Mike Baker

Right.

And the way that we look at things in bite sized chunks rather than with a longer strategic view.

So I think this, you know, I hate to say it.

And again, I realize it's armchair quarterbacking, but we have been talking here on the PDB for quite some time.

That Lebanon was going to be the weak link here in this in this negotiation once it got thrown into the mix.

Now, let's let's shift just slightly, if we could.

And let's talk about.

Well, I tell you what, we'll take a break and then I'm going to give you this question to think about for when we come back.

As soon as the Iranian delegation said we're not traveling to Switzerland, we're not going to have these first round discussions because of the outbreak of violence in Lebanon.

And so that happened.

And then immediately thereafter, there was some talk about, well, hold on.

We've got a new ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel.

Let's try to patch this up quickly so we can keep the negotiations on track.

But again, that's the conversation.

The agreement is supposedly with the Lebanese government.

It's not with Hezbollah.

So I guess my question coming back out of out of this break will be how how how do we do this?

How do you negotiate anything meaningful with a government that has no control over the Iranian led government?

Hezbollah.

So I'm going to leave that on your desk and then we're going to take a quick break and then we'll be back with more from Jonathan Schatzer right here on the PDB situation report.