Sam Faddis

Nobody will pass unless you pay in reals, and you have to get permission from them, and you have to buy permission.

And it says no American ships under any condition can pass, and it says no Israeli ships can pass, and it says nobody who participates in our sanctions against the Iranians.

can pass that's a whole bunch of people there so I I don't think in reality we can just say at the end not our problem and walk away I don't and leave the Iranians in control of 20 of the world's oil and natural gas supply whether it moves I I get it that we are energy independent but we are we are not independent of the economic consequences of that

Yeah, I mean, you're absolutely right.

If you follow the logic of that in the terms of what they're proposing, the only thing that's going to move is their oil and their natural gas.

So that's a non-starter to me.

You just can't do that.

Who do you get to?

I mean, the first problem, and I think I said this to you, talking to you the other day, I've said it many times, is the first problem is now we're groping around in a dark room, right?

We don't have the intelligence and we don't know who the hell we're talking to.

So all these guys are now unknown quantities.

So you're guessing to what extent the guy you're talking to actually has any wasta, right?

And some of them will be total zealots and totally crazy and absolutely diehard 12ers and like, you know, give me a suicide vest.

I'm ready to blow myself up kind of guys.

You're also just going to run into guys that, you know, tell you that they're big shots and they have connections and they're speaking on behalf of the government.

And then a week later, you're going to realize this guy is not talking to anybody, and he doesn't speak for anybody, and that's all a frigging waste of time.

So there's going to be a lot of dead ends and a lot of frustration here.

Yeah, well, I mean, again, I get it that we're reading tea leaves to a certain extent, but I think what he's

What he's saying to the Israelis is we're gonna end this on our terms, not on yours.

And maybe, you know, maybe I'm being too optimistic.