance, [06:05] reconnaissance, and tactical assets. And [06:08] immediately these runners began to see, [06:11] sense, and feel America's combat power [06:15] uh compressing upon them. The lead ship, [06:18] normally a destroyer, as depicted here, [06:21] along with air power off of the USS [06:24] Abraham Lincoln strike group, uh began [06:27] to move towards those those uh those [06:29] ships. [06:31] At each point, the United States Navy uh [06:35] will transmit a warning. A young sailor, [06:38] normally on the bridge of one of those [06:40] destroyers, a junior officer, picks up [06:42] that mic and transmits, and I quote, "do [06:45] not attempt to breach the blockade. [06:48] Vessels will be boarded for interdiction [06:51] and seizure transiting to or from [06:54] Iranian ports. Turn around or prepare to [06:59] be boarded. If you do not comply with [07:02] this blockade, we will use force." And [07:05] as this message is being transmitted, as [07:07] I mentioned earlier, those ship masters [07:10] can literally see, sense, and feel the [07:13] pressure around them. It's a finely [07:15] tuned machine rehearsed multiple times [07:18] uh and executed now 13 times since the [07:22] blockade uh has begun. Next slide, [07:25] please. We're now 24 hours plus into the [07:29] blockade. You can see the turning around [07:31] of multiple ships, uh, 12 of which [07:35] stayed inside the blockade line, one of [07:37] which not depicted off to the eastern [07:40] side, turned around before even [07:42] attempting it. Um, any ship that would [07:45] cross the blockade uh would result in [07:47] our sailors executing pre-planned [07:50] tactics designed to bring the force to [07:53] that ship, if need be, board the ship, [07:55] and uh, and take her over. And that [07:57] includes a series of escalated force [08:00] options which in could include warning [08:03] shots and others. Next slide. The final [08:06] graphic shows uh taken at 11:20 p.m. the [08:10] night of 14 April. You can see that the [08:13] captain of all captains of all these [08:15] ships have made the wise decision not to [08:19] move, transit or run this blockade. As I [08:23] mentioned, so far 13 ships have made the [08:25] wise choice of turning around. And as we [08:28] continue to hold this blockade at the [08:30] order of the secretary and the [08:32] president, any vessel that compares to [08:34] comply with our instructions uh will be [08:36] dealt with accordingly. As of this [08:39] morning, US Central Command has not been [08:42] required to board any particular ships. [08:46] And I'll remind you that we are also [08:48] conducting similar uh maritime [08:51] interdiction actions and activities in [08:54] the Pacific AO against those ships that [08:58] left that area before we began the [09:00] blockade. [09:02] Wow. That last line is what we call in [09:06] the media space a buried lead. meaning [09:10] it's the whole time he's talking about [09:11] Hormuz and he's talking about how the [09:13] blockade works and how they're how [09:15] they're pushing the how they're making [09:16] the Iranian uh ships or ship uh you know [09:20] turn back and then he ends it off by [09:22] saying I that they're not only doing [09:24] this they're also doing interdictions on [09:27] ships in the Pacific [09:30] that originated from Iran before the [09:33] blockade went into effect okay so this [09:35] is not about opening up the straits of [09:37] Hormuz [09:39] that's way it was sold originally. Oh, [09:40] the the Americans want the Straits of [09:42] Hormuz opened. Yes, that's true. They [09:44] want the Straits of Hormuz opened. And [09:46] putting this blockade and only allowing [09:48] certain certain ships through ostensibly [09:51] kind of opens it and uh and and relating [09:54] to what we're about to talk about, it [09:55] also means that ships could get through [09:57] to Qatar and Kuwait and Bahrain and the [09:59] other Gulf states that are in there. But [10:01] let's remember, for a number of weeks, [10:04] it was closed. There was shelling going [10:05] on there. There was missiles flying. uh [10:08] the Iranians still have um you know [10:10] still have uh all kinds of rockets and [10:13] abilities to disrupt shipping and [10:14] there's the threat of mines and a lot of [10:16] shipping uh companies are even with the [10:20] American asurances are not so confident [10:22] about going through the Straits of [10:23] Hormuz but that last point that he said [10:25] is so critical this is not a block this [10:28] is not about the Straits of Hormuz I [10:30] mean the Straits of Hormuz is is the is [10:32] a is a key factor here but that's not [10:34] what this is about this is about a siege [10:37] a blockade of the entire Iranian [10:39] economy. Okay, again, they're even going [10:42] into the Pacific to cut off Iranian [10:45] ships that are there. Now, on to the [10:48] other part of this story that I wanted [10:50] to share with you. So, there