00:00In terms of what the U.S. has already got in the region, I mean, they've got considerable
00:04military resources and assets already in the waters off Iran, more are on the way.
00:10With what you're seeing in terms of resources in the region, what options do you see the United
00:17States as having? I mean, is, for example, the prospect of a land invasion, a ground operation
00:24still on the table? Yeah, I think it is on the table. There have been people that have given
00:32great caution about any type of land invasion because of the high risk of a large amount of
00:41potential casualties. And the escalation in this war, as the Secretary said this morning,
00:50with targets locked and loaded on the Iranian infrastructure, that would be a major escalation
00:58of the war, as I see it. And at the same time, they've used a number of 50,000 troops
01:07in the
01:08area of operation. With 50,000 troops inside the area of operation, that brings all those
01:15troops inside the targeting capacity of the residual forces that Iran does have to try and target the
01:23troops that are in quarter in the Gulf, as well as those on ships. Now, we've got very good air
01:31defense and defense systems. But we know at any given time, all it takes is one drone or one
01:38ballistic missile to get through. It could have a catastrophic impact on the 50,000 troops we have,
01:46plus the infrastructure of our Gulf allies. They're in Riyadh and on to UAE and Bahrain and the whole
01:57partners there that live there. We are playing the away game. The Iranians are playing the home game.
02:04And it's always harder to be on the offense or in somebody else's area of operation. But we've got
02:11an expeditionary force. That's what they were built for. But the more that force stay out there,
02:17the more stress is going to be on them. And the more chances that are that after we go back
02:25to a
02:25shooting war, we're going to have more troops inside the range of Iranian residual missiles
02:31and drones. And that is a point of most concern to most of us who are war watching.
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