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Today is Thursday, February the 12th, Cecil.

And I only texted this to you, and I feel like a crazy person.

This is not going to be one of the stories that we're going to cover. But I want to point out something

because it's just been bothering me so much. I read and listen to a fair bit of news. I don't

know how much everybody else listens to. I feel like it's a fair bit. And like there is a situation

brewing right now between the United States and Iran, which is getting like a wildly small

amount of attention. And it feels insane to me. Like the lack of attention being paid as we

amass aircraft carriers and missile defense systems.

And like last week, a drone got shot at one of our ships.

And I sent you a message yesterday because there was an article about it in the Wall Street Journal.

It said Wall Street Journal exclusive as the Pentagon prepares a second aircraft carrier.

And I thought, how is this information

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