was this [10:52] headline from yesterday. Abu Dhabi, and [10:55] this is a this is a kind of story that [10:57] doesn't really make the news. Abu Dhabi [10:59] ports group strengthens supply chains in [11:02] the Arabian Gulf region. This is the [11:05] UAE. Abu Dhabi is the UAE. Abu Dhabi [11:08] ports Group has successfully launched [11:10] new regional container and air routes as [11:13] well as a land bridge to maintain the [11:16] smooth operation of supply chains amidst [11:19] regional disruptions by directing routes [11:22] through the Fujira and Corfacan [11:26] and use and utilizing its own fleet of [11:29] 24 vessels and a fleet of 800 trucks. [11:31] The company has provided clients with [11:33] enhanced flexibility and reduced costs. [11:35] And I'm not going to read you the whole [11:36] article. Um, and let me just explain [11:38] what this is all about. Okay, the UAE [11:44] here. Let's uh let's do this, right? So, [11:46] here you got a map. Okay, [11:50] so [11:52] you have the tankers that are stuck in [11:54] the Gulf that can't get out, right? And [11:57] but the this that narrow passage the [12:01] straight of Hormutz you see on the map [12:02] between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula [12:05] is not only a highway going out meaning [12:11] every what we've been talking about when [12:13] we talk about the Straits of Hormuz is [12:16] oil coming out and and can and and can [12:18] Kuwait and Bahrain and Qatar can they [12:20] ship their oil out and the oil prices [12:23] going up and and a crisis of energy that [12:27] everyone gas prices that's what [12:29] everyone's focused on but let's remember [12:30] the straits of Hormuza are also the way [12:33] in to these countries okay and this is [12:35] the piece of the story that nobody is [12:38] talking about so it's the main route for [12:40] goods coming into the Gulf states food [12:43] medicine electronics almost everything [12:44] that people living around this Gulf [12:48] depend on for daily life and right now [12:50] it's effectively closed in both [12:52] directions not again it's not officially [12:54] closed Americans say they're letting [12:55] other ships through, but shipping [12:56] companies don't want to send ships [12:58] through into this volatile region. It's [13:01] ve it's, you know, and and for the last [13:03] few weeks, it's been very dangerous. So, [13:05] while the world is again concerned with [13:07] oil prices and and and worrying about [13:09] that, tens of millions of people in [13:11] these Gulf states are living in some of [13:13] the wealthiest cities on Earth and [13:15] they're dealing with a very real crisis [13:17] of basic supplies. Now, look at the UAE [13:20] on the map. Okay, let me let me show you [13:22] where the UAE is. The UAE is here. Okay, [13:27] let's zoom in a little bit on the UAE. [13:30] So, here's the UAE. The UAE is this is [13:32] is this area here. This tip here is not [13:35] UAE. Uh it's part of Oman. Oman is here. [13:40] Let me explain. Oman is here and then [13:42] there's a border [13:45] and Oman is split in two. This tip here, [13:47] you see where the black line is? This [13:49] black line, this tip belongs to Oman. [13:54] and it's separated from the rest of [13:55] Oman. Okay? And in between is UAE. So [13:58] the UAE is like here. So the this port [14:03] was the port mentioned in that news [14:05] item. This is the port of Fujira [14:08] and the port of and there's another one [14:11] right next to it. The port of Corfacan. [14:14] Okay. These two ports, Fuji here [14:18] and and Corfakan are two ports that the [14:21] UAE has on the outside [14:24] of the of the straight. Okay? Because [14:28] the UAE has a coastline on the outside [14:31] part of the straight of Hormuz. This is [14:34] critical to understand what's happening [14:35] here. [14:37] Okay? Um, so that's again Fujyra and and [14:41] Corvakan and they've suddenly become the [14:44] most important piece of logistics [14:45] infrastructure in the entire region. So [14:47] what the Abu Dhabi ports group has done [14:50] is this ships that would normally sail [14:52] through Hormuz into Dubai and Abu Dhabi. [14:57] Okay, and they are Dubai and Abu Dhabi [14:59] are over here, right? So usually they [15:02] would have these these are the big [15:04] population centers. So, usually the way [15:06] goods come in, we're not talking about [15:08] oil going out, we're talking about goods [15:10] coming in. The way goods would come into [15:12] the UAE is they come into the straight [15:13] of Hormuz and they and they and they [15:15] port at Dubai or Abu Dhabi. But now [15:18] they're avoiding that and they're [15:20] porting them at um at um at Fujira and [15:24] Corfakan. Okay, this is what they were [15:28] announcing in that news item that I just [15:30] shared with you. [15:31] So the cargo is then loaded onto [15:33] hundreds of trucks and rail cars and [15:34] driven across the UAE and delivered