Iran Just Made This War Personal!

Hello everybody and welcome to Geopolitical Trends, where truth matters. Most people that's covering this story that I'm going to be talking about, about the list of the targets, are reading a press release. That's what it is. I've been in Yemen, I've been in Saudi Arabia, I've been in Iraq, been near Jordan, near the border with Iran. I wrote a books about Iran. Saudi Arabia articles about Yemen. Okay, so when, based on my experience being on the ground and doing all the analysis back then in Washington, when I see the IRGC, the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps, skips military targets and instead publishes evaluation of golf courses, skyscrapers, I know exactly what that choice is designed to do and what it's for, and it's not what you may think about. And this is why it's important for you to understand why this matters to you personally. So I'm going to answer that question for you. So let me first put the context for you about what just happened with the skyscrapers and all that. A lot of people misreading this. First, you need to understand that after the negotiations that took place— and I'm not going to go back in detail because I covered all this. To those who have missed those kind of videos, just go back to the channel and look for those videos where I covered these topics. But suffice it to say, just to put it within the proper context, as I said, after negotiations which was aiming at a diplomatic settlement, those negotiations collapsed in early July this year, of course, you know, the US and Iran, what they end up having, they end up renewing, uh, active hostilities. And that escalating the conflict that followed the earlier US-Israeli-Iran strikes. And in this renewed fighting, that's when the IRGC comes in. The IRGC published through a statement via its official social media accounts. Now remember this word, official social media accounts. You will understand why later on. Naming Trump-branded commercial properties in the Gulf as— and I put this in quotes because it was reported that way— legitimate target. Those are not military, those are legitimate target for potential strikes, rather than issuing a conventional military threat against basis on naval assets as it was the case before. So what's important is to understand the framing here is so sharp, so precise, and the fact backs it up because IRGC's statements in mid-July named specific— back then, go to the record and you'll find it— named specific top-branded commercial, Trump-branded commercial assets. And I'm gonna detail for you which one— the ones from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, to, uh, Jeddah, to Riyadh, to Oman, so Qatar also. So, and this is why what you have to understand about back then, the statements, it came with the complete estimated valuation— another word, the dollar value— with images of the specific locations where they are. Of a specific description of their possession. And, but you know what, that didn't stay internal. That was published on IRGC own social channels rather than through a military communique, as it was the case before. And I will share with you what case that is in a second here. So few things that, in my opinion, as one who deals with this kind of stuff, make the choice itself The story, because that's what the story is. So it's a message to a person, not a state. And what do I mean by this? Usually the traditional deterrence signaling bases, the name of, you know, for example, Al-Udeid. I'm sorry, Al-Udeid. You think about Sultan Bandar Sultan Air Base, you think about the bases in Jordan. You name them, you name the carrier groups, Eisenhower or Abraham Lincoln, what have you. You think about the air defense nodes, things that threaten an adversary military capacity, but a list of resorts and towers that threatens Donald Trump's personal balance sheet and of course the brand equity. Think about it. Who's going to want to have now a building that says trauma on it? Think about that. That's the category shift from state-to-state signaling to state-to-individual signaling. So, which is unusual for a government communication. That is one of the messages there. The other one will be that it explores, it exploits the blur that exists between the presidency and the Trump Organization foreign licensing deals as corruption, as corrupted, uh, uh, Trump companies are. So those golf properties, they are not US government assets. No, no, no, no, no, no. They are branded developments where Trump-linked entities license to a name. And often not just to his name, often to local developers. And this is true in Dubai, this is true in Jeddah, and this is true in Riyadh properties. I was on the ground in the big tower in Riyadh, go up, I went upstairs all the way up and saw what's there and all that. That's not Saudi Arabia building that, that's an outsider. So by naming them legitimate targets. Iran is implicitly now asserting that the man, Donald Trump in this case, and the state, United States, or whatever that is, are fused. A claim about Trump specifically that a purely military target list won't make. This is where the difference. Then comes the evaluation