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LEIGHTON: “No it‘s not. It‘s a very complex geography. And what‘s interesting about the Strait of Hormuz, Victor, is that not only is Iran considering the toll effort, but Iran has reached out to oman and asked oman to possibly share in a toll revenue scheme for the Strait of Hormuz. So if that happens now, you all a audden you have two countries, one of them an ostensible U.S. ally, oman, actually collecting tolls on what had previously been an international waterway. So when you get to senator wicker‘s point there about, you know, making finishing the job, inin essence, that sounds really good politically. And, you know, in soso casas, soso peoeoe would say even morally, perhaps. But the problem with that is you really have to have forces on the ground to do that."