The Red Sea Crisis and Operation Prosperity Guardian: The Plan to Stop a Global Economic Meltdown

Toward the end of 2023, Houthi rebels from the Yemen Civil War began targeting ships passing through the Red Sea. This is is a vital economic chokepoint, with 15% of world trade passing through it and 10% of seaborne oil. What is motivating the attacks? How is the United States trying to stop them? And what will happen if those initial efforts fail?
0:00 Houthi Crisis in the Red Sea
1:19 Background on the Yemen Civil War
3:30 The Shipping Crisis
7:43 How Much Will This Cost the World?
17:39 What Is Operation Prosperity Guardian?
23:32 Will Operation Prosperity Guardian Work?
27:50 What Will the United States Do Next?
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[@Michaelonyoutub]

On the US protecting sea trade, one of America's first wars after gaining independence was against the states along the north african coast as they were pirates who seized any ships from any country that didn't pay them tribute. America's history of protecting trade worldwide is almost as old as the country itself.

[@satakrionkryptomortis]

protecting trade is the reason the us has the biggest navy and several air forces on top of the ranking..

[@aimanmarzuqi4804]

America’s first ally was also a North African state, the state of Morocco. Morocco is America’s oldest ally in history

[@4th_Disciple]

Its interesting who gets to ask for tribute and who gets to be paid toll lol. typican western hypocrisy.

[@Mavrick121]

TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI

[@nathanlevesque7812]

"protecting"

[@jwn0be]

Comparing geopolitics to gambling is both cynical and apt. Thank you for your unbiased reporting

[@tisisonlytemporary]

Yeah, a good change of perspective to understand conflict

[@barbaros99]

Another of my favourite KZbinrs refers to it as "the international poker game, where everybody's cheating."

[@rogerpennel1798]

The US may be delaying retaliation against the Houthis because they want the impact of Houthi attacks to cause more trade disruption and ensnare more nations' shipping. That would increase international pressure on Iran and the US may not have to take unilateral action. My money is on the Chinese blinking first and saying it's bad for business. Or in other words, escalate to de-escalate.

[@timgerk3262]

​@rogerpennel1798 I'd compare it more to a sink of dirty dishes, or letting the gas tank of a shared vehicle get dangerously empty. It's passing a challenge to the next sucker: who loses patience first will wash the dishes or pay to refill the tank.

[@sorbethyena3828]

he has a western bias

[@SICdrunk]

I was on board the Galaxy Leader almost 9 years ago. The captain and chief officer are friends of mine. I work for the Company who manages the vessel. The whole situation has shaken us has created a lot of uncertainties for the future of the Company.

[@nathanieldoggett7992]

Bruh you better remove this comment before the legal department rolls up lmao

[@SICdrunk]

I have not disclosed any sensitive information that regards to my employer, nor the Charterers(that being NYK)

[@noahway13]

Rule of thumb. Never take legal advice from someone who starts a comment with BRUH@@SICdrunk

[@nicolasolton]

​@@SICdrunkSeems like a cool job. How did you get into shipping? Where are you based? Id reckon you have a few sea stories..

[@jasonsinclair9615]

​@nathanieldoggett7992 do you really believe their comment? Everyone lies in comment sections. That person knows no one in that industry. Just another KZbin comment section "expert". "I know ppl." Lol.

[@logicalparadox2897]

What I am most interested in seeing that NO ONE else has done, is a comprehensive look at what actual escalation scenarios might look like. Every news outlet simply implies or overtly states that expansion of the war into “a regional conflict” would somehow automatically put us on the verge of WW3. Is that actually so? I feel like the danger is real, but what is missing is a sense of degree of risk and of the big picture of how much all this could actually spiral.

[@Nat3ski]

I don't seriously think the houthis, gazans or hezbollah have the logistical capacity to project power far enough to be a world war. It can only be a regional conflict, as they don't have a standing navy, air force or, frankly, a chance!

[@thisguy7227]

Iran gets struck directly, Iran activates a terror cell in the US. US blames Iran invokes NATO article 5. Russia declares war on NATO countries in response to the declaration of war on Iran, China sees an opportunity to attack Taiwan, the US uses its Pacific assets to help defend Taiwan US/China go to war

[@spxram4793]

this is not about a "WW3". The Houthi should study the history of the Berbery Wars. That's their future. Now, all airports there have been disabled, so Iran cannot resupply that easily any more.