exercise. What do I mean by this? Which is its own kind of theater, has its own trajectory. Publishing the dollar figure— and I'm going to share with you how much each building cost. I checked and double-checked on the cost assessment for those. So publishing dollar figures alongside the building does two things. One, it signals— meaning what the IRGC is signaling— we've done our homework. We know. We're talking about surveillance. We're talking about intelligence gathering as it turns. And if something I've learned throughout my years of experience and being on the ground in, in West Asia, Iran's intelligence services are very wired, very. And that's the purpose of why RGC did what it did, because it converts the threat into something, uh, legible. To, to whom? To Trump? No, to a business audience. That is the point. This is a— this is In my opinion, is a threat measured in the currency Trump himself is assumed to understand. Can you imagine what this is going to do to other foreign companies? So, and the other point is that it exposes the vulnerability— vulnerabilities of whom? Of Donald Trump— that Iran can otherwise reach. Iran doesn't have to focus just on the military. It has other options. So of course, Iran is going to be smart into moving to, for example, to strike US military assets outside the region. Without that will be a massive escalation risk. They understand that. It's not that they're afraid, it's just they understand that. And sometimes when you understand, you don't want to do some stupid or take some stupid actions like what the Saudis have done against Ansarullah. And now they're going to be paying the price for that. So naming commercial property in Gulf Coast states is a lower-cost, more deniable form of pressure. Why? Because you're talking about reputation and economics rather than kinetic operations, while at the same time still generating headlines around the world. I mean, think about it. Remember, I did the clip, the short clip for you 2 days ago, and I told you I will do an analysis once I confirm a few things. So now let's see what's on the list. And, and believe it or not, I, I've been in some of those buildings, especially the one in Riyadh. I have not visited the one in, in, uh, in Dubai, but I am aware of the one in Riyadh. So what's on the list? Let's start first with the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Dubai. And I have a picture, uh, right here. This is the one in Dubai. Just think about the, the optics of it if this gets knocked down. Now that tower is about 80-story building, so, and it was completed in 2021 and an estimated cost of $1 billion. Okay, I think I have two two pictures of it. Yes, there is another one here. That's the same one, just from a different angle. One at daytime, one night. Okay, the next one is the Trump Plaza in Jeddah. This is the one right here. This one at a cost of about $530 million. Then you have Trump Tower and Trump International Golf Club in Riyadh. I have a picture of this one if I am not— yes, right here. Then you have a golf course and villa projects in Qatar, Samisma area, at about $2 billion. Then you have another 5-star hotel in Oman. I think I got a picture of the one in Oman right here, over a cliff. This is about $500 million. Okay, and all this— here is, here is what I need you to understand. This is not about just pictures, okay? It's not about that what IRGC did. No, it's about providing these images with accurate descriptions, the accurate estimated value as of today. And that's why Some of you might say, oh, Dr. O, for those who are familiar with how this kind of stuff works, because I faced this before. And during the— what? That was during the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. Why is this important, you may ask yourself? Because it was Donald Trump who ordered the assassination, which by the way, it was through some Iraqi officials who sort of slipped the mail to the Americans about his upcoming visit. So that's another story for another day. So what's important to understand about this is that because what Iran just did now, IRGC, is unprecedented in form. In form. Why? Because back then an Iranian advisor did something similar in 2020 after this, uh, Qassem Soleimani was assassinated. And what did that advisor do? He circulated Forbes magazine list of Trump properties, including Mar-a-Lago in Florida. But that's different from this one here. This version is more official. It came through IRGC statements rather than a personal tweet. Which was back then. It was more detailed this time around with a dollar valuation attached to it and situated within an active hostilities context rather than a post-strike retaliation threat. That's what makes it different. And this is why you have to understand all these locations I mentioned. The, the ones in Dubai and all that stuff. All of them are important to understand. And with this comes the question of how significant is this militarily? Not very. No, no, no, no, no, these are commercial buildings in third-party host countries, in other Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar. Those are not US assets, and striking them will mean attacking sovereign