And Brett, let me just start with you. Actually, General, let me start with you because I want to ask about the Quady oil tanker, as we're still getting new information that it is on fire off the coast of Dubai.

General, how concerning is that?

Well, it's very concerning. It indicates that the air defense systems that we have in the region aren't covering some of the most critical assets we have.

I haven't said that, this is about the 13th tanker that's been

hit since the beginning of the war of the 22 commercial ships that have been hit since February

28. We should expect more of this. I don't think we can defend all of them. It will certainly make

it harder for those ships to pass and get the insurance

companies to support them if they're constantly getting hit. How unusual is this? Have you been

in negotiations not being sure if you're talking to the right people? I wish I could say it's

totally unusual, but look, in this circumstance, we don't only know who's in charge in Tehran.

So this is like completely unprecedented.

I'm sure our analysts who know her on so well are trying to figure out what's happening.

But, you know, John, think about even even when Supreme Leader Homini, who was killed in the beginning of this, was in charge, they still have a somewhat of a collective decision-making

apparatus. And on big decisions, very hard for one person to say this is how it's going to be.

And I suspect in Tehran right now, you know, these messages going back and forth have caused a debate.

There's probably fractures. And what the Trump administration is asking Iran to do, and they have a set of reasonable asks, particularly on the nuclear program, give up your enrichment program, which has been in demand for some time, Iran has never agreed to do that.

So if they were, John, to come in with a new position and say, actually, we're going to accept what the Americans are asking for.

We want to have a ceasefire, sanctions relief.

That's going to be a huge decision in their system.

And I don't think anyone right now in Tehran is powerful enough to really make that decision fast.

I say one more thing, negotiating with the Iranians, nothing is ever fast.

It takes time.

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