Is Iran Using Hormuz Tensions as Distraction?

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00:00The Strait of Hormuz handles a fifth of global oil transport.

00:05Is this Iran's show of strength amid a domestic crisis or a distraction?

00:10I think it's a distraction.

00:12I think they're looking for anything to deflect from what they're facing internally.

00:20Again, whether you're talking about the models of Iran, whether you're talking about Putin,

00:25whether you're talking about Xi Jinping, the thing that they are, Maduro,

00:28what do they fear?

00:30They fear losing power by losing control of the population.

00:35And so typically people in, you know, despots or people running countries like that,

00:40that are authoritarian or autocratic, you know, they always go to an outside boogeyman, right?

00:47When things get tough internally.

00:49So I think this is part of that messaging is to try to distract from what's happening inside Iran.

00:58So I think it's important to listen to the doesn't hurt people.

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