I'm John Batchel. I welcome Gregory Copley, my mentor and friend, Defense and Foreign Affairs, the author of the new book

Noble State, about constitutional monarchy. We will speak to the pending visit of the King of Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, Charles III, soon enough. But we begin with the news that is always changing. At this moment, the vice

president's trip to Islamabad to begin 11th hour negotiations about the Straits of Hormuz

and the Iran War. That trip is on hold, is the polite term for it.

The headline in the New York Times indicates Iran has failed to respond to terms offered

by the U.S. in order to begin the meeting.

However, given that this is hour-to-hour day-to-day, the we're told, for the ceasefire, according to the White House, is the evening of

the 22nd of April, Washington time.

Therefore, there are hours left, not many, for the negotiation to be enjoined again.

I welcome Gregory to comment not on the negotiations,

but on the Straits of Hormuz and the choke point that was not mentioned in the first weeks of

the war, but now might be the war. Gregory, a very good evening to you. Intractable is one term

that I see again and again applied to Iran about the Straits of Hormuz.

They now claim that Straits of Hormuz are their territory to control in perpetuity.

That was never the case.

The UAE and Oman are right across the water, and they have equal claim to the Straits of Hormuz.

If anybody does, it's international water.

The U.S. Navy is now enforcing a blockade in the Straits of Armuse.

Iran says that it's blockading in some fashion.

And within these last hours, Iran launched small attack boats in order to demonstrate violence.

Going forward, is there an easy analogy to the situation

right now with two blockades and cross purposes? Both sides are claiming they want to

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