Randy Manner

That's Randy Manor, former US Army Major General, Vice Chief of the US National Guard.

I think this is unfortunately probably another escalation, especially with the UAE condemning, quite frankly, Iran's dangerous escalation.

I think that we're going to see perhaps Iran...

trying to attack more ships that are stuck, or, of course, probably, I hope, avoiding direct conflict with the United States of attacking U.S.

ships.

But it's probably going to escalate.

I certainly hope not.

I hope that cooler heads prevail.

The United States is, I mean, the administration is stuck right now.

They don't see any way out of this situation and they are trying desperately to not just attack unilaterally because obviously at some point the world economy and the US economy continues to struggle with these oil prices.

So I think it really is a situation that's stuck in the moment.

I doubt seriously that anybody in the administration reached out.

It probably was somebody in the UAE or Saudi Arabia who he does listen to them because, of course, money talks.

So it is more likely it was not someone in the US administration who

And it was probably not, in all fairness, with any empathy toward those people that are on those ships.

I think it has to do with demonstrating the fact that Iran has been humiliating the United States left and right by demonstrating that the strait is not yet open.

It's very possible.

It's very possible.

Again, I think the one thing that all your listeners have to understand is our president is not predictable.

He's not predictable in the United States.