We're still serious about negotiations and we don't want to escalate this because it's well known what the Iranians plans were. We knew that they [Iran] were going to hit potentially our bases in the region, potentially our allies. We knew about the Straits of Hormuz. All of these things I think were fairly well known. And the Houthis ability to close the Red Sea, which they've not yet done, but which would be catastrophic to the world. (24:03–24:07)
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