Is the Iran war ending or just beginning?

Plus, how was it that two young men ended a pleasant stroll through New York City on a nice warm day by getting arrested for throwing bombs?

We'll discuss all this and more.

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I said anything. So MBD, we have this test of wills and test of strategies.

We are destroying a lot of stuff in Iran. The number of missile launches and drone launches have been declining apace.

They're still firing stuff off, but at a much lower rate than they were at the beginning of the war.

But Strait of Hormuz is still shut down, less through direct Iranian military action, although they've hit at some shifts,

but just through the sheer fact that insurance companies won't insure ships going through

the Strait of Hormuz.

And this is kind of a nightmare scenario for international commerce, especially the flow of oil.

And we're seeing that, and the price of oil increasing. It's surged recently,

come down a little bit, obviously very sensitive to the forecast of how long this war will

last. What do you make of it? Well, I mean, it's hard to know it to make of it day by day because

so much changes. So, for instance, yesterday, make of it day by day because so much changes.

So, for instance, yesterday, all of a sudden, you know, we saw this incredible day in oil future prices where they went way up and then dropped.

And then late in the day, the president comes out and says that he thinks the war is

mostly complete and that's going perfect, but it's not done yet. Then this morning, we get a brief,

you know, there's a briefing for senators, and they'll come out and say,

this looks like we're going to put troops on the ground, which would indicate it's not

complete. And of course, Iran potentially gets a say, right? I mean, it wouldn't be possible for,

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