[@thisguy7227]

@@spxram4793 Houthi and Barbary are not closely related Barbary was strong because they extorted world powers for less than it would cost to defeat them. Iran is using them as an auxiliary to harass its adversaries. If they can shut down the Suaz they disrupt trade to the west in an attempt to control the Egyptians and increase the Persian sphere of influence

[@billotto602]

I doubt this could spark WW 3. I can't think of anything or anyone important enough to cause that.

[@seneca983]

It should be noted that some countries, like France, are also in the Red Sea protecting cargo ships without participating in the Operation Prosperity Guardian. Presumably this is, at least in France's case, because they don't want to subject their ships to American command.

[@francojustthat156]

and spain...

[@wingedvictory8694]

france as usual

[@SuperCatacata]

Yeah, only way France is going to be a part of that is if they are the ones in command instead. French pride would never allow another member of the EU or the US to take command over them unless they had no other choice.

[@armintargaryen9216]

Based France

[@Taletad]

@@SuperCatacatano, it is because France considers itself an ally of the US and not a subordinate Presumably the US weren’t too keen on joint command (although it is the norm for allied forces) So France prefered to be outside the US operation to not humiliate itself and become a subordinate I’m willing to bet a lot of money that France will still try to coordinate its efforts with the US (as they are allies after all)

[@nooftaheri3502]

This only the second video of yours i have watched, but it is already clear to me that you have a valuable perspective. You earned a new sub :)

[@Chuck_Hooks]

Appreciate the Houthi contribution to US navy readiness and training.

[@Tempus62]

It's awfully nice of them!

[@PatagoniaAries]

*gets PTSD from a 2k drone before joining the 22 veterans a day* So this is the prowess of America…

[@adamelghalmi9771]

we gettin PTSD from a 2000 dollar drone with this one

[@nobodyherepal3292]

@@PatagoniaArieslol, our guys ain’t ruskies bud😂

[@Unknown_Web_User]

you mean for exposing their unreadiness and poor training?

[@gaetanocarminefrancescopao5623]

Regarding the houthis controlling a small part of Yemen, they control a small land area, but all the population is concentrated on the Red Sea coast, while the east is pretty much empty.

[@Moemuntz]

All the concessions US/EU forced the Yemeni gov to give to Houthis is backfiring badly. This could have been avoided when Red Sea coast was almost liberated in 2018 before Trump and EU told them to stop and go to negotiations. If that wasn’t bad enough, they allowed Houthis to control a population center of 25 million people, who are poor and desperate. This is essentially giving them unlimited manpower.

[@MonsierBlack]

Houthis do control significant portions of Yemen. Mainly in the northern regions. However, they only control one of three major ports in the form of al Hudaydah, the other two being aden and mocha. (Side note: Northern regions of Yemen are relatively more densely populated then the south. Aden is the May be the exception.

[@TheWibbe]

"The suez canal - the worlds favorite real life warp zone" had me laughing hard 😂

[@casbot71]

Factual error - is not a warp zone, it's a wormhole....

[@roberthenderson4466]

WIBBE THIS IS NOT FUNNY........YOUR NAME IS FUNNY......LOL 5 X........

[@noyopacific]

Thanks for the video Professor Spaniel !!! BTW, you made a minor point at 11:15 , that while your audience demographic is old we are not ancient as the conflict in the Suez Canal. This audience member (me,) actually was born before the Suez Crisis. 😜 Thanks again for sharing your excellent insights into conflict. I personally believe that Egypt, considering their major interest in the effect on shipping, should be expected to take a bigger role in bringing a resolution to the attacks in the Red Sea and maybe even the attacks on their neighbors in Gaza.

[@timtrewyn453]

US military assistance to Egypt has been about $1.3 billion per year for decades. Maybe what that buys needs to shift toward an Egyptian navy with a better mix of resources for protection their canal tolls.

[@ericbiencourt8390]

If people want a more in depth day to day info, the channel "What's going on in shipping" does break downs of the attacks and some of the effects for the diversions. He is a bit political but it is still very informative.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

It's VERY detailed. You have to be REALLY into shipping to make it through one of those videos.

[@umjackd]

I hope this crisis creates more awareness about how the global supply chain and free trade actually works. A lot of people talk about how either the US doesn't need anyone, or conversely that American military bases are a new form of imperialism. The latter is only somewhat true in the sense that the US has created a world order that runs on free trade and is seeking to maintain it, including with military partnerships. They didn't impose those military bases, they pay for them. And the bases serve as partnerships with other countries which facilitate free trade. Japan wouldn't survive as a country today without being able to trade with the world. It, and many other countries, live and die on being able to trade with the rest of the world. Any threat to that by any regional actor is a small-minded act that endangers what is actually a quite precarious system of trade. Some countries might feel like this system is imposed upon them, but most people benefit from a more open and trading world, just not thugs who build authoritarian systems which prefer to control their own people.

