Transcript [00:01] Hey everyone. So, [00:03] we obviously spend a lot of time talking [00:05] about the headlines, talking about [00:06] what's happening with uh you know, with [00:07] Iran and and with uh you know, Hezbollah [00:11] in Lebanon and and Gaza and all that [00:12] stuff. And what what often happens is [00:14] that there are other very important [00:16] stories going on in the Middle East [00:19] that have impact on the whole geopo- you [00:21] know, geopolitical chessboard. And if we [00:24] don't drill down on them, we don't [00:25] really understand them. So, there was a [00:26] there was an article sent to me today [00:28] uh by Amin Ayoub. He is a Middle East [00:30] expert. He writes for the Middle East [00:31] Forum. [00:33] A buddy of mine sent it to me in Ynet, [00:35] an Israeli publication. And the title of [00:36] the piece is the secret US plan to turn [00:39] Morocco into Israel's western shield. [00:42] And this is what we're going to drill [00:43] down into today. We're not going to read [00:44] this article because as he doesn't do [00:46] much of a job giving all the necessary [00:48] background information to understand [00:50] what he's actually talking about. So, I [00:52] decided that I'm going to, you know, [00:55] lay all this out for you so that we can [00:57] understand the critical importance of [01:00] the Morocco, Israel, and Morocco, US [01:04] relationship. That's what this video is [01:06] going to be [01:07] about. Okay. So, let's hit it. Okay, [01:11] we're going to take this off the screen. [01:13] And [01:15] let's [01:16] start right here. [01:17] In early January, okay, of this year, [01:19] January 2026, [01:22] Israel and Morocco [01:25] signed a joint military work plan for [01:28] 2026. [01:29] Okay, Israel and Morocco. [01:31] Um uh and that includes year-round [01:34] military dialogue, joint industrial [01:36] projects for for defense, strategic [01:38] alignment on threats. Morocco already [01:40] buys a lot of its of its air defenses [01:43] from Israel and it [01:45] it has a lot of cooperation with Israel, [01:47] buys a lot of Israeli equipment. Now, [01:49] around the exact same time as this, the [01:52] United States Senate Armed Services [01:55] Committee filed a provision in next [01:58] year's defense bill, what's called the [02:00] NDAA, the National Defense Authorization [02:03] Act, which approves the defense budget, [02:06] and in the NDAA, in section 1268, [02:11] that provision orders the Pentagon to [02:13] draw up a 10-year roadmap to turn [02:17] Morocco into America's most capable [02:20] military partner on the entire African [02:22] continent. So, let's take a look. This [02:23] is This is section 12 68. You can see [02:26] some of what it says here, [02:28] um where it says that um [02:31] no later than 180 days after the [02:34] enactment of this act, [02:36] the Pentagon has to [02:38] uh [02:39] has to create [02:41] with the United States-Morocco roadmap. [02:43] It has to present a roadmap for defense [02:45] cooperation for 2026 through 2036. And [02:50] the elements of this [02:51] are quite significant. Options for [02:53] establishing cooperative security [02:55] locations in Morocco, [02:57] uh a roadmap to deepen collaborative [02:59] counterterrorism cooperation [03:02] across the region, a plan to optimize [03:04] joint readiness, including a [03:06] consideration of the feasibility and [03:08] advisability of cost-sharing to [03:10] refurbish strategic air command runways, [03:14] um uh [03:15] Moroccan force modernization through the [03:18] procurement of United States defense [03:19] articles, meaning US equipment to to [03:22] make Morocco's uh army even more [03:26] Morocco's military even more modern, the [03:27] establishment of an all-domain range [03:30] complex, and more. Okay, so there's [03:32] there's all this stuff in here about [03:34] beefing up the Moroccan military as as [03:38] an important American initiative. [03:41] Okay. [03:42] So, you have Israel in January in [03:45] January, around the same time, you have [03:46] the Senate approving this, and they're [03:48] both deepening their military [03:51] uh defense ties with Morocco. [03:54] So, it's obviously not a coincidence. By [03:56] the end of this video, you're