00:00We now live in a world where the Iranian regime actively and openly targets commercial vessels
00:06for attack. Not naval vessels, we're not talking about naval vessels, we're not talking about
00:10submarines, we are talking about them saying here's a commercial vessel with cargo, oil,
00:15natural gas, and we are going to try to sink it. They are openly attacking vessels as a tool of
00:23statecraft. That's the world we live in and I think Central Command in the United States has
00:26done a phenomenal job of protecting this shipping and today the amount of fuel getting through there
00:31is comparable with what was coming out before the conflict. But nonetheless, we've had to defend
00:36these ships from drones and missiles almost every single night. And we're also seeing attacks not
00:41just in the Straits now but also in the Bab al-Mandeb and the hostile coercion of course that we
00:46see
00:47maybe not as kinetic but certainly still concerning in the South China Sea and the Strait of Taiwan
00:52and elsewhere that also puts economies in danger.