[@Aethereality]

Well said!

[@dominuslogik484]

Something that more people need to realize is that they can afford to live the lives they do and enjoy the comforts they have because of the endless efforts of the u.s military around the world. If you aren't in Russia or China it's likely you directly benefit from the presence of the u.s military in more ways than you can imagine

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

It is far more complicated then that one sided explanation you chose to portray here. For one, the world order that allows for this free trade also allows american corperations to install themselves into every other country in the world. And american policy has been to give american corperations everything they need to dominate globally, even at the cost of the domestic markets and public. Plus that free trade protection allows the usa to push countries to be much more lenient to usa corperations and them dominating their domestic markets then they otherwise would have been. This is how the usa became the economic powerhouse it is after ww2, which allowed them to spread wider millitarilly, which in turn grew their influence and in turn boost their economy further. It is a self fulfilling spiral and is a form of economic imperialism. It is true that other countries also have bennefitted economically from this american policy in a lot of ways, but that is far from the whole story. The usa is absolutely not some benevolent state that other nations are taking advantage of. It is a tit for tat agreement for both sides.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

And this is also why trump is so dangerous. If the usa decides to become more isolationist, it will also be very deteimental to the usa's global economic dominance. Anyone who thinks the usa economy is so strong just because it is the usa economy by itself and it's international dominance is just a natural side effect is in for a very harsch surprise. If the usa pulls back from the international stage, it's economic hold on the global economy and the economic spoils asociated with it will also disapear as a result. In no way will this result in a positive outcome for american citizens.

[@frostpst477]

Two sides of a coin.

[@mbarker_lng]

We've lived in a 24x7 news cycle for well over a decade. Yet it seems like there is a one major crisis after another these days since the pandemic, like falling dominoes...

[@megaatomicpickle]

that is the masterplan

[@RedKytten]

All this reinforces Canada's need to work with Norway in the arctic. As the region becomes navigational... it is going too become the worlds most important trade route, and I would much rather the two of us (Canada and Norway) set the rules and such, rather than Russia and/or the 'near arctic' nation of China.

[@Jakob_DK]

Both have invested in new surveillance aircrafts with some weapons capabilities

[@carlflaherty2215]

You left out the United States, and actual "near arctic" state (due to Alaska).

[@kingace6186]

This century is going to be when the Northwest Passage gets to truly shine. There's gonna be some serious economic competition from the Northeast Passage. Arctic countries can't sleep on the North anymore.

[@carlflaherty2215]

@@kingace6186 Assuming that this century makes it beyond 2027.

[@logician3641]

Canada is going to host Chinese military bases so they can invade lower 48 US states. They already let the spy baloon fly over into the US.

[@fernsong8558]

Last time I was this early the flag of Sealand was in the thumbnail

[@Gametheory101]

I UNDERSTAND THE REFERENCE

[@Grenadier311]

I appreciate the high quality of your content and believe many more subs are in order.

[@Denise-tt1hq]

Intriguing delivery.

[@cosmosofinfinity]

This video is incredible. I am blown away by your ability to put together something so comprehensive, yet so concise, so quickly

[@aSSGoblin1488]

can you clarify? i just dnt get it? isnt there a small country jabouti that has 10 military bases from all the major powers of world in the area?? nations know their interests and protect it for exact same reason. so where is the emergency? pls inform me....

[@aSSGoblin1488]

i mean china should be practicing their navy defense against houthi but other countries are defending their interests. so dnt really see any concern over this or just am i blind

[@robertnewhart3547]

It's a bot.

[@casbot71]

*Factual error;* Suez canal is not a real life warp zone, it's a stable wormhole.

[@Gametheory101]

Oh my bad

[@sinecurve9999]

So the Arabian sea is the Gamma quadrant?

[@alpacaofthemountain8760]

Great video. Hope that we can get things in order again

[@juju8119]

Super video, thanks 👍

[@aaronleverton4221]

79 ships per day? I have lived on roads with less cars per day than that. Sitting watching that go passed would feel like interstate trucks on a highway (lived on one of them, too), so much for a relaxing stay by the seaside.