going to [03:57] see it all as part of something much [03:59] bigger that's happening across the [04:00] entire region right now. So, let's get [04:02] into it. [04:03] Here's the first thing you need to [04:04] understand. [04:05] And it's the thing that will explain why [04:07] you've probably never thought about [04:08] Morocco in the context of Israel at all. [04:11] Almost every Arab-Israeli story [04:14] that you follow is downstream of the [04:16] question of the Palestinians, right? You [04:19] know, it's always it's always part of [04:20] the conversation, right? In Lebanon, you [04:22] have Hezbollah, and oh, they're [04:23] defending, you know, the Palestinians or [04:25] or combating Israel because of the [04:27] Palestinians. And then you have, of [04:29] course, Gaza, and and even in the Gulf [04:31] states, when they talk about Israel, [04:32] when there's negotiations, when there's [04:34] talk of normalization, the Palestinian [04:36] question's always in the room. But [04:37] Morocco's relationship with Israel has [04:39] nothing to do with that. It never comes [04:41] up. It's not part of the conversation. [04:44] For Morocco, they have a different issue [04:46] that they've been dealing with for a [04:47] long time. [04:49] Uh it's nothing to do with Gaza, nothing [04:51] to do with, [04:52] you know, with any of that. And it has [04:54] to do with their relationship with [04:56] Algeria, or their their their [04:59] bad relationship with Algeria, because [05:01] that fight between Morocco and Algeria [05:04] is not part of what everyone thinks [05:05] about when they think about Middle East [05:07] conflict, but it's actually a very [05:08] serious conflict. [05:10] Okay. [05:11] Quick background, [05:13] cuz [05:14] we need to know this to understand [05:15] everything else. In December 2020, [05:19] okay, December 2020, so 5 and 1/2 years [05:21] ago, Morocco became one of the Abraham [05:24] Accords countries that normalized [05:26] relations with Israel. But unlike some [05:28] of the other [05:29] uh Abraham Accords deals, [05:32] the normalization with Morocco, Morocco [05:35] joining the Abraham Accords had a very [05:36] specific [05:38] price tag attached for the Americans and [05:40] the Israelis. In exchange for [05:43] normalizing with Israel, the United [05:45] States recognized Moroccan sovereignty [05:48] over a territory [05:50] called Western Sahara. Now, if you've [05:53] never heard of Western Sahara [05:56] as a as an actual place, not just a [05:58] region, [06:00] don't worry. Um most people haven't. But [06:02] it's the single most important piece of [06:04] land politically speaking in Morocco's [06:06] entire world view. [06:08] Okay, and so here's where it gets [06:10] interesting. [06:11] Uh let's take a look on a map first and [06:12] take a look at the Western Sahara, okay? [06:15] So here's [06:16] So here's a map. [06:18] Here's Here's Africa. [06:20] And [06:22] here's Algeria. [06:24] Here's Algeria. [06:26] Here's Morocco. [06:28] And you see here there's this dotted [06:30] line between Morocco and a place called [06:33] Western Sahara. Now, there is no such [06:35] country called Western Sahara, and [06:37] that's what this story is all really [06:38] about. Okay? [06:40] Western Sahara used to be a Spanish [06:42] colony. When Spain pulled out in 1975, [06:46] Morocco moved in and annexed it as part [06:50] of Morocco. Now, ever since then, [06:51] Morocco's neighbor Algeria [06:54] has backed an independence movement [06:56] called the Polisario [06:59] Polisario Front. Now, Polisario is it's [07:01] this weird acronym, okay? It doesn't [07:03] mean anything. [07:04] It's It's this acronym, and the [07:06] Polisario Front is like this secular [07:08] sort of Marxist [07:10] um freedom fighters who are fighting for [07:12] Western Sahara independence, to make [07:15] Western Sahara its own country. [07:17] Now, you might ask yourself, why would [07:19] Algeria back these guys fighting for [07:22] Western Sahara independence? Now, if you [07:25] ask the Algerians, they'll say, "Oh, we [07:27] believe in the self-determination of all [07:28] peoples. Algeria fought its own war of [07:31] independence against France." And uh and [07:34] you know, so it's you know, they say [07:36] that they always support liberation [07:37] movements. They just tend to be Marxist [07:40] liberation movements. [07:41] Uh and of course they support, you know, [07:43] the Palestinians, you know, for their [07:45] self-determination and various other [07:47] African independence struggles. Again, [07:49] usually when we're dealing with some [07:50] Marxist insurgents. [07:52] But the Algerians always say that they [07:54] support self-determination movements. [07:58] Um, and and there's some truth to that, [08:00] but the more serious regional analysts [08:02] will tell you that that's not the reason [08:04] that Algeria backs the Polisario [08:07] um, rebels. [08:09] It um, in 1963, [08:13] okay, 1963, so that's 12 years before [08:17] um, [08:18] 12 years before [08:20] the um, [08:22] before Western Sahara, [08:24] uh, [08:25] before the Spanish pull out of Western [08:26] Sahara. [08:29] Right after Morocco and Algeria both got [08:32] their own independence, they had a war. [08:34] The war was called the Sand War. It was [08:36] a border war between, again, Morocco and [08:38] Algeria. Algeria lost that war. [08:41] And ever since then, the Algerians, [08:45] the military and the political [08:46] leadership have always wanted to take [08:48] revenge or even the score with Morocco. [08:50] So there's a lot of bad blood between [08:51] Algeria and Morocco. [08:53] So in 1975, [08:55] when Morocco annexed Western Sahara, and [08:58] there's now this new insurgent group [09:01] fighting for independence, [09:03] so the Algerians stepped in to support [09:06] that [09:07] that group that was fighting for [09:08] independence. [09:10] Um, they wanted Morocco to have a [09:12] problem. They wanted Morocco to be to be [09:15] fighting, [09:16] and so that they could never become the [09:18] unchallenged power of North Africa. [09:20] Meaning, Algeria doesn't like Morocco. [09:22] They want to challenge Morocco's uh, [09:25] power. So if there's rebels fighting [09:27] against Morocco for their independence, [09:28] they're going to support them. [09:30] There's actually a quote attributed to a [09:31] former Algerian president, Houari [09:33] Boumédiène, [09:34] who said, he said quite he said the [09:36] quiet part outside. He said he wanted to [09:38] make Western Sahara into quote a pebble [09:41] in Morocco's shoe. He wanted to irritate [09:43] them. [09:45] Now, you can see how seriously both [09:47] sides of this rivalry between Algeria [09:49] and Morocco take their contentious [09:51] relationship by looking at what they're [09:52] spending. Morocco [09:54] has allocated over 17 billion dollars [09:58] towards its military modernization, much [10:00] of it building a domestic defense [10:02] industry through partnerships with [10:03] Israeli companies. [10:05] Um and um [10:08] And back in April 2025, the State [10:10] Department approved an 825 [10:14] million-dollar sale [10:17] of uh of Stinger missiles. That's what [10:19] this is about. This Look at this new [10:21] There's a news release from Defense [10:22] Security Cooperation Agency approving a [10:25] sale. This is from again, back uh This [10:28] is just uh just a year ago approving the [10:30] sale [10:31] of these Stinger missiles. So, Morocco's [10:34] been investing a lot. That's 600 [10:36] Stingers. [10:37] And they And in this document, it refers [10:40] to Morocco as a major non-NATO ally of [10:43] the United States. That's a designation [10:46] that Morocco has has had since 2004, [10:48] over 20 years. [10:50] And every year since 2004, the United [10:53] States and Morocco have run something [10:55] called Exercise African Lion. And that [10:58] is the largest annual joint military [11:01] exercise on the entire on the entire [11:04] African continent. [11:06] Okay, that's uh that's that's Morocco [11:08] and the US. I don't I I I bet I bet a [11:10] lot of Americans don't realize how much [11:12] cooperation there is between Morocco and [11:14] the US. [11:15] Again, they're the they're really the [11:17] number one defense and security ally of [11:20] the US [11:21] in the African continent. And what And [11:23] this exercise, this uh African Lion [11:26] exercise that takes place every year, [11:27] we're talking about thousands of