Transcript of Military Leaders Demand Written Orders as Iran Strike Plans Face Scrutiny

Donald Trump and Netanyahu already appear to have ordered that strikes take place against Iran. However, something extraordinary is happening. The military in Israel and the military in the United States at various levels seem to be pushing back and perhaps not following through with the attack order. What we're learning about in Israel is that the IDF, Chief of Staff, basically the highest military officer in the Israeli military, somebody by the name of Eyal Zamir, is saying that the IDF won't attack Iran based on Netanyahu's command unless it is put in writing. So there is a level of accountability that it is clear where this is coming from so that there could be no blame down the line. Now, Eyal Zamir, the IDF Chief of Staff, believes that Netanyahu is seeking to attack Iran for political purposes to derail Israel's elections on Tuesday, where Netanyahu is currently trailing to somebody by the name of Gadi Eisenkot. Now, Gadi Eisenkot is the leader of the Yeshar Party. It's a parliamentary election, so the political parties are what is voted upon. And Gadi Eisenkot used to be the IDF Chief of Staff. So Gadi had the job that Eyal Zamir had, and Eyal Zamir's basically saying, I'm not going to follow through with Netanyahu's order to invade Iran unless it's put in writing, and unless everybody who wants to take responsibility for it puts their name on it.

I'm not going to follow through with the command. Basically a refusal to do the order. Now, this was discussed on Israel's Channel 12. And that's like their Fox News there. I mean, that is something that has to get through government censors. So the fact that that is being even reported at this level, and there's really no denial by IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, who's like a Netanyahu, you know, he appeared to be going along with all the horrific stuff that Netanyahu was doing in the genocide, but he's out there pushing back. And then you have Gadi Eisenkot, who's expected to win the election on Tuesday. He's posting that he's standing with Eyal Zamir against Netanyahu, who's trying to launch this attack on Iran. Meanwhile, here in the United States, you have Hegseth, and you have the CENTCOM commander, Admiral Brad Cooper. They also really want to go to war against Iran. They're in the Netanyahu camp. And you'll recall Hegseth visited Israel recently, spoke with Netanyahu, laundered a lot of Netanyahu false flags back to the United States, which have been rolled out. I've been talking about those, about how Iran is about to unleash a new nuclear weapon against Israel and the United States, how Iran is going to target US ambassadors in the region and other top political officials.

So the US and Israel need to invade Iran right away to stop the nuclear strikes and to stop the attacks, a preemptive strike to stop a preemptive strike, in other words. But there are lots of other people in the US military, some of the remaining 3-stars and even 4-stars who think that this would be an absolute disaster. Those generals and admirals are now leaking to state regime media Fox, the way IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir was leaking to News 12 or N12 in Israel, that the Trump regime is now basically ordering the military here in the United States to basically prepare to be self-sufficient. sufficient for 90 days without any access to power grids or food supplies. Anticipate that Iran could hit critical infrastructure in the United States and throughout the Middle East. And so prepare to be fully self-sustainable for 90 days because the Trump regime is preparing this war. Now, the Trump regime, though, we're learning Donald Trump doesn't want to do it on his own first. So Trump is waiting for Netanyahu. Netanyahu has basically given the orders, let's do it before the election on Tuesday. But the IDF Chief of Staff, who actually is pretty close with the former IDF Chief of Staff who's running for the Prime Minister role, Gadi Eisenkot, they're pushing back to try to stop apparently Netanyahu's design to do this invasion before the, um, before the election takes place.

Now, I'm not suggesting that IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir is some innocent guy and that he should be praised. I mean, he's been complicit in genocide and I want to call him out. I'm simply saying, as it relates to these strikes in Iran, if you're wondering, hey Ben, I thought they were going to do it, it seemed that all indications were these strikes could happen any moment now. It seems that they'd been ordered, but the IDF Chief of Staff, the Israeli military, is pushing back internally against Netanyahu because they see what he's trying to do. Trump is waiting on Netanyahu. And this is the disconnect that's being created right now. Also, I think the CIA and the kind of top-level CIA officials, they're also pushing back and see the purported intelligence suggesting that Iran is about to kill diplomats in the Middle East or strike US assets here in the United States or launch a nuclear bomb. The CIA is saying that's total BS. And the CIA previously warned warned the Trump regime that if you invaded Iran and you did exactly what you did, Iran would control the Strait of Hormuz. You would empower the regime.

They would be more likely to get nuclear weapons in the first place. The Trump regime ignored the warnings of the CIA. They went with what Netanyahu was saying, that Trump and Netanyahu would be viewed as conquering heroes after they killed Ayatollah Khomeini, and things would be very easy and Iran would submit and there would be regime change right away. And so the CIA right now is also pushing back against the intelligence that Netanyahu is feeding to Donald Trump. And so one of the significant things to note as well is that in the recent memo that was sent or leaked publicly was the Netanyahu false flag propaganda, but it was from the Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, who's just a total Trump bootlicker. He's the head of DNI. He replaced Tulsi Gabbard. Remember Tulsi Gabbard and Kent, they were basically forced out. Kent resigned, Tulsi left, but, you know, either fired or pushed out, whatever the situation was there. Who even knows with the Trump regime? Um, but, you know, they obviously were very skeptical of all of, of all of this. I'm not suggesting they're great people. I'm just calling it out, you know, that what their prior kind of perspective was.