to [15:37] the Gulfside population centers. They've [15:40] also run over a 100 emergency cargo [15:42] flights for the most time critical goods [15:44] in just 6 weeks for so for most of the [15:47] war. They've moved hundreds of thousands [15:49] of shipping containers through this [15:50] improvised system. It's one of the [15:52] largest emergency logistics operations [15:54] ever mounted in the region. But here's [15:56] the thing, the UAE isn't just doing this [15:58] for itself. Look at the map again. [16:00] Okay, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain are [16:04] entirely inside the Gulf, but they're [16:07] not like the UAE. They don't have [16:08] anything outside. Here's Qatar, here's [16:10] Bahrain, and here's Kuwait. So, they [16:12] don't have the luxury of having a port [16:14] on the outside edge of the Gulf. [16:18] Okay. Um, so they're com so they're [16:20] completely dependent on Hormuz or a [16:23] workaround of some sort. Now, Qatar is [16:26] arguably the most exposed because it's [16:28] one of the world's largest exporters of [16:30] LNG, of liqufied natural gas, but it has [16:33] no way to get it out. It's already [16:35] declared what's called force majour on [16:38] contracts with South Korea, China, [16:40] Italy, and Belgium. Force majour [16:41] basically, it it's it's a term that [16:44] means that you're breaking a contract, [16:45] but not because you're breaking the [16:46] contract, but because you physically [16:48] cannot deliver what you promised through [16:50] no fault of your own. um on the in other [16:54] words they they're kind of defaulting on [16:56] the import side of things that's what [16:58] we're really talking about in this video [16:59] around 70% of the entire Gulf region's [17:02] food supply normally comes in through [17:04] the Hormuse straight and by mid-March [17:07] that flow had been reduced by about 70%. [17:11] So 70% of 70% retailers began airlifting [17:15] groceries in to Qatar. Qatar gets 99% [17:20] this is another dimension. It gets 99% [17:22] of its drinking water from desalination [17:25] plants that depend on imported chemicals [17:28] and other components to keep them [17:29] running and they need a steady supply of [17:31] those. So Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain are [17:35] now root they're they're routing their [17:38] imports through the UAE ports of Fujira [17:41] and Corfacan and they're trucking the [17:44] goods across the Emirates to reach their [17:46] own populations. [17:49] Now this brings us to a part of the [17:50] story that most people do not realize [17:52] because we always think of the Gulf [17:53] States as this one family of states. But [17:55] just a few years ago, between 2017 and [17:58] 2021, the UAE was one of a group of [18:02] countries that imposed a total blockade [18:04] on Qatar. It was air, land, and sea. Uh [18:08] Qatar's defense minister at the time [18:10] called it a bloodless declaration of [18:12] war. It almost there was almost a [18:14] shooting war between this coalition of [18:16] states and Qatar. The Saudis were also [18:18] involved in it. The UAE and Qatar only [18:21] reopened their embassies in 2023. So [18:24] there was like a six-year period or more [18:26] that they didn't even have diplomatic [18:28] relations. The relationship between [18:31] Qatar and the UAE even now is uh [18:34] described by by a lot of analysts as as [18:36] as kind of this this cautious pragmatic [18:41] cooperation but they don't really get [18:43] along with each other. But here we are [18:45] now. The country that blockaded Qatar a [18:48] few and almost went to war with Qatar a [18:50] few years ago is now the logistics [18:52] lifeline for Qatar. Interesting dynamic. [18:56] Now that's the thing about geography, [18:58] right? It doesn't it doesn't care about [18:59] your politics. [19:02] In other words, if there's a crisis, you [19:04] got to deal with whatever relationships [19:06] you have and you work with whoever you [19:08] have. The Hermoose crisis has has forced [19:10] a kind of involuntary cooperation on [19:14] these nations that are actually [19:15] adversaries in many ways in the [19:17] political sphere. [19:19] Okay. Um, [19:22] let me sum this up. The oil story is [19:25] real and that's what everyone's talking [19:26] about. But this story, the scramble to [19:29] keep the lights on and to keep the [19:31] shelves stocked and to keep groceries in [19:33] the stores, the improvised routes and [19:36] the emergency flights, the and the old [19:39] rivalries that are being set aside is [19:41] another side of the Hormuz crisis. And [19:44] that's what I wanted to share with you. [19:45] And it's and uh everyone else is talking [19:48] about oil. This is a big piece of the [19:50] story. 