Jeremy Scahill

Or to get around the war powers resolution as well?

Or is it just like a complete desperation move?

I mean, I think what Emily just said is a primary part of this.

I mean, I do think that there was a thought that if the Iranians truly did refuse to make any sort of a deal with the United States and the U.S.

wanted to justify relaunching a war, it seemed like the quote-unquote legal case that they were going to try to make was that they were engaged in a defensive operation that was humanitarian in nature.

And if there was any violation of that,

It would have been because the Iranians were acting as the aggressors.

I certainly think that was a factor.

I also think that it's possible that there were some ships that the United States in particular wanted to get out of there because they may not have been what they seemed.

You know, there may have been cargo on some ships that the United States was interested in getting out of the Strait.

And they, you know, I think there may have been aspects to this that could have been a clandestine operation because something was stuck there that the United States wanted out.

Yeah.

I also think that in general, you know, what were what what Trump was was trying to do was prepare for potentially seizing some territory or bombing the coastal areas.

The Iranians, when I was talking to them just a few days ago, said they thought it was highly likely that there were going to be intense strikes along the coastal areas.

Some of the islands off of Iran's coast combined with leadership strikes.

So.

I think Emily is probably right in terms of the bulk of the rationale behind it.

But I think there was probably some intelligence operation that went on that we don't fully understand because some ships did get out of there.

And I mean, this is a whole other show, but where's that pilot that got shot down and survived?

You know, the weapons officer.