Um, but then you had Jay Clayton send the memo to Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, talking about this imminent threat that was going to be taking place. And then they leaked that publicly as kind of one of the justifications for the pretext of going back into war with Iran. And so you have that taking place. At the same time, you reflect on what's going on in Ukraine because this is kind of all related as well. The Atlantic just did a report that basically the CIA, not at the director level even— John Ratcliffe, the CIA director, is pretty much a Trump bootlicker through and through. But kind of the rank and file CIA field officers and kind of senior level officials in Europe, they're just ignoring Trump. Like they view Donald Trump as just utterly deranged and basically, you know, all of the things that we know about Donald Trump being a Putin bootlicker. So the rank and file CIA is still helping Zelensky in material ways. And they're actually, some say, helping even more than even during the Biden administration. administration at this point because of Donald Trump's attacks on Zelensky and Donald Trump's kind of affirmative alliances and deal-making with Putin, that the CIA is working more closely with Zelensky to strike diesel refineries and data centers like the Yandex Center and other logistical centers like the AZAN in Omsk and the Proton Electronics facility that Ukraine recently struck.

I'll show you the electronics facility they struck. Just take a watch of this video right here and you can see, you know, and the CIA has their fingerprints all over helping Ukraine with these targets. Let's play it. And I think one of the things that the CIA was focused on as this relates to the elections in South America, especially what just took place in Brazil, is working with Zelensky to strike the data centers. And I think while the Trump regime at the high leadership level is working with Putin, working with the Russian bot farms to kind of empower their kind of MAGA Latin American election structure, But beneath the surface, I think you have rank-and-file CIA working with Zelensky and helping target the data center approach, the Yandex data centers, other data centers. The moment those were struck, y'all saw what happened. The bot activity of Russian bots decreased significantly, which is also an important factor before the midterm elections here. You see where I'm going with this? And it was also an important factor Before the major elections that just took place in Brazil, because the kind of Bolsonaro MAGA network relied a lot on the bot network from Russia, and those data centers were shut down.

Also, you had Sara Mito, the guy who was the MAGA man in Latin America, is currently in prison in Bolivia for trying to kill his girlfriend or partner at the time, an act of femicide while she was pregnant. And then she was— she's been unearthing what he's been doing to be kind of the MAGA person to prop up these Trump MAGA stooges in the area. So you've got all of this going down. I'll show you what is being said right here by Gadi. If you're like, Ben, what are you even talking about? Okay, Gadi Eisenkot, who's running for the position of prime minister in Israel from the Yishar Party, he posted the following. This is what's going on in Israel right now. Netanyahu, my eyes are on you. The man during whose watch the greatest disaster in the state's history occurred, refuses to understand that Israel's security is not a political bargaining chip. The lives of Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers are not forfeit, and the State of Israel is not his personal property. I place my full trust in Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and the IDF commanders who act out of professional responsibility and absolute commitment to the state's security.

We will not allow the IDF to be turned into a tool of Netanyahu's survival. I warn Netanyahu, do not dare place your political interests above the state's security. Holding the elections on time and completing the democratic process is a central component of Israel's national resilience. We will not allow you to endanger Israel's future in order to preserve your role. In 2 days, Israeli citizens will put an end to the rule of recklessness and restore responsibility, statesmanship, and Israeli security. So you have the old IDF chief running for the position of prime minister, talking about the new IDF chief of staff confirming to the Israeli public that Netanyahu is trying to provoke this war with Iran for political survival before the Tuesday elections. So just think about the ramifications over there. Meanwhile, Netanyahu was holding these weird press conferences and releasing these odd videos kind of mocking the United States, not kind of, mocking the United States, where Netanyahu says, today electricity prices around the world have skyrocketed, in some countries by hundreds of percent. That has not happened here. We understand economics here. So while the American people are suffering from record high diesel and gas prices as a result of Trump covering up the Epstein files and getting involved in this catastrophic war with Netanyahu, Netanyahu's bragging that they don't have high energy prices.

Israel. I just want you to think about that. And then Donald Trump says that he has 99% of the Israeli support. That was Donald Trump's message to the people of Michigan, that Israelis give him 99% of support. Here, play this clip.

You should never speak to him again. You know, I'm polling at 99% in Israel, and I cannot understand how anybody who's Jewish can even think about Voting for this guy, and he'll get some.