[@General12th]

Hi William! This channel has found the Suez Canal into my attention span.

[@silentsnipe260]

Another really good video

[@Llkc60]

Loved the game theory approach. Subbed.

[@emlel1948]

The demographics data took me off guard, guess im to young to be interested in geopolitics (just kidding, your content is amazing)

[@JosephKano]

Interesting to see your take after watching Peruns PowerPoint about all this.

[@jimwyatt9894]

Excellent

[@denniskimpton9981]

Isn't it funny how they always show the ships with the containers but the ones they're defending are the oil rigs

[@denillefleming2942]

Another brilliant post! Thank you!

[@mikkelhansen3714]

You must be an economist. You describe everything with eco lingo perfectly, from public goods to game theory to negative externalities. Really interesting to hear as i study economics as well

[@firenter]

Geopolitics and macroeconomics are intrinsically linked, so it would make sense for someone who studies one to study the other as well

[@pridelander06]

"This *nice* carrier here." I see what you did there.

[@Drew776655]

Dwight D. Eisenhower? Nice...

[@nvs2815]

*USA GIVES FINAL WARNING TO HOUTHIS EVERY DAY last FEW DAYS* 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@XIIchiron78]

7:20 can we talk about how hard it is to find things lately? I can't tell if Google has just incompetently crippled their search, or if they are just losing the war against SEO and Bots (maybe websites are starting to close off indexing due to GPT et al?), but something has changed, even above and beyond the downward spiral it has been on for years. It has rekindled a feeling I'd almost forgotten in the age of the internet: being curious about something and simply giving up because you don't know where to look. It worries me, because the inability to gather any information across multiple sources about a topic is destroying my ability to be informed against manipulation. Perhaps that's not an accident.

[@erickdavid2412]

its hard work to go through all the approved content. our masters are trying to "curate" as fast as they can. Just be patient. When the AI kicks in it will be faster Its hard work to censor

[@LeeGoGators]

Good watch while waiting in an airport parking lot

[@trichomelover4209]

you make nice videos

[@dewiz9596]

11:00 as for your channel demographics, I certainly remember the 1956 Suez Crisis

[@shmeckle666]

Israel being a common factor, then and now.

[@skinnybob6784]

"made it's big.. well move" hehe, nice one :)

[@azmodanpc]

Cool now I can see lines moving on different maps.

[@aaroncobeng]

When shit hits the fan no one calls China.

[@Lennart.4444]

China is an economic superpower purely by the quantity of products they manifacture. They are far more isolationist by nature and are not interested in world peace. I'm not saying the US is holy, but at least they want some form of global stability

[@richbattaglia5350]

No one trusts them.

[@karenwang313]

I'm really enjoying the... Canalysis.

[@seanclancy9746]

I can’t help but feel like you have a soft spot for the old Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate…lots of them in this video

[@PhilipLeitch]

I still don't understand how "British Imperial units" - are somehow now "freedom units" while the units literally related to the emancipation and enlightenment of Europe and then the world is not "freedom units". It's like bizaro world.

[@UGNAvalon]

It’s bc Americans love “Muh Freedums!” 🦅 But yes, as an American, I also find it weird. Ask anyone “which country put a man on the moon using metric?” and the actually-informed ppl would answer “NASA”. 😂

[@PhilipLeitch]

@@UGNAvalon and honestly I don't think it matters. Americans perfected precision. Americans perfected production. The units used are somewhat irrelevant. It's calling it "freedom units" that is like calling a horse drawn carriage a "green car". Ummm... No...

[@jonassavimbi4795]

WTF IS A KILOMETER 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅🦅🦅🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@PhilipLeitch]

@@jonassavimbi4795 says the person who's country uses km in every academic and military context.

[@UGNAvalon]

@@jonassavimbi4795 That's easy, 1000 meters. 🙃 Now tell me this: How many feet are in a mile? How many *yards* are in a mile?? 😜

[@theo_korner]

Can recommend the channel "whats going on with shipping" for the topic

[@harounk8849]

I’m not sure if it is but at 15:14, that looks to be the Scott key bridge, crazy all these months later that now it has been destroyed. Great video nonetheless.

[@mattheide2775]

Thanks for making me better informed about this goat-rope. ❤

[@Lemurion287]

Little point, at 23:58 when you say "Park the USS Eisenhower in front of your cargo ship," the screen actually shows HMS Queen Elizabeth.

[@thecrazycapmaster]

“Bear with me a second while I catch my breath.” *Cuts to ad break* 🤣 that had to be intentional and I’m not even mad.

