It's not, you know, it's an essentially in a toll. It's only one notch up from the five uninhabited islands that we gave tariffs to yesterday because of the penguins. Diego Garcia is so important. It is actually the linchpin of the Indo Pacific strategy. And let me be blunt. With two carrier battle groups in the Red Sea, your only alternative is taking around South Africa, which is not if they come from the alliance. (26:17–26:24)
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Asserts that Diego Garcia is the linchpin of the Indo-Pacific strategy.
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