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Speaker 1: There may be no doubt that Iran is apparently giving

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the United States US a tougher time at the Strait

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of Hormas, holding strong that none of its enemies and

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their allies will sail their ship through the Strait of Hormas,

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an action that has since made the U S. President

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Donald Trump to make contradictory statements after the U S

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Army obviously failed in its intimidating military campaign and destruction

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of the Iran naval base, airport, control tower, helicopter hangars,

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naval mind storage, missile bunkers, and anti aircraft and ballistic

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missiles defence system, with a threat to destroy the oil

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lifeline of Iran at the Kag Island if Iran continued

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to block ship from sailing through the Strait of Hormas,

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but yet, as at the time of filing in this report,

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today Iran remains deviant to U S threat, with close

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watches saying Iran may not fight a traditional normal naval

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war with the U. S. Marines, who are currently on

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a high speed traveling from their base in Japan to

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the Strait of Hormas, of which over two thousand, five

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hundred of the US Marines and sailors have been redeployed

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and apparently drawn from the thirty first Marine Expeditionary Unit MEU,

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an elite rapid response force, and the Marines are traveling

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aboard an amphibious ready group arg led by the assault

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ship USS Tripoli LHA seven, an assault ship that can

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function as a lightning carrier, carrying F three five B

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stealth fighters and MV twenty two Osprey transport aircraft. And

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the assigned Marines are expected to arrive the Strait of

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Hormus in a week or less than two weeks time,

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but currently close watch is said Iran is using deviant

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tactics like GPS jabbing, swarming drones, and underwater mines to

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keep the US Navy off balance, an action that may

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be the reason the U s President Donald Trump initially

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called on the international communities to help form an international

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naval coalition to reopen the Strait of Harmas, but some

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European CUS countries like Germany, United Kingdom, France, Greece, Italy

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and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO refused, with some

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heads of the European countries saying the war is not

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our war. Germany will not participate in any military activity

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in the Strait. Any plan to reopen the Strait won’t

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be a NATO mission, and that the UK will not

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be drawn into a wider war. No sending France warships

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to the region until the security situation stabilizes. Italy’s current

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naval missions would not be extended to the Strait. No

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Greece military engagement in the waterway. Following this, President Donald Trump,

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in a nationwide media chat on Monday, said US don’t

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need them. We don’t need anybody. We are the strongest

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nation in the world. We have the strongest military by

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far in the world. We don’t need them. But it

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is interesting in some cases, not because we need them,

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because I want to find out how they react. We

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have been protecting these countries for years with NATO, because

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NATO is US. You can ask Putin Russia. President Vladimir

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Putin fears US. He doesn’t fear that. He has no

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fear of Europe whatsoever. Meanwhile, I ran stronghold on the

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Strait of Hormas, has made energy prices to go higher.

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Brent crude has surged to over dollar one hundred and

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five per barrel, a forty percent increase since the start

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of the war. On February twenty eighth, twenty twenty six,

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Katar Energy has declared force measure on ll NG shipments

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after attacks on its facilities, removing twenty percent of the

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global LNG supply from the market overnight. Most shipping, according

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to local media, has diverted to the Cape of Good Hope,

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adding ten to fourteen days to journey times and significantly

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increasing freight costs, with Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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confirming that the port of Cape Town in South Africa

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recorded a one hundred and twelve twelve percent increase in

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diverted vessels by mid March twenty twenty six. This the

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US military sent them during the preceding week issued a

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public announcement asking civilians too leave ports around the Strait

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of Hormas, saying the Iranian regime is using civilian ports

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along the Strait of Hormas to conduct military operations that

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threaten international shipping. As of today, March seventeenth, twenty twenty six,

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multiple reports indicated that the Strait of Hormas is in

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a state of de facto closure and extreme military tension.

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Commercial traffic has collapsed from a pre war average of

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one hundred and thirty eight vessels per day to just

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three vessels per day as of March sixteenth, According to

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local observers, Major carriers like MESK, MSc and Happy Lloyd

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are said to have suspended all transits. Iran has officially

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stated the strait is open but effectively barred to the US,

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Israel and their allies. Some non Western vessels, such as

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Indian and Pakistani tankers, have been granted rare exceptions to pass,

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often by hugging the Iranian coast line or broadcasting China

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crew on their transponders to signal neutrality. It was gathered

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that more than three thousand, two hundred ships are currently

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trapped or waiting west of the strait as companies assess

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the risk of missile and drone attacks. Mariner traffic on

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March fourth, twenty twenty six had treated that tanker traffic

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through Strait of harmas down by ninety percent. Analysis of

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vessel activity indicates tanker transits are how round ninety percent

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lower than last week. Matwright, principal freight analysts at Kapler, explains,

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unlike several other vessel segments where movements have largely ceased,

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some tankers are still traveling east and west through the strait,

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with a number of voyages occurring under automatic identification system

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ASH blackouts. During the preceding week. Iran’s new Supreme leader

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moaged have a kamene vow to keep blocking the Strait

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of Hormas a key shipping channel. In a statement read

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by a presenter on State TV on March fourteenth, twenty

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twenty six, President Trump urged allies, including the UK, China, France, Japan,

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and South Korea to send warships to the region to

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help reopen the straight and secure global energy routes that

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the European countries refused, and the U S President said

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the United States does not need them. He was only

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wanting to see their reactions by asking for international naval

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coalition help. Marinet Traffic on Monday reported that a first

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non Iranian cargo transit Strait of Hormas with ASH on. Accordingly,

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the Marinet Traffic stated that the afram Ax Tanka Garachi

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carrying Abu Dhabi’s Dascrude has become the first non Iranian

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cargo to transit the choke point while broadcasting its ASH signal,

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suggesting that select shipments may be receiving negotiated safe passage

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according to marine traffic data. The two hundred thirty seven

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metre crude oil tanker entered the Iranian Exclusive Economic Zone

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on the fifteenth of March at eleven thirty three co

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ordinated Universal time and crossed the Strait of Hormas at

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fourteen forty three coordinated Universal time. The vessel is currently

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sailing in the Gulf of Foemen at around nine point

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six knots, having successfully passed through the strait with ash active.

