The Most DANGEROUS Moment Is Now - Douglas Macgregor

🔥You can NOW Become a member of our channel to support us!🔥 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWZg7FTpyFB9lSpk-_cVr3Q/join In this new interview, Colonel Douglas Macgregor warns that the February strike that killed Iran's supreme leader removed the one restraint holding Iran back rather than breaking the regime. He reveals that Iran's foreign minister Arachi publicly demanded the United States "honor your signature" on July 7th, citing paragraph 13 of the Islamabad memorandum signed June 17th, the same day a Qatari LNG tanker was struck off the coast of Oman. Macgregor explains that vessel traffic through Hormuz has collapsed from a pre-war baseline of 84 vessels per day to just 27, and that the International Transport Workers Federation redesignated Hormuz a warlike operations area on March 5th, renewing that status under weekly review through July 9th. He explains that the Islamabad memorandum grants toll-free passage for only 60 days, and that both Iran and the United States are now positioning to charge tolls once that window closes, with Iranian officials promising "service fees" while the administration threatens its own charges for acting as "the guardian angel of the Middle East." Macgregor draws a direct parallel to the 1936 Montreux Convention that resolved the Turkish Straits crisis, arguing that Hormuz needs its own version of that framework because you cannot bomb your way into controlling a 34 kilometer wide strait bordered by a regional power with an asymmetric navy designed specifically to make that strait ungovernable. He notes that CNN has reported vessels increasingly hugging the Omani coastline to avoid Iranian-designated shipping lanes, with the usable corridor carrying a fifth of the world's oil now just 6 miles across. This interview was recorded as Reuters polling showed 53% of Americans saying the war has not been worth it against 25% who say it has, as Iran's foreign minister demanded Washington honor the memorandum the same week a tanker was struck, and as the toll dispute and inspections dispute revealed themselves as the same negotiation testing exactly how much sovereignty Iran will concede in exchange for ending the pressure campaign, with the answer from Tehran remaining remarkably consistent across both tracks: none. 📚 Sources cited in this video: • Kpler Hormuz Vessel Tracking https://www.kpler.com/blog/strait-of-hormuz-oil-flows • ITF War Risk Area Designations https://www.itfseafarers.org/en/safety-security/war-risk-areas • CNN Hormuz Shipping Route Analysis https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/iran-hormuz-shipping-lanes ⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This channel provides AI commentary and analysis for educational and informational purposes only. Views expressed by guests are their own and do not represent the positions of any company or institution. We encourage viewers to consult multiple sources and form their own conclusions. #douglasmacgregor #iranisraelwar #iranwar