What is your sense?

I've sailed the Strait of Hormuz close to a hundred times as a sea captain, and I have

participated in several blockades around the world.

My conclusion is blockades are inherently very difficult to maintain.

This is a thousand miles plus of coastline that we're blockading.

It's an act of war, by the way. And there's always going to be leakage. Think the movie Gone

With the Wind, Rhett Butler, showing up with beautiful cigars and silk scarves from Paris through

the Lincoln blockade of the American South.

Having said all that, I agree with my good friend Anne Marie.

Congratulations on the LSC, by the way.

And I would simply add, I think in the White House, they are now starting to look at additional military options because this tail of two blockades is going to be

difficult to sustain. So to conclude, Farid, I think the president's looking at probably a package

of three different military options. One, go after more leadership, try and take out some of the

intransigent members, the Revolutionary Guard. Number two, perhaps go after more leadership, try and take out some of the intransigent members, the Revolutionary

Guard.

Number two, perhaps go after the oil infrastructure, quite risky, could lead to retaliation.

And third, let's call it strategic preparation of the Strait of Hormuz in case you have to

open it militarily, which may be the next move

on the chessboard.

Totally out of hope.

I think you could see a president, Republican or Democrat in 2029, pick up the pieces,

just given that we have so many more friends.

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