territory, Gulf territories. Of course, Iranians understood all this. They understand the risk that could this turn Iran's Arab neighbors into active belligerents. They understand that. So, but that makes also the target list read more as a psychological and political pressure than an operational plan. Make no mistake, if Iran is attacked, those buildings will not be safe. That, that, that, that, that's a foregone conclusion. It just— we have to, to— I have to provide you with both sides of the argument. And this is the idea of why this is a way to signal reach. IRGC can reach anywhere there. Specifically without committing to an act that would almost certainly strategically could and would backfire. And when you think about the significance of this is that it signals about how this conflict now is being fought rhetorically. It personalizes now the conflict. It's no longer Iran versus, the US and Israel for that matter. No, no, no, no. This now is framing it as Iran versus Trump rather than Iran versus the United States. And it does one specific thing. It puts the Gulf host governments into an uncomfortable position more than they already are. Because remember, like I said before, if the Gulf states are saying we have pressured the US not to strike, whatever. If you— why? Because they want to show the world that, oh, they have the say into what's going on with the US. I push back against that by saying, if you have a say, why didn't you ask the Americans to pack and leave? The military one, that is, like Niger did back then. Gave the US 30 days and said, we need you to pack your military gear and all that and leave within 30 days. It shows you right there the Gulf states have no guts. They don't have the authority. They don't have the strength to say that to the Americans. They couldn't. And this is why the media is selling to you that the reason why Donald Trump didn't strike is because the Saudis convinced him. No, no. Saudi can do squat. United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, even Oman. Even though Oman now is getting closer to a deal one-on-one with Iran, has nothing to do with the United States. And what you're going to be reading soon is that, oh, the Strait of Hormuz is going to be open. The US stated that US has nothing to do with it. Is Iran and Oman working a deal to open up the Strait of Hormuz, as of, as I, at the time of this live stream. So I just want you to be aware of that distinction and why this puts the Gulf states in an uncomfortable position, because their territory and their relationship with Washington are now implicated in a threat they didn't issue. You know, those Gulf states, we got to be fair, they didn't want a war with Iran. But they didn't have the gut to say to the Americans, no. Did they even condemn the attacks on Iran? No, they didn't. You know, this is the same like what's been happening in Gaza. What did Arab states do, or Muslim, or for that matter? None of them was able to even carry a bottle of water and take it to Gaza for those starved children. I mean, let's be honest. If we are to be honest, you know, where is the Muslim world? Where is the Arab world when you look at something like this versus allowing your territory to do all this? Good luck to you with all that, but come on, stop being hypocrites and use the word, oh, we are Muslims, and on all that nonsense stuff. So this is where you have to understand the message of this, because Iran is also pitching to its domestic. It projects that it can reach and price out assets tied to the American president, even when it can't credibly. Even if you are to ask me, it's unlikely Iran will do that unless in an extreme situation. But Iran doesn't— Iran needs to just send the message, and that's exactly the point. It's like what the Chinese just did yesterday, which I will cover for you next week. They send in some very advanced naval assets into the Persian Gulf, not for Iran. No, no, no, no, no. Those are for China to escort their oil coming out of Iran. You think the US is going to attack China? Got to be out of your mind to think that, because to my knowledge, and I'm gonna check more, is that one of the Chinese assets is a submarine. Think about it. So, and that's again, whether it moves— this gesture by Iran, the listing of this, whether it's going to move markets or policy, remain to be seen. But what is factual is that this is an asymmetrical, uh, uh, uh, instrument or tool signaling the information space escalation. That's Information is crucial in this kind of stuff. And this leads me to talk about the timing of this. IRGC, think about it. This IRGC statement, it didn't happen 3 days ago, just FYI, you know. Was I aware of it? No, I was not. I don't claim something I don't have facts about. It just— when I checked, I found out that this has been in the works since July 16th and 17th. IRGC stayed mum about it, stayed quiet, because one thing I can tell you from experience, to gather intelligence, to do all the— it takes time. So IRGC statements started back in July 16th, 17th, roughly about, about 3 weeks before now. And that is why he landed immediately after the diplomatic breakdown, because what was the whole idea of