[@Gametheory101]

Guilty as charged 😅

[@brennanvilcheck9469]

For those wanting history, The US NAVY was founded for the sole purpose of fighting/hunting pirates. The naval act of 1794 literally says in the start, "An ACT to provide a Naval Armament. WHEREAS the depredations committed by the Algerine corsairs on the commerce of the United States render it necessary that a naval force should be provided for its protection:" So, basically the meme of not touching america's boats is the reason we got a navy.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

That's a fun little detail.

[@Crushnaut]

What is Bahrain's involvement in Operation Prosperity Guardian? I saw them being involved in the headlines and thought they were the one that stood out the most.

[@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185]

A new William Spaniel joint. I’m in!

[@TheWunderbaar]

You've got humorous geopolitical commentary, but unlike Zeihan you're not a piece of s''''t! Congratulations! You got my sub.

[@thomasjohnson2862]

“Bear with me while I catch my breath” - advert comes on immediately

[@diegoramirez7901]

The Lost Number at 20:26 Well done Mr. Spaniel

[@Ifyoucanreadthisgooglebroke]

2024 patch unexpectedly disabled fast travel for ships and the community is agitated.

[@alowry2002]

I smiled that the ‘Manufacturing Plant’ image was of Tampa Electric’s Big Bend Generating Station back when it ran four coal fired units. It does make any thing but upset electrons. It has changed since the picture was taken from near the Manatee viewing Center.

[@freddiecarr7602]

I was wondering where I had seen this---then I went back to Sal's channel---whats going on with shipping.

[@toadofsteel]

27:06 Zone Defense is also a gridiron football term. It's roughly analogous terminology for both sports however, where a single player is responsible for defending a zone of the field.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Mahan is back in fashion.

[@porthose2002]

What I don't understand about this situation is why the Egyptions are not going all John Wick on the Houthis. I understand that they don't have much of a navy, but I'd think that they'd be doing everything that they can militarily and diplomatically to protect their revenue from the canal. Maybe they are, but they are just one of the silent partners?

[@casbot71]

Why hasn't the West collectively gone? _"What human rights? ... we're busy looking elsewhere at the moment"_ to the Saudis? If given a free hand the Saudis could seriously hurt the Houthis (more). They have a very powerful military - with the best equipment that money can buy on the international market. And the world's media organisations (who are often owned by conglomerates that also have a stake in the free flow of world trade) would completely ignore any collateral damage and put the public focus back on Ukraine.

[@4th_Disciple]

Why has Hamas grown exponentially despite 4 Billion$ annual aid from US tax payer to Israel. Silent partners?

[@grahamstrouse1165]

They don’t want to get the Muslim Brotherhood, which has a strong presence in Egypt, all excited.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

⁠@@casbot71The Saudis don’t want to get their Shia Muslim population all riled up, either. And they’ve been struggling figuring out how to low-end drone attacks for several years. They’re an all bling, no basics kinda military, to paraphrase Perun…

[@timtrewyn453]

Perhaps there's a toll sharing negotiation occurring in the back room. Egypt wants to see what the ship owners and their nations might do first. Using the Suez Canal, and world trade, may never be the same. Iran gets a win. Russia does, too. The West needs to get better intel out of Houthi territory so it can put pressure on the key actors. Maybe Egypt could help with that.

[@kevinbramlett5396]

It took me a minute to figure out whether you were using a computer to voice the video or you were just talking strangely. 😂Either way, good info.

[@SamsonZoomBespoke]

Does he mention anything about hired security on shirts even with guided weapons?

[@petersmythe6462]

All we need now is someone blocking the strait of Malacca and this can get way more interesting.

[@awesomehpt8938]

The Dwight D Eisenhower is Bill and Teds favourite aircraft carrier.

[@sagitarriulus9773]

Can confirm indeed there have been more attacks since this video

[@thomasjrusso9280]

How does a nation participate in the coalition anonymously? Isn't it a simple matter to track these warships from their ports of origin?

[@masonm600]

20:27 4 8 15 16 23 42! Still traumatized by LOST too?

[@Gametheory101]

Aren't we all?

[@Tempus62]

Always brightens my day when I see a new William Spaniel video

[@DumbSkippy]

"brightens"

[@Metacarius]

You and Guga need to have a burger summit.

[@landonmaybaum5321]

Anyone else here like to fall asleep to the soothing sounds of Williams voice ?

