On Sunday, an Iranian-funded-and-trained military force, the Yemen-based Houthis, attacked a U.S. warship and commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The goal is to create pressure on the U.S. and other countries to curb Israel’s efforts to destroy Hamas.

But as this segment of What’s Ahead lays out, the U.S. is already doing just that because, shockingly, President Biden—as did President Obama when he was in office—favors the idea of Iran becoming the undisputed, dominant power in the oil-rich Middle East.