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The transit follows weeks of significantly reduced traffic through the

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strategic waterway, with more than twenty long range tankers reported

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to have exited the gulf in numbers of efforts to

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make the Strait of Hormus open. President Donald Trump during

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the preceding week stated via his truth social media that

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moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command

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executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the

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history of the Middle East and took rually obliterated every

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military target in Iran’s crown duwel Khag Island. Our weapons

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are the most powerful and sophisticated that the world has

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ever known, but for reasons of decency. I have chosen

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not to wipe out the oil infrastructure on the island. However,

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should Iran or any one else do anything to interfere

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with the free and safe passage of ships through the

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Strait of Houmas, I will immediately reconsider this decision. During

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my first term and currently, I rebuilt our military into

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the most lethal, powerful and effective force by far anywhere

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in the world. Iran has no ability to defend anything

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that we want to attack. There is nothing they can

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do about it. Iran will never have a nuclear weapon,

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nor will it have the ability to threaten the United

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States of America, the Middle East, or for that matter,

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the world. Iran’s military and all others involved with this

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terrorist regime would be wise to lay down their arms

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and save what’s left of their country, which isn’t much.

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Thank you for your attention to this matter. Iran has

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continued to retaliate US attacks on its soil and Iran’s

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katam Al and THEA Central Headquarters has also urged residents

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in the United Arab Emirates to evacuate areas located near ports, docks,

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and facilities hosting the United States military presence. The advisory

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issued by the Iranian military command warned that civilians living

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around strategic maritime and military locations should move away from

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such areas as tensions continued to rise in the region.

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According to Al Jazeeran news media, multiple reports indicated that

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more cargo ships have been attacked in the Gulf, apparently

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by Iran. Two tankers were hid near Iraq, while a

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container ship was struck near the UAE. Iranian state media

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says Iranian forces were behind at least one stripe. U

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S Sentum in a press lease issued on March eleventh,

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twenty twenty six, with the title Civilians Warned to avoid

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ports used by Iranian forces stated that U S Central

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Command SENTCAM is issuing a warning to civilians that the

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Iranian regime is using civilian ports along the Strait of

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Houmas to conduct military operations that threaten international shipping. This

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dangerous action risks the lives of innocent people. Civilian ports

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used for military purposes lose protected status and become legitimate

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military targets under international law. CENT com merges civilians in

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Iran to immediately avoid all port facilities where Iranian naval

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forces are operating. Iranian dock workers, administrative personnel and commercial

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vessel crews should avoid Iranian naval vessels and military equipment.

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Iranian naval forces have positioned military vessels and equipment within

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civilian ports serving commercial maritime traffic. Although the U. S

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Military also cannot guarantee civilian safety in or near facilities

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used by the Iranian regime for military purposes, American forces

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will continue taking every feasible precaution to minimize harm to civilians.

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Speaker 2: We don’t need anybody.

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Speaker 3: We’re the strongest nation in the world. We have the

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strongest military.

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Speaker 2: By far in the world. We don’t need them. But

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it’s interesting.

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Speaker 3: I’m almost doing it in some cases, not because we

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need them, but because i want to find out how

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they react, because I’ve been saying for years that if

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we ever did need them, they won’t be there, not

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all of them, but they won’t be there. I was

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very surprised with the United Kingdom because the United Kingdom

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two weeks ago, I said, why don’t you send some

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ships over and he really didn’t want to do it.

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Speaker 2: I said, you don’t want to do it.

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Speaker 3: We’ve been with you, you’re our oldest ally, and we spend

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a lot of money on the rest. You know, NATO

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and all of these things to protect you. I mean

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we’re protecting them. We’re working with them on Ukraine. Ukraine’s

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thousands of miles away, separated by have vast ocean.

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Speaker 2: We don’t have to do that. We did it well,

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Biden did it.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I have to be honest with there’s three

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Biden got taken to the cleaners.

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Speaker 2: But we worked with them in Ukraine. We don’t need

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to work with them in Ukraine.

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Speaker 3: And then they tell us that we have a mindship

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around and they don’t want to do it.

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Speaker 2: I think it’s I think it’s terrible.

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Speaker 3: No.

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Speaker 2: I I was very surprised.

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Speaker 3: I told him, you know, we requested two aircraft carriers

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which they had.

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Speaker 2: And he didn’t really want to do it.

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Speaker 3: And then right after the war essentially ended, you know,

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meaning they were obliterated, he said, I would like.

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Speaker 2: To send the aircraft carriers. I said, I don’t.

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Speaker 3: Need them after the war has ended, and one I

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needed before the war. So I was very upset. With

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not upset, I was. I was not happy with the UK.

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I think they’ll be involved, yeah, maybe, but they should

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be involved enthusiastically. We’ve been protecting these countries for years.

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NATO because NATO is US. You can ask Putins Button

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fears US. He doesn’t fear, He has no fear of Europe.

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Speaker 2: Whatsoever. Bringing you bring in the mortgage is out