00:00Your Majesty, a man consumes 2,000 calories per day.
00:06Now, if someone was to come along and offer a good price for half of his nutrition,
00:13the world wouldn't consent.
00:15Now, in Iran, they harvest wheat and oats to make their staple food bread.
00:21The seeds they use for seeding, and some for feeding the livestock.
00:26However, for a good food, perhaps we could offer more money.
00:31There's nothing left to eat.
00:33This operation reminds one of 1841 and the potato famine.
00:38It broke Ireland and brought the people to their knees in desperation.
00:43Iran is not Ireland.
00:44Exactly.
00:46But you know, no provision was given to build a roadway in Iran due to its proximity to India.
00:53Their transport is not trains or cars, but beasts of burden.
01:00Now, if we were to buy the grain cheaply in the summer, refuse to sell it and drive up the
01:10price of wheat,
01:12they would be forced to eat their livestock in winter.
01:18Sir Charles, have you got the power to stop the importation of wheat from India?
01:24Yes, it is, my lord.
01:27Good.
01:28No, I think I have been doing nothing but finding a dostage.
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