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And now here's Armstrong and Getty. And yet he's Armstrong and Getty.

I think from a strategic standpoint, not a tactical standpoint, putting economic pressure on nations around the globe, I think is a point of leverage that they feel that they have

not only in the short term, but in the long term. I believe that they're going to have an inventory

now and be able to continue to threaten the trades armoos by any number of means for quite a while.

And when the merchant shipping industry doesn't feel safe going through and the

insurance rates are too high, they're just not going to do it. So I do think that Iran is making a,

you know, it's maybe arguably a smart move. It's not a lawful move, but it arguably is a smart move.

One of the most important shipping lanes in the world, 20% of the world's oil travels through there,

and there ain't none traveling out of there except for Iran exporting to China.

There ain't nobody getting through.

And the war is a little bit different now because Trump could announce the war is over today, but that doesn't open

the Strait of Hormuz back up. Right. So Iran doesn't have many levers at all, but man, they've

got some serious leverage over the Straits of Hormuz. Let's discuss that and more with military

analyst Mike Lyons. Mike, welcome. How are you?

Hey, good morning, guys. Great to be back. I'm confused as to why we can't take out their ability to shoot at these ships.

Five ships hit yesterday.

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