troops, [11:29] live-fire drills, F-16s, B-1 bombers, [11:33] tank operations. In recent years, it's [11:35] there've been over 40 participating and [11:37] observer nations. NATO members come to [11:40] it. [11:41] 21 years of this of this of this [11:43] exercise every year. [11:46] Every single year. [11:47] So, what's happening in the NDAA with [11:50] the America saying that they want to [11:51] ramp up [11:53] this cooperation with Morocco is not a [11:54] pivot. It's not new. [11:57] It's something that's been building for [11:58] a long, long time for multiple decades. [12:00] Now, Algeria, [12:03] they've spent $25 billion on its [12:06] military, more than a fifth of its [12:08] entire national budget. Okay, more than [12:10] it spends on education and health [12:11] combined. [12:13] Okay, so Algeria and Morocco have this [12:15] very this very sharp rivalry. They do [12:17] not have an open border. They do not [12:19] have diplomatic relations. These [12:21] countries hate each other. [12:23] Now, I should also add parenthetically [12:25] that this has nothing to do with [12:26] religion, which is a rarity in this part [12:28] of the world. These are These are both [12:31] Sunni majority states. [12:33] Uh they had a they had a border war in [12:35] 1963. There's a grudge between them. [12:38] Uh and and that's rare in this region [12:40] cuz usually religion has nothing to do [12:42] with anything. [12:43] But, [12:45] it actually enters the picture a little [12:46] bit here. So, [12:49] see you have the lay of the land here. [12:50] You have this Western Sahara annexed by [12:51] Morocco. [12:53] The world doesn't really recognize it as [12:55] Moroccan territory, but it's governed by [12:56] Morocco. There's these [12:58] There's these like Marxist uh militants [13:02] who are trying who are fighting for [13:03] their independence against Morocco. [13:05] They're backed by Algeria, and the real [13:07] reason Algeria is doing it is just to [13:09] destabilize and [13:10] uh it just to destabilize Morocco. [13:12] Morocco is also a very close working [13:14] ally with the United States. [13:16] Algeria is in bed with the bad guys. [13:20] And that's where Iran enters the story. [13:23] Okay, so Algeria and Iran have had a [13:25] relationship going all the way back to [13:27] the early days of the Islamic Republic. [13:29] Algeria actually was the mediator [13:32] for the release of the American hostages [13:34] in Tehran in 1981. [13:36] And for years afterwards, the two [13:38] countries stayed close. [13:40] And they were their bond had to do with [13:42] being anti-West and anti-Israel. [13:45] Okay? Um the relationship went cold [13:48] during a civil war in Algeria. So, [13:50] Algeria had its own civil war in the [13:52] 1990s, and that civil war was religious. [13:56] And the Algerian government is kind of [13:58] secular Marxist. And there was this [14:00] Islamist insurgency, and it was a [14:02] bloodbath. [14:04] No one cares cuz, you know, if Israel [14:06] kills a few people, everybody cares. But [14:08] there were something like 200,000 people [14:11] who were killed in this civil war. [14:14] And [14:15] the and the Iranians were backing the [14:19] Islamist insurgents against the Algerian [14:21] government. So, they so they so they cut [14:23] off diplomatic ties. They had a rupture [14:25] in the relationship, but then by like [14:27] the year 2000, they had patched things [14:29] up. And over the last few years, [14:32] Algeria has become one of the few places [14:35] that is very friendly with Tehran, with [14:37] the Islamic regime. [14:39] Uh like Iran's foreign minister, uh [14:42] Araghchi, who we see every day now on [14:44] the news, was in Algeria as recently as [14:46] last year working to deepen that [14:48] relationship because, again, so now they [14:50] have a working relationship. Okay. [14:54] So, what does the Algeria-Iran [14:56] relationship produce? Like where where [14:58] where have we seen that? Well, here's an [14:59] interesting little story. [15:02] When Assad's regime collapsed in Syria [15:05] in late 2024, y'all remember that when [15:08] the Assad regime collapsed, [15:10] so the [15:11] the the group the rebel group the the [15:13] militia that took over is, of course, [15:16] Abu