Robert Greenway, the man credited as a principal architect of the Abraham Accords, sat down with Jesse Watters on July 24, 2026 to lay out a sober, realistic picture of where the Middle East is headed if Iran is allowed to regroup and escalate. Greenway’s credentials are not academic fluff — he helped build the diplomatic architecture that brought erstwhile foes together, and his warning deserves to be heard by every American who cares about peace through strength.
On the program Greenway spelled out what “escalated activity” against Iran could look like: not vague saber-rattling but coordinated strikes, pressure on Iranian proxies, and an unforgiving campaign to denude the regime of the means to menace the region. This is the kind of hard-headed, strategic thinking Americans elected to protect our interests abroad, and it’s a far cry from the appeasement that gets headlines from coastal elites.
The danger is immediate and practical — Iran’s partners are already widening the battlefield. Iran-backed Houthi rebels have struck commercial shipping in the Red Sea and announced a partial blockade of Saudi-linked vessels, threatening global trade routes and oil supplies while seeking to drag the world into a proxy spiral. That kind of lawless aggression cannot be tolerated, and the recent reported strikes and counterstrikes show the cost of inaction.
Greenway also took aim at the delicate dance over a U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear pact, a bargaining chip Riyadh has long linked to normalization with Israel and stronger American security guarantees. Conservatives should not be shy about using leverage: civilian nuclear cooperation and ironclad defense commitments are legitimate incentives to bring Saudi Arabia into the fold of responsible, pro-Western partners. The Accords were transactional and realistic; that is how peace is built.
Let’s be blunt: the choice facing America is between the kind of resolve Greenway advocates and the drift that led to the mess in the first place. If we accept strikes that are symbolic but toothless, Iran will keep trying and its proxies will keep attacking; if we press our advantages decisively and in coordination with regional allies, we can break the back of Iran’s ability to export terror. Hard power backed by smart diplomacy — that’s how you keep supply lines open and keep American sons and daughters safe.
The media’s usual reflex is to panic about anything that smells like strength, but ordinary Americans understand a simple truth: freedom and trade depend on security, and security sometimes requires clear, muscular action. Washington needs leaders who will wield the Abraham Accords as leverage, stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel and Saudi Arabia, and punish those who attack international shipping and threaten global stability. Greenway’s counsel is not alarmism; it’s a map for winning.
We should listen to patriots who know the region and respect the hard work that made the Accords possible, then back their prescriptions with policy and power. Vote for representatives who will fund our military, enforce sanctions, and use every diplomatic tool to make sure Iran — and its proxies — pay a price they cannot afford. America built peace before by being unafraid; it’s time to do it again.
