This is about our economy. Like it or not, we have a world economy. We're tied into the world economy and everything revolves around energy. It does. And with Iran becoming a nuclear threat in that region, they can shut down the Suez Canal, they can shut down the shipping lanes. and they can make oil prices extremely volatile because of just simple threats, because they will be the only nuclear power in the Middle East. (03:59–04:05)
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Asserts that Iran as a nuclear threat could disrupt major shipping routes.
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