Muhammad al-Shara or al-Julani, the [15:17] new guy in Syria. When his group took [15:19] over, when they took the city of Aleppo [15:22] in the [15:24] in the taking over of Syria, [15:26] they captured [15:28] get this, 500 Algerian and Polisario [15:34] Western Saharan fighters [15:36] who'd been fighting for Assad. Remember, [15:39] the Assad regime was backed by Iran, was [15:42] propped up by Iran. So, in Syria [15:45] fighting fighting against the rebels and [15:47] trying to to preserve the regime, [15:51] you had [15:52] you had um [15:55] you had um [15:57] you had these [16:00] you had these Algerian and Polisario [16:02] fighters. Now, why were they even there? [16:04] Why were they in Syria? [16:07] Cuz Algeria had stood by Assad. They [16:10] were part of the Iranian axis that was [16:14] propping up Assad. [16:16] So, the Polisario, who are the Western [16:18] Sahara fighters that Algeria backs, sent [16:21] fighters to Syria [16:23] to help Assad. [16:26] Okay? [16:28] Um [16:29] Algeria's foreign minister then flew to [16:31] Damascus to ask the new Syrian [16:33] president, al-Shara, to release [16:37] the Algerians and the Polisario guys. [16:39] And he said no. He said that they're [16:41] going to be tried like the rest of [16:42] Assad's captured forces. [16:44] And uh and during the investigations [16:46] that followed, it turns out that some of [16:48] the those guys admitted to having [16:50] trained with these the Islamic [16:53] Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC of [16:56] Iran. [16:57] Okay? So, you see that Algeria was [17:00] allied with the Assad regime and the [17:02] Iranians. [17:03] And uh and you have Morocco that that [17:06] that is very tightly tethered to the [17:08] Israel-United States axis. [17:12] Okay. So, Morocco [17:16] um Morocco cut ties with Iran in 2018. [17:20] Um, and it it has to do with the fact [17:22] that Iran was in in bed with Algeria and [17:26] Polisario and the rebels. [17:28] And, um, [17:30] anyway, so there you go. So, that's [17:31] that's that piece of the puzzle. [17:34] And one more piece. [17:36] Because you can't tell any story about [17:38] any conflict in the Middle East without [17:39] asking where the Turks. The Turks [17:42] stick themselves into every situation. [17:44] So, what are they doing here? [17:46] So, in this particular situation, in the [17:48] Algeria-Morocco [17:50] tension, [17:52] Turkey is not picking a side. What they [17:54] do, they're actually sort of pick both [17:56] sides. Morocco buys Turkish drones and [17:58] armored vehicles. And Algeria just [18:01] signed 14 separate agreements with [18:03] Turkey this year, trade, infrastructure, [18:06] all kinds of things. [18:08] And so, Turkey is [18:10] is is basically in in bed and in [18:12] business with both of them. [18:15] Um, and they've stayed neutral on the [18:16] Western Sahara question. Okay? So, [18:18] that's where Turkey is. [18:21] So, everyone who has an interest in [18:23] North Africa, Turkey, China, Russia, the [18:25] Gulf states, everyone is kind of [18:26] watching. This is a big issue, like for [18:29] people in the region, what's going to [18:30] happen Western Sahara and Morocco, this [18:33] whole thing. And if you look on the map [18:34] and you see where [18:36] where all this is, you see where Morocco [18:38] sits and think about what we've been [18:40] dealing with [18:41] with the Straits of Hormuz and the Bab [18:43] al-Mandab Strait, [18:45] look where Morocco is. This is another [18:47] one of those choke points. You can see [18:49] why the United States would find it so [18:51] valuable and so important [18:53] to have a good, strong, reliable ally [18:56] right here. [18:58] When you have hostile countries like [19:00] Algeria, [19:03] and, you know, Tunisia, Libya, these are [19:05] problematic countries in the [19:07] Mediterranean, in the Western [19:08] Mediterranean, and you can see why it [19:10] would be important to the United States [19:12] to have a strong ally in Morocco. Okay? [19:15] We're not done with the story yet. [19:18] All right. So, let's bring this all the [19:19] way back to where we started. [19:21] The National Defense Authorization Act [19:22] section 1268, right? Why is Washington [19:26] doing this right