[@ibrahimvestin1901]

Saying that Houthis threatened the world’s shipping is like saying: Hamas shot missiles against the whole world on 7th oct 2023.

[@dfsilversurfer]

So what do you do with a ship once u have it ... race it home into ur garage and start stripping it of cargo and parts.?

[@MrPramzzz]

Lloyd Austin should launch the another OPG (operation prostate guardian)

[@jeffbenton6183]

27:20 "Zone" vs. "Man-to-Man" defense is a feature in both basketball, and gridiron football (although, you won't hear the announcer use the terms much in a game of gridiron).

[@1steyeblind]

Perfext timing! I really need to sleep and this voice has become amsr to me.

[@Gametheory101]

I was nodding off while editing the video on this one, so right there with you boss.

[@adamelghalmi9771]

@@Gametheory101 gametheory101?

[@Aethereality]

@@adamelghalmi9771LOL I never actually checked William’s KZbin @ 😅 This caught me by surprise too!

[@1steyeblind]

@@Gametheory101 its a predicament! I love the vids but find the voice so familiar and soothing haha thats why it needs to be looped or like videos that are compilations of earlier episodes

[@Corvinwhite]

I know this seems on feasible but can we get a whole lot of people a whole army they just continuously get buckets of water or dump trucks of water and bring them over to the panama canal that’s literally the only solution I can think of I love your videos and very informative thank you

[@tscott6843]

Can someone ID the ship at 8:03?

[@noahway13]

Who came up with that title for the title of the operation ? And how can countries send personnel and no ship? Do they stand on shore with binoculars and a radio?

[@abramburel11]

from lines on maps to slots of ships...

[@Max-nt5zs]

Does the Houthi “blockade” force the Saudis to be warmer with Iran since this forces them to conduct commerce through Hormuz which Iran obviously has some control over?

[@RoyalistKev]

Has anyone ever told you that you sound like NileRed?

[@TheActionBastard]

"Dont. Touch. The. Boats." ~Global Trade and Associated Governments

[@speakertrees]

This da best ai chat bot around fr. So monotone iluv it

[@Jakob_DK]

18:34 Maersk gave the government a very good offer and built the frigates at his shipyard.

[@IFRYRCE]

PortWatch sounds like an unsuccessful Bay Watch spinoff

[@cheapasmilk]

Wait, whose collecting tolls? Its well understood checkpoints are "secured zones". Fricking ridiculous.

[@jeffbenton6183]

11:22 Interesting. So, a plurality of viewers of this channel are in my age bracket (and if I am not mistaken, Dr. Spaniel's age bracket as well).

[@bwcbiz]

How does the cost of going around Africa compare with the cost of the Northwest passage above Canada (at least for China to Europe)?

[@bwcbiz]

Another example of the communal action problem: Global Warming.

[@madcat789]

We need to start arming Merchant ships. Something, anything.

[@CorePathway]

A small security team of well-armed mercenaries can keep speedboats at bay. Missiles not so much.

[@briankool1]

i love my weekly doom and gloom episode

[@zakewalkthroughz5082]

What people don’t understand is, this isn’t like Somali, the red sea doesn’t have piracy problem its out right anti Israel. the ships are not being robbed and ransomed.

[@Yes-thanks-fk-u]

It would seem that Egypt would want to do something about this problem considering it is their fees that will be missed from their budget… but it doesn’t seem like they are saying much less doing anything about it..

[@user-bg7tc1pk5q]

Why they would join something henious!! Yemen has the right to prevent Israeli ships

[@ronaldwhite1730]

Thank you . ( 2024 / Jan / 14 )

[@stargazer-elite]

7:20 yeah that isn’t REALLY space warfare it’s a interesting technicality but it was just a coincidence honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if it has happened before

[@orirotem2298]

Good content

[@bipolitthefighter2599]

Welcome to conflict number 4 for will to cover

[@opperhoofdgeilebizon]

Great video, how is Jack doing?!

[@jondurr]

I see B-52s over Yemen!

[@iCrohns]

“Good on them…for not using [American] football” *cries in Joe Barry’s zone defense 😢*

[@Curmudgeon2]

No, went with another American invention....basketball...

[@SteppesoftheLevant]

15:25 the isthmus of tehuantepec in mexico is now being seriously alternate to the panama Canal. The only thing panama canal has over mexico is that it can allow navy ships to pass

[@emanuelhangartner848]

ain't no way 20% of your audience is 65+ years old 😭😭😭😭 i feel crumby all of a sudden