the negotiations? Because the negotiations were aiming at a settlement between Washington and Tehran, which collapsed in early July. This started in July 16th, 17th— pardon me, 16th, 17th. That's why timing matters. It, time, it matters. It is not an opening shot per se, but at the same time, it comes during a time of mid-escalation signal because the diplomacy fell. So, and with that, it puts us into a very serious dilemma, and that dilemma has to do with my next question. If the truth matters to you, hit like, subscribe, and tap that bell. No spin, no agenda, just the stories they don't want you to know. Don't watch from the sideline, be part of the movement. Your support keeps the truth alive. Thank you. And the question is, how may this, uh, initiative or statements or publication, whatever term you want to use, shape now the security architecture for Western companies in the Persian Gulf or West Asia writ large? Because no area is going to be safe. It's a legitimate question. Even though the target list names specifically Donald Trump, brands assets specifically, it has a psychological effect on Western corporate risk management. It's much broader than you can even imagine. I can only see now the, the security consulting firms You see so many companies, uh, I used to get involved in this kind of stuff, you know. It signals— what it signals now is that commercial and branded properties, not just government or military installations or infrastructure, are now explicitly within potential physical theater parameter. That is one of the fundamental message IRGC are sending. And that in itself will push companies with high-profile branded assets in the region to now reassess their physical security postures. You're gonna have to think about the insurance, they're gonna have to think about war risk. Riders on the Gulf properties will likely get more expensive or harder to place to begin with. And what you're gonna be seeing is little by little more companies will start to leave the area altogether. And I'm not even talking about the crisis communication part of it. So that is why— why is because now there is a precedent that's been set which shows what? Shows a state sector, or the state, whatever that sector might be, is now— that, that will be within certain states, okay— is willing now to name specific buildings, valuations, and locations publicly rather than issue vague, some sort of threats, whatever. And if this is not enough, if whatever those, those locations here from Riyadh Jara to Abu Dhabi to Oman to Qatar. All of this we're going to have to think in terms of, uh, I don't know why my computer froze. Okay. Oh, you're still here.

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What I was going to say is the idea of the Gulf States. Excuse me, the Gulf States. Now, so this init— this, uh, this, uh, statement by IRGC puts now governments of United Arab Emirates, uh, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman in a position where they may feel pressured now to visibly, visibly harden security around foreign-branded commercial developments. Which means what? They're gonna have to spend money on protecting a foreign asset instead of protecting their own citizens, instead of building their own infrastructure. And for one reason. Why? Because first of all, they want to please the Americans, and they want to reassure investors, and of course, the, the, the, the, the, the, to, uh, sort of demonstrate Oh, we have sovereignty over threats and all that stuff made on our soil, when you and I know that those countries cannot even defend themselves. Otherwise, why they have this security umbrella with the US? And for Western firms more broadly, now this is not just Americans, this likely will accelerate now the trend already underway Diversifying visibly. In other words, get out of that area, look elsewhere. The corporate branding in itself, the physical footprint is going to have to change. Anything that carry Donald Trump's stuff was going to have to think twice now about it. Why? Because they're going to become highly identifiable assets, and that will come the role of the security contractors, and it's going to be dependency on that. And so forth. It's, it's a very, very complicated dynamics that they are very crucial in understanding where this is headed. So, and now, and with that, you know, you ask the question, why should you care? You said to yourself, well, I'm not an investor, Dr. O. I don't have to worry about investing in that part of the world. No, no, no, no, it's not about that. Why should you care? Because most coverage of this story is reactive headline repackaging. That's what it is. Oh, Iran threats, Trump properties. Because what the media is doing is just repackaging this without any framework for understanding what that specific choice of target matters or what it predicts about where this conflict goes next. This is what you are getting in this channel, because my analysis that I share with you, no matter how brief it is, is grounded in a firsthand regional experience, the structural knowledge of the Gulf security dynamics, because I dealt with that, not in some based on commentary assembled from the