now? Why are they [19:27] ramping it up right now? [19:30] So, [19:32] let's look [19:33] at what Israel has done. Now, if you've [19:35] watched my my channel for a while, [19:38] especially if you've watched [19:40] uh the videos on Israel 365 news that I [19:42] was making before this channel, before [19:44] January, [19:45] you've heard me talk a lot about [19:48] what's happening in the Eastern [19:49] Mediterranean. Israel, Greece, and [19:51] Cyprus [19:52] have begun running joint military [19:54] exercises. They have much more defense [19:56] and security cooperation, maritime [19:59] security. [20:00] They really have built a strong [20:02] alliance. They even have a name for it. [20:03] It's called the 3 + 1. [20:05] They're sharing intelligence, [20:07] coordinating air and naval security. [20:09] It's called 3 + 1 cuz it's [20:11] Israel, Cyprus, Greece [20:13] as the three with the United States as [20:14] the fourth partner. [20:16] The entire reason for that alliance is [20:19] to counter the rising threat of Turkey. [20:22] Okay, Greece doesn't trust Turkey. [20:24] Israel doesn't trust Turkey. Cyprus is [20:27] partially occupied illegally by Turkey. [20:30] Okay, these are all countries that feel [20:31] threatened by Turkey. [20:33] Um and so, they've created this security [20:35] alliance in the Eastern Mediterranean. [20:38] Turkey's trying to position itself as [20:39] the next great Islamic power in the [20:41] region now that Iran is weakened. So, [20:43] Turkey has boots on the ground in Libya. [20:46] They They now have basically uh have a [20:49] have a strong [20:51] uh [20:52] you know, protectorate [20:54] parent state proxy relationship with [20:57] Syria. [20:58] They have troops on the ground in [20:59] Somalia. [21:01] And they're threatening Greece over [21:02] territorial waters. And I also mentioned [21:04] their relationship with Cyprus that they [21:05] occupy part of the island of Cyprus. [21:10] So, Washington, [21:12] >> [clears throat] [21:12] >> Jerusalem, Athens, Nicosia, and Cyprus [21:17] have built a structure [21:19] this this 3 + 1 to box in [21:23] this Turkish ascendancy. [21:27] Okay, now hold that thought and let's [21:28] now let's go back to the west [21:30] to what we're talking about, Morocco. [21:34] Turkey's always looking to expand. [21:38] Right? They like I said, they have boots [21:39] on the ground in Libya, which is not far [21:41] from Morocco. [21:44] Look, the Trump administration is is [21:47] is not just making a smart bet on [21:49] Morocco. Okay, it's doing the same thing [21:51] that they also did in the Eastern [21:52] Mediterranean. What did they do in the [21:54] Eastern Mediterranean? Why they Why are [21:56] they part of this 3 + 1 with Greece and [21:58] Cyprus and Israel? [22:00] Because the United States wants to find [22:02] partners who are actually reliable. [22:05] Who will not [22:07] go back and forth between the you know, [22:09] between the Chinese and [22:11] and and maybe the Iranians and like, you [22:13] know, talk a good game like all like a [22:15] lot of these countries in the Middle [22:16] East we've talked about like the Saudis [22:18] and the Egyptians. They're always like [22:19] playing both sides. [22:21] And the US needs reliable allies. [22:25] Okay? [22:26] Um [22:28] in the east that's Israel. In the [22:29] Eastern Mediterranean that's Israel, [22:31] Greece, Cyprus against Turkey. They're [22:32] not going to They're not going to desert [22:34] the west. [22:36] They're not going to desert the United [22:38] States. They're not going to go over to [22:40] the you know, to the you know, to the [22:42] Muslim Brotherhood side. These are not [22:43] even Muslim countries. Israel, Greece, [22:45] Cyprus. [22:46] In the west [22:48] it's Morocco. [22:51] Okay, Morocco against an Algeria [22:54] that just [22:56] spent the last [22:57] few years deepening their relationship [22:59] with Iran. [23:01] It's the same logic here. [23:03] Hope this is making sense. [23:06] You know, Trump talks constantly about [23:07] how well he gets along with Erdogan and [23:10] with the Qataris and warm handshakes and [23:12] and you know, the photo ops and they're [23:14] wonderful people and they're great [23:15] people, but if you watch where