Troy Downing: “They've got no air support, they've got no navy.”

“The president said it really well. They're not going to survive this $500 million a day that it's costing them. They know that they're, you know, in a very tenuous situation. They've got no air support, they've got no navy. And I think that the President is right of bringing that Operation Freedom, making sure that we have commerce going through that strait.” (00:38–00:42)

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