Okay, then run for election there. The hell are you talking about, man? And then Donald Trump posts that he's once again wanted to re-endorse Netanyahu. He endorsed Netanyahu a few days back, but he wanted to be very clear. In case you missed my message, he writes, I'm letting you all know— this is what he posted yesterday— I firmly stand behind Netanyahu. I endorse Netanyahu. Now you have the CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper, who desperately wants more catastrophic war in Iran, because this guy right now is viewed as basically being utterly pathetic. And he wants to try to prove, look, I can do it this time, boss. I could do it this time, boss. He's totally lost the plot. He had sent— he's the guy who has like CENTCOM post every day. We control the Strait of Hormuz. It's open. He posted CENTCOM commander visits Strait of Hormuz during milestone week. I mean, what's the milestone? That diesel hit $117 a barrel? It keeps going up. Well, not diesel. The price of oil hit $117. The price of diesel's more than that. The price of oil hit $117 a barrel. What's the— explain to me the milestone that diesel and gas are at record highs.

Then he takes these like weird pictures of himself, like side shots of himself in a helicopter. above the Strait of Hormuz, to which the IRGC spokesperson does a photo of that and says, this is the reality. Brent crude, $117 a barrel, as Brad Cooper's like bragging that we hit some milestone and things are great in the Strait of Hormuz. And if you actually read the statement that Brad Cooper says, he goes, 95% of the tankers go through the Strait of Hormuz thanks to the United States military. Well, what he doesn't say is that the tankers now charge $1.5 million a day to carry the crude when it used to cost $30,000 a day because of the risk premium. That adds in and of itself $33 a barrel to the price of crude. So even if you got out the same amount of oil, which is not taking place, let me be very clear, then you would still add $33 a barrel based on $1.5 million a day when before the war it costed You know, it costed significant— $30,000 a day. So you have that aspect. And then this past month, there's been more strikes and more tankers have been hit than any previous month by far in the Strait of Hormuz.

If you look at the amount of tankers, it's the most significant amount of tankers that were hit. Also, if you told me, hey Ben, every time you go on an airplane, there's a 5% chance the airplane is going to crash, I would not get on that airplane. What are you boasting about and bragging about? I mean, first off, I think the number is much higher than 5% because I think they're using the UKMTO numbers. And UKMTO has already said that the majority of ships that are hit are not reporting when they're hit. But even if you said it was 5%, I believe it's probably more like 15% to 20% are hit. But even if you told me it was 5%, the risk premium is so high because there's a 5% chance if you're on a tanker, you're going to die or you're going to be Seriously hurt or your tanker is going to be destroyed, who's going to take that trip? Before the war, it was 100%. Tankers were able to leave the Strait of Hormuz. So this is what you're bragging about? And then I want to talk about just briefly going back to South America and Cuba and the Western Hemisphere for a moment, because you have Marco Rubio posting the following.

And this is from the Department of State, which didn't congratulate President Lula for beating Bolsonaro there. Rubio calls for Cubans to partner with the CIA. So Rubio posted, to those who seek to create positive change in Cuba, now is the time. The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few. Seize the opportunity to create the change you desire through discreet partnerships with the CIA. You know, things are bad within the CIA and the military where the Secretary of State is basically putting out a classified ad on X asking people in Cuba to work with the CIA. Hey, CIA is here. You want to reach out? 1-800-CIA-PEOPLE-OF-CUBA. I mean, how pathetic is that? And then I want to also pay attention to the fact that Maria Corina Machado, Arrive back in Venezuela. And Marco Rubio is acting like he's supportive of that and that Trump's supportive of that. I don't think they really were supportive of that. I mean, why would she have to go through Colombia to then go to Cuba? If the Trump regime was supportive, why not just have her take a flight from Miami to Venezuela? So I actually think that the Trump regime did not want that to happen, but I think any efforts to try to stop that from happening.

I think the CIA just looked the other way, as, you know, Donald Trump and Rubio just have zero credibility over there. You even have Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson mocking Rubio and saying— Marco Rubio accusing Iran of attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz said, we haven't seen anything like this since World War II and the Pirates of the Caribbean. Well, the US president on May 1st, 2026 boasted about seizing commercial ships and confiscating oil cargoes. Quote, we're like pirates. We're sort of like pirates, Trump said. Perhaps the president won't be too pleased to learn that his own Secretary of State has so quickly forgotten his own proud claim of being pirates. Now I'll connect one more thing as the— I think the CIA has been working with Zelensky to strike the data centers like Yandex and other data centers. Right. Normally, as the Trump regime tries to engage in subversive conduct in Brazil, they would lean on the CIA, but instead they seem to have to work to lean on Nick Shirley, the guy they used to do the psyop in Minnesota regarding the Somalian community there and saying that everyone's involved in a fraud.

And they used that as the initial pretext to then do the invasion with ICE and Border Patrol Gestapo. in Minnesota and Minneapolis and St. Paul, remember? Well, instead of dispatching the CIA, the Trump regime dispatched Nick Shirley to Brazil. They dispatched Nick Shirley. And let me show you what that looked like. Here, play this clip.

Here in Brazil, something incredible is happening. Since USAID has been shut down, every country in Central America and South America has moved more to the right and the left. Everyone stand, Lula's going down.

So, I know there was a lot of pieces there, a lot of parts. But I don't think this is being reported in a lot of places. I just want to make all of the connections here. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks so much for watching. I appreciate you so much.