same wire copy everywhere else is reading. And I'm not bragging here, I am providing you facts. That is the difference between being told what happened and understanding what it means. So, and what it means not just for you, but it— what it means for the region, what it means for the Gulf Coast government, caught in the middle of this, and for anyone for that matter with exposure to Western assets or interests in that part of the world. Like I said at the beginning, you might not be an investor having some assets there, whatever, which would be nice to have you here watching this video. But I am sure, because I read the comments that comes through my, my, uh, articles on LinkedIn, that's for the business community, and it's like, Dr. O, How do you see this moving forward? And so forth. So the practical payoff for you in this is foresight, understanding why Iran chose commercial targets over military ones. It tells you something about the trajectory of the conflict, where things are headed, whether it is staying contained as we see for now because it's contained to a symbolic pressure or building towards something with a real— we're talking about a real economic and security consequences. So, and that's what I'm saying, if any of you watching this, if you are tracking the markets, for example, if you are dealing with or tracking corporate risks, or just trying to make sense of a fast-moving story without wading through the headlines and the noise. That's the value why this matters to you. A read, a brief analysis on what comes next, not just a recap of what already happened. And that is the reason why I do what I do. Because that's first of all my commitment to you, to the community. I had someone, a dear friend of mine, which I'm gonna share with you. By the way, make sure stay with me because I'm gonna keep this short, uh, this time around. I have some two major announcements to make, and one of my dear friends, uh, uh, mentioned to me that, uh, I need to take a break. And I said, no, I, I will. It's just my commitment to the community. I promise to give 110%. That's my commitment to the community. That's why I'm saying whatever I do, there is something in it for you. Here is my conclusion for you, because I'm gonna keep this one short this time around here. As like I said at the beginning, having spent time on the ground in the region, from Yemen and Iraq to Kurdistan to Saudi Arabia to near the borders with Jordan, you name it. In addition to writing my own books about Saudi Arabia, about Iran, about American foreign policy in the region, whatever type of foreign policy that is anyway. So, and I don't read this, I really don't read this like, like a, like a headline. I don't. I don't. I read it as a signal, and the signal here is as clear as daylight. This conflict has moved from a military deterrence into something more personal and economic. That, that's the way I read it. So, and with this, I'm gonna leave you with one question. I'd like to— by the way, thank you so much for answering the questions when I put them in the comment section. I do read each one of them. 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That is where my commitment to you of giving 110% into what I do. So I don't take it lightly. Uh, even though my dear friend Ray said, you know, I need to take a break, well, I can, but at the same time, this is important to me. Keeping you informed and knowledgeable about what's going on is important to me. So, all right, let me play some clips for you and, and we just go from there. Uh, the first one I'm gonna be playing for you is from, uh, this person who lost the upcoming Senate race. Why is this important? I know I don't usually do much of domestic stuff, but I might address from time to time. Why is this important? Because the person who won the election in Michigan is going to be facing Mike Rogers. Mike Rogers, I know who he is. He used to be the head of the subintelligence committee and he's a Republican and so forth. But that's not about that. It is about how much AIPAC spent the largest, the largest campaign to defeat this individual, and they couldn't. So I'm gonna play the first clip of the candidate who was supported by AIPAC, which put all Americans to shame. Shame on her. I don't know how she's gonna be It's disturbing. So take a listen and I'll let you judge for yourself. Her name is Hailey Stevens. Take a listen. Comes to me in my dreams. Israel comes to me in my dreams. A Muslim has just defeated Hailey Stevens for the Democratic primary in Michigan. Take a wild guess why she lost. And in the United States Congress, I will continue to fight for the people of Israel. I will continue to fight for Israel's existence. Israel comes to me in my dreams. I see Israel's future, and I know that Israel will continue to exist for the Jewish people. Wow, wow. If she's not brainwashed, I don't know what is. And by the way, AIPAC spent over $30 million, to my knowledge, to defeat Abdul, the next person I'm going to show you a clip of. He's well articulate, but he is also highlighting the key problems in America. So, and I wish most Americans would wake up. Take a listen, please, especially my American viewers.

