What are your thoughts on, uh, on this latest development?

Well, sure.

I mean, first of all, thanks for having me.

Middle East is a convergence zone.

It's a convergence of cultures and technology and, and, uh, and innovation, and, uh, a geostrategic space which can't be copied.

It's a major comparative advantage, uh, that it has.

So I think this deal is useful.

When you say it's, it's a strategic place, is it, is it just purely geographical, or do you think there's something about its culture and makeup as well that makes it a, a unique place?

They're setting a very poor example for the rest of the world.

So, I mean, it's a challenge to international law, but international law has been in free fall for decades, to be perfectly honest, right? We've had a litany of conflicts which were not mandated by the U.N.

Security Council.

I mean, forget the discussions on the membership of that structure.

But the reality is that all empires, you know, what happens, you know, The United States was a free open market.

Everybody went there, they started investing.

And you've had a great two, 300 year run.

recently raised to pay for that, right? So you've got increasing tax burden.