Bob Pittman

So that isn't just Iranian ships.

Right.

That is Chinese ships.

I mean, now we're in a different world, right?

So think about how this goes.

I mean, then if a Chinese ship shows up, are you actually going to fire on them?

Like, what are you going to do?

We're going to board a Chinese vessel?

I mean, these are serious diplomatic incidents.

I don't know.

I just think about it, and I think, would the United States of America, would a U.S.

merchant, marine, and or flagged vessel accept boarding and inspection through the Taiwan Strait?

No, like that.

It's time to go at that point, because then what does that mean?

You control the strategic or the Straits of Malacca.

If the Chinese Navy just declares all of a sudden we are putting a cordon over Taiwan, all of us understand that is an act.

of war.

I'm not saying we should go, but at that point, like, okay, we are in crisis mode.

You have declared literal, like basically annexation and total control of these waterways.

And look, that is the purpose of the US Navy.