Complaint with the state of Israel, or is it with Benjamin Netanyahu and the way he has prosecuted this campaign in Gaza? Those things, of course, are inextricable. But I think we've seen the worst of what the Israeli government has done. But let's not forget that we've been talking about an illegal apartheid regime for a very, very long time, and that supersedes Netanyahu himself. So I just think we need to treat Israel the way we would treat any other country who behaved the way that Israel is behaving. And ultimately, in the end, I don't think any of us pay our taxes so that a foreign government gets a bomb or a tank. We pay our taxes so that our kids get good school, tools and functional infrastructure. And too many of our kids just don't have those things right now.

It's spot on. And, and most Americans are once again clueless about what is going on. And I don't know what it's going to take for Americans to wake up and do something, because I don't know, uh, the, the, the concept of, uh, uh, the US government for the people by the people. I don't think so. It's well understood. So I mean, you think about it just in terms of— especially for my American viewers, think about just in terms of taxes. Did you know that most of us, we are not obligated to pay taxes unless you live in the District of Columbia? And yet, you know where the system is, but the system is corrupted. So I'm not telling you something you don't know already. And the last clip I'm gonna play is a combination of both candidates. The one that Haley Stevens, that just lost so badly, and it was AIPAC-funded representative, so, or candidate, she's not a representative. Take a lesson, please.

The most dangerous candidate for the US-Israel relationship, because maybe I don't want to waste our money fighting wars we don't need to spend, and instead I want that spent here to rebuild our schools here, to make sure we have functional infrastructure here in Michigan, to make sure that we have healthcare here in Michigan. And so long as our politicians continue to be bought off by AIPAC, do not be surprised when we fight wars that are in their best interest—Titanics, Lebanon, uh, or to do genocide in Gaza. And I also believe that your money needs to be spent here, because at the end of the day, the ultimate losers are you and me, the taxpayers who paid that money to provide good infrastructure, build schools, provide healthcare for our own kids, not to watch it get sent to buy bombs and tanks that end up annihilating other people and their children.

Spot on. And when you look at a picture like this, it's heartbreaking. It's heartbreaking. And that is why it's not only shame on my own government, but also shame on this Muslim world. Where is it? Where is it? And again, I'm just being objective here. So I mean, I don't know those people in Gaza. I don't know them. But it's common decency for us as human beings, no more, no less. Anyway, uh, that's all I have for you today. I'm going to be working, as I said, that there are some major developments that's, that's going on, uh, as to, uh, uh, as to next week, and especially, uh, the two developments that, uh, came to my attention, uh, in two different locations. One of them in South China Sea, when the Chinese— where the Chinese blocked a US, uh, carrier group from entering. And the second one is the Chinese sending some naval assets to the Persian Gulf to escort their own oil coming out of Iran. Really major developments that is worth understanding where this is going. So, uh, I'm not going to do live stream tomorrow. I have some other projects I need to work on, and as I said, uh, that's why I'm doing the changes to the channel, uh, and I count on your support for that. Please, please, if you are finding this information useful, here is the link to support the channel. This is separate from my upcoming Asia trip. I would greatly appreciate it. So I wish you a good weekend, and I hope, uh, to see you next week. As always, remember geopolitics— before I'll do that, I gotta say thank you to Uh, uh, Dishon, thank you so much. Dishon gifted, uh, Dr. David Oualaalou membership. Truly, truly appreciate you, Dishon. It means a lot to me, man. Thank you. Uh, as I said, enjoy your weekend and be safe. And as always, remember, your politics impacts your daily life in more ways than one. Till next time, bye-bye.