Idrees Ali

I think it's important to see what they're doing rather than what they're saying.

And the reality is between 2,500 and 3,500 U.S.

Marines have arrived in the greater Middle East region.

We have troops from the 82nd Airborne arriving soon into the Middle East as well.

And so the number of troops is going to increase.

That's probably a few weeks away.

And President Trump, as far as we know, has not missed.

made a decision to send ground troops into Iran so far.

That can happen quickly, but it does require a certain level of protection for these forces who might be in harm's way.

We asked our sources,

How much of Iran's missiles does the United States believe it has actually destroyed?

And from our understanding, essentially, the United States can only determine with high confidence that one third of Iran's missile and missile launchers have been destroyed so far.

It's sort of almost in the eye of the beholder, right?

Iran still has, you know, hundreds, potentially more, thousands of missiles left.

So even if it's diminished, even one missile or two missiles or 10 missiles or 100 missiles might be too much for neighboring countries like the Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia.

And so I think it comes down to sort of what your definition, if you're a neighboring country, is of missiles.

or less of a threat in absolute terms.

I think they are a diminished threat, but it doesn't take much to sort of bring some of the global hubs to sort of a standstill.

And then you've got two key waterways in the Gulf and the Red Sea choked off for oil coming out, and that could really lead to an increase in prices of oil, which are already sort of skyrocketing.

But it was really one of the most deadly, if not the most deadly strike that the United States has taken.