the [23:17] actual [23:19] um military exercises are and where the [23:22] real cooperation at the state level is. [23:24] Yeah, the US has a base in Qatar, but [23:25] they're not working [23:27] hand in glove with the Qataris on [23:29] defense. [23:32] You know, uh [23:34] they're they're not [23:35] they're not arming them. [23:37] They have a base there. [23:39] That's not what's happening in Morocco. [23:40] In Morocco, they're actually having [23:41] joint military exercises. They're arming [23:43] them. They're It's It's in the NDAA that [23:46] they want to have a a decade-long [23:48] strengthening of [23:51] the Moroccan military so that the [23:53] Moroccan military has uh it is stronger [23:56] than the other armies around it. [23:59] Morocco's reliable. [24:03] Okay? The real commitments that the US [24:05] makes, that's what you have to look at. [24:08] Um you know, and they want to do that [24:09] with countries that won't flip, that [24:10] won't change sides. And that's what [24:11] section 1268 of the NDAA is. It's not [24:14] really about Morocco's army or drones. [24:17] Morocco also has a lot of phosphate. It [24:19] has about 70% of the world's phosphate, [24:21] which is used for uh agricultural [24:24] purposes, but it's also used in the [24:26] manufacture of certain munitions. [24:30] Um [24:32] The Trump administration is extending a [24:35] security architecture. [24:38] A belt of dependable partners stretching [24:41] from the Atlantic coast of Morocco to [24:44] the eastern Mediterranean, all oriented [24:48] around the same issue, which is they're [24:50] looking for who they can actually count [24:53] on long-term in the region. [24:56] And [24:57] and Israel is part of that structure. [25:00] So, when you see the Israelis going into [25:02] a deeper security and defense [25:03] relationship with Morocco at the same [25:05] time as the NDAA is calling for the US [25:09] to deepen their relationship with [25:10] Morocco, [25:12] that's what you're saying here. [25:14] Okay? It's the pattern I keep coming [25:15] back to. [25:17] Um [25:19] Like we think we understand the Middle [25:20] East when we talk about the headlines, [25:22] but the more context you have, the more [25:24] you can realize [25:25] what's actually happening across the [25:27] Middle East. Morocco's deal with Israel [25:29] isn't about Gaza or the Palestinians, [25:31] right? It's not about the other Middle [25:32] Eastern topics that we usually talk [25:34] about. [25:35] It's about [25:36] containing [25:38] uh [25:39] it's about their own issues with with [25:41] with with Western Sahara being a [25:43] bullwark against the [25:45] against the Marxists and against, by the [25:47] way, the Jihadists. Morocco is a is is [25:49] much more in like the UAE Abraham [25:51] Accords mindset. [25:53] Um [25:56] And [25:58] and and and it's about the United States [26:00] having secure allies at vital [26:03] at vital shipping choke points, which of [26:05] course the the mouth of the [26:07] Mediterranean is. [26:09] So, if you want me to go deeper into [26:11] this whole issue of the Eastern [26:12] Mediterranean, the 3 + 1, [26:15] the IMEC corridor, what Israel's [26:17] actually building with Greece, Cyprus, [26:19] and India, cuz I haven't touched on [26:20] those topics in a long time. If you want [26:22] me to do that, I I'm I'm happy to make a [26:24] video about that. [26:25] Um you know, connecting those dots and [26:27] explaining that. Let me know in the [26:29] comments what you think. If you want me [26:31] to go more into these types of topics, I [26:32] had one uh viewer who suggested to me [26:34] that I do a series of videos just kind [26:36] of going through country by country [26:38] and talking about who they are and what [26:41] role they play and what a little bit of [26:42] the history is in the Middle East. [26:43] Thought I thought about maybe doing [26:44] something like that. [26:46] Uh and maybe we could see this video as [26:48] as uh as the first in a series. [26:50] Let me know what you think of this. I [26:51] know it's a little bit out of the box [26:52] this one. [26:54] But uh I thought it was valuable to you [26:56] know to address this issue right now. [26:58] All right folks, thanks for watching.
