In terms of military objectives, we've accomplished virtually every one that the administration set out at the outset. If you look at what the blockade was doing. The blockade, Iran's energy storage was filling up. And when the storage entirely filled up, they would have no choice but to shut in the wells. And if you shut in wells, it means if you try to open them up again, you end up losing typically half the production. (04:17–04:27)
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Asserts that Iran was close to having to shut down oil wells due to full energy storage.
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