Brandon Weikert

But I think we need to also confirm something.

I have been told that the Wall Street Journal report is correct, that they have killed

at least two IRGC commanders.

I have also been told that there is some concern now that the Houthis are getting ready to launch long-range strikes against Israel.

I would like to note that so far,

According to my guys in the UAE, the American air defense or the air defense systems in the region have so far held up, which is something I did not think would be possible, which either indicates to me that the Americans and Israelis were more effective in knocking out those missile launchers than I thought they would be, or the Iranians are still trying to organize an effective counterpunch.

But I think that's some good news this morning.

And also, it looks a lot like, according to Bloomberg two hours ago, and I think this was going to happen anyway, the oil companies are now redirecting the flow of oil away from the Strait of Hormuz to other areas because the Houthis are already starting to impose their blockade again.

of the Red Sea.

So to me, it looks like the first strike packages of the United States and Israel have been relatively effective.

The Iranians have countered, although I am not convinced that the Iranians have gotten a kill shot in yet, which is good for us.

Yeah, this was something I might have said to Kurt Mills or you, I can't remember, in the weeks ago.

I was saying that it really isn't about nuclear weapons anymore.

This is really a joint U.S.-Israeli issue, and therefore the Israelis are going to have veto power as much as the Americans are.

when it comes to negotiations.

And for the Israelis, it's never been just the nukes.

It's really been the ballistic missile and hypersonic weapon threat that Iran poses.

And in order to get the Iranians to agree to no enrichment that the Omani was referring to, Trump basically had to verbally say, okay, I'll drop the ballistic missile reduction issue.

And that there's no way that the Israelis are then going to come on board with that.

And that's the issue right now, because this is not just about America.