I'm John Bachelor. I welcome my good colleagues Bill Rajo, Senior Fellow Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.

He is here to help us with the 25 years of war fighting in the Middle East and all the

ironies and sharp turns that come about when men and women point weapons at each other.

And we're very pleased to welcome Asana Connie, former ambassador from

Pakistan to the United States, now a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and traveling

widely. Assane, I begin with you because the headlines from London match the Bloomberg

headline. So I'll go to the Bloomberg U.S. edition to make sure everybody understands this is not

just for foreign eyes. Trump's demand for Hormuz support faces resistance. Iran strikes

Gulf oil hub as it rejects Trump's ceasefire claim. U.S. allies worry of joining Trump's

straight of Hormuz mission. Iran's upper hand in Hormuz is pressuring oil buyers and

Trump. A Iran war catapults Asia to the front line of a global energy crisis. That's enough,

Hussein. All of this strikes me again as why was this war launched? What was the cause that Mr. Trump and we are told the Prime Minister of Israel joined in

conversations beforehand, Mr. Netanyahu, what was the cause that they said needed to be

satisfied?

I note that according to the reports over the weekend from Friday,

no attacks or a special interest of the nuclear fuel pile that may be in Iran. In other words,

the explanation that Iran had a suspect nuclear weapons program, that program is not being

targeted. The infrastructure is being targeted, and right now the drones and the missiles coming out of

Iran are being targeted, and the mines in the Strait of Hormuz might be targeted, but not nuclear

fuel. Hussein, a very good day to you. What was the cause of this war that we discern now and

what is to be done? Thank you. As What was the cause of this war that we discern now and what is to be done?

Thank you.

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