00:00The most major threat right now as well, of course, this invisible leadership structure
00:05inside Iran also makes assessing their next steps particularly challenging.
00:10We don't really have a handle on what Iran might do next. And of course, as I've said,
00:16we will likely continue to see attacks on the Gulf states and of course,
00:20the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz. What worries you the most right now?
00:25Exactly. The last part of your observation, and that is the potential for economic devastation
00:32around the world. We in the United States can certainly handle those attack systems, tools
00:40that Iran has so far used. We're even getting some type of a handle on the most potent type
00:48of military hardware that Iran uses. And those are the drones, the Shaheed drones,
00:56the Shaheed drones that are now operating at altitudes way below they have previously been
01:02used, but that makes those Shaheeds very effective. So you have a combination of drone warfare coupled
01:09with what we see the asymmetric expression of effective warfare in this 21st century. And that
01:18is to ruin or significantly degrade the economies, economies without a successful and vibrant economy
01:26in any country around this world. And with the inability to secure appropriate quantums of petroleum
01:33products, there will be devastation, if not intense suffering by all around the world. And that is a tool.
01:43And right now it looks like it is somewhat successful. I'm not saying that it will be the culminating tool
01:50that allows Iran to walk away from this conflict and declare victory. That will not happen. But it certainly
01:57turns the tables from what we had represented before short war in and out, we're going to hit the
02:05ballistic missile launchers and the nuclear facilities, and we'll be out in a couple of days,
02:10or maybe at worst two weeks, that will not happen. In my projection, I think that this is going to
02:16be a
02:16much longer war, we're going to have to look at the things that I just described, identifying sites
02:23where the Shahids are launched, but more appropriately, resolve the issues related to
02:30the Straits of Hormuz. And I'll tell you, that statement, resolve the issues related to the
02:36Straits of Hormuz is huge, because it could indeed foretell some sort of emplacement of forces,
02:46land forces on the west side. And this is my speculation and only mine, in order to establish
02:55some sort of control over that part of the Strait of Hormuz to preclude further attacks by Iranian
03:02drones, fast boats, and the other tools that the Iranians are using quite now.
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