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This is huge.
This either brings them to their knees, Pat, and we can get some sort of a treaty.
As I said, I don't think it's going to be an unconditional surrender.
But this is huge.
The oil prices are up on demand and speculation and fear and uncertainty.
And then you've got U.S.
special forces thinking here.
Just this headline, Pat, I think is good for $10 this morning because if you think about that,
What happens if you have special forces occupy that island?
It means, okay, you're not exporting anything.
We're going to control your exports.
And by getting the Navy, this is the one area that we have a defense expert that we spoke to this morning.
They have fast boats with specialized missiles that are on the back that defend this island because it's pretty close to Iran's coast.
So it is well defended and it's up all the way up at the top of the Persian Gulf.
So the price of oil and all this, this is getting a little hairy, Pat.
Well, 10%.
What happens if we woke up this morning and the S&P and the Dow dropped 10%?
That's huge.
10% to 12% of their oil, and they can't get it through the straight?
China right now, I mean, it's not you just pick up the phone and say, oh, I can't get, okay, well, that restaurant closed.