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The last aspect of [21:32] this that I wanted to share is that [21:34] everything that I've just told you [21:35] explains another one of these weirdo [21:37] little stories in Iranian state media. [21:40] If you watch this channel, you know that [21:41] I focus a lot on paying attention to [21:45] what is being said in the state media of [21:47] all these countries, especially [21:49] totalitarian [21:51] countries, countries that are not [21:52] democracies. The state media is a very [21:55] good window into what where they are [21:57] going uh with the you know with the [22:00] conflict. And in Wana Iranian state [22:03] media, there was this weird little news [22:05] story yesterday. drone strikes and [22:08] Hormuz closure sidelining Fujira. Now, [22:11] Fujira was never such a major port. [22:14] Anyway, that's the port that we've been [22:16] talking about over here on the outside. [22:18] As you saw, it's much it was much more [22:20] of a minor port because the main [22:21] population centers of the UAE are on [22:23] this side. So, now so here's this news [22:25] story that uh drone strikes and Hormuse [22:28] closure sidelining Fujira. This is the [22:30] Iranians. The UAE's port of Huayra, once [22:32] a strategic refueling hub for tankers, [22:35] has seen its fuel sales plummet by 70% [22:38] and lost its regional standing due to [22:40] the twin blows of drone attacks and the [22:42] closure of the straight of Hormuz. [22:45] The US-Israeli war against Iran has [22:47] dealt a heavy and perhaps irreparable [22:49] blow to one of the UAE's most profitable [22:51] industries. The port of Fujira, known as [22:53] a strategic hub, and an alternative for [22:55] ship refueling due to its location [22:57] outside the straight of Hormuz, is now [22:59] facing an unprecedented decline in sales [23:01] and has effectively lost its position in [23:03] the region. This is all, of course, the [23:05] opposite of the truth. Fujira is [23:06] becoming only more important. Talk about [23:08] that in a moment. Reports indicate that [23:10] marine fuel at the port of Fujira [23:12] plunged blah blah blah. Okay. [23:15] And then talks about the drone attacks [23:17] that on March 14th there was a drone [23:19] attack uh by the by the Iranians to [23:23] Fujira which also tells you something [23:24] that meaning the the Iranians wanted to [23:28] cut off the alternative route that the [23:30] UAE could use. So they were actually [23:32] bombing Fujyra [23:34] because it's not enough to block the [23:35] straits of Hormuz. They want to they [23:37] want to block off all ability to receive [23:39] shipping. Um and uh so they so they [23:44] targeted that and it talks about oil [23:46] transit reduced [23:48] and look what it says at the end. [23:49] Analysts believe that Fuja is no longer [23:53] the safe and strategic hub it once was [23:56] as the high risk of insecurity has [23:58] driven away investors and shipping [23:59] companies. Evidence shows that refueling [24:01] demand has shifted to other global [24:03] ports, particularly Singapore. This [24:05] redirection deals a long-term blow to [24:07] the UAE's commercial position on the [24:10] world energy map. This is what the story [24:12] is all about. They always leave it for [24:13] the end. Analysts believe that Fujira is [24:16] no longer safe. High risk of insecurity. [24:19] What are they trying to do? They see the [24:21] UAE building this effective workaround. [24:25] building up Fujira and uh making this [24:28] announcement about this new logistics uh [24:30] expanded logistics based on Fujira and [24:33] and Corfacan. So what they're trying to [24:36] do is is message to the world no no no [24:38] no Fujyra is not safe. Fujyra is not [24:41] safe. They want to scare shipping [24:43] companies and scare other states and [24:45] scare businesses away from Fujira [24:49] because Fujyra is one of the key ways [24:52] that the Gulf states are working around [24:55] their disruption of the Straits of [24:57] Hormuz. There you have it folks. Um a uh [25:03] a a a part of this whole story that [25:06] nobody else is really talking about. Um [25:09] and uh again as things go as things go [25:13] forward and the Americans get for you [25:15] know more and more control and and and [25:17] there's more and more security in the [25:18] straight of war moves this will become [25:19] less of an important workaround but [25:22] there's diplomatic implications because [25:24] when when the dust settles on this whole [25:26] thing this this this dependence that the [25:29] Qataris and the Kuwaitis um and the [25:31] Bahinis have had now on the UAE [25:35] um could have some implications down the [25:38] code in terms of uh in terms of those [25:40] relationships. Very interesting stuff. [25:43] All right, God bless. Keep watching. Uh [25:46] leave a comment. Let me know uh you know [25:47] helpful criticisms. One criticism I've [25:49] been getting is that I repeat myself too [25:51] much. I apologize. I am working on that. 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