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93 segmentsBoring golf gear? Hard pass. Pins and aces makes head covers, apparel, golf bags, and accessories for golfers who like their game with a little more personality. Think bold designs, premium quality, and gear that looks just as good on the first tee as it does in the clubhouse. Whether you're shopping for yourself or looking for the perfect gift for the golfer, who already has enough balls and teas, start with pins and aces. Visit pins and aces.com. That's P-I-N-S and A-C-E-S dot com. Pins and A-C-E-S dot com. Pins and Aces. Golf gear that actually has game. 617-266-6-68 is the number. Okay, here is now the absolute latest, my friends. Apparently now talks between the United States and Iran have been called off, at least temporarily. JD Vance was supposed to go to Switzerland with a negotiating team to start negotiating the 60-day process to get rid of Iran's enrichment. their enrichment capacity and to negotiate a way to get rid of their highly enriched uranium stockpile either destroy it remove it dilute it that has been called off jd is not going to switzerland because fighting has now erupted again in lebanon about maybe eight to twelve hours ago hesbalah fighters launched missile strikes and bomb strikes into northern Israel, incinerating four Israeli soldiers. They are continuing to take pot shots at the Israeli military. Israel has said they're not going to stand by and allow their soldiers to be picked off and killed one by one, so they have now ordered a series of devastating strikes on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. The ceasefire, the Memorandum of Understanding explicitly states that there must be no fighting between Israel and Lebanon, or forgive me, Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. If there is, then the deal is off. So I'm not saying the deal is off, but negotiations for now have been called off. And if this fighting between Hezbollah and Israel continues and continues to escalate dramatically, it's going to blow up the entire negotiations and the entire memorandum of understanding before it even gets off the ground. So this is a very fragile ceasefire that may blow up at any second. 617-266-6-68 is the number. Mike, who do you want me to go to next? Eddie in Quincy. Thanks for holding Eddie and welcome. Hi, Eddie. I'm going to take this a little bit of a different direction. You understand what Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine are doing with their drones. I mean, they're improving them at least monthly.
And I think that's the warfare of the near future. And that plays right into Hezbollah Hamas's hands. How much does a drone cost as opposed to a missile, never mind an atomic bomb? And I don't know, what I would think that the Jews understand this. And, I mean, here you go, and it's blowing up already. I thought that they wait until September, October, I think it's going to get a big surprise from Iran. I mean, they want Trump out of there. And, you know, we've got Democrats. You know, you might get the next Democratic president and says, we're going to rip this up, build your atomic bomb. Well, Eddie, look, one of the big developments of the war, it's been a stunning development. I've touched on it multiple times. The media doesn't want to discuss it because they know the American people will be utterly revolted and disgusted. The Democrats are openly siding with Iran. I've never, this has never happened before in the history of the United States. Whatever you think of the war for it, against it, it doesn't really matter. We were at war with Iran. We lost 13 service members. They died. They were firing at our pilots. They were bombing our bases. They were shooting and droning our sailors. They were trying to kill as many Americans as possible, and the Democrats' official position was, we side with Iran. We want Iran to win. And to the extent that the Iranian said, we're going to coordinate our strategy and formulate our approach to this war based on an alliance with the Democrats. which is we're going to block the Strait of Hormuz to tank the world economy, to drive up oil and gas prices so the Democrats can run on that and defeat Trump in the midterms and then impeach him, cripple his presidency, and make it impossible for him to fight the war against us, against the Mullahs, the IRGC. And that's how we're going to drive America out of the Middle East. So you have the Democratic Party now. This is open naked treason. They're siding with Iran. And the Iranian mullahs are open about it. Just look at Iranian TV. They said we have two key assets that will ensure our victory. Number one, control over the Strait of Hormuz, because that's the proverbial boot on the neck of the economy, the global economy. And we have the Democrats in Congress. And together we will break Donald Trump. So you're absolutely completely right, Eddie. They are the fifth columnists within. That's what they are. They're the fifth column. And they're coordinating with Iran. And that's why, look, I think the Iranians are even saying, look, they're going for broke. They're the ones telling Hezbollah keep firing. Keep firing because now Trump is openly fighting with BB. So the strategy is keep firing into Israel, keep poking the bear, poke into bear, poke into bear, they're going to have to respond. The Israeli public is not going to stand for their northern Israel being carpet bombed and their soldiers being incinerated. And Israel now under pressure has responded. And they're saying, just keep fighting.
what because they're convinced now trump doesn't have the stomach to resume bombing so let's blow this thing sky high and then by blowing it sky high trump has doesn't even have a deal to come back to gas prices will start going back up gas and oil and energy will start going back up and you'll have a final rupture between Israel and the United States, because Trump will be really pissed off at the Israelis now, because he doesn't want them to fire back. He wants to go through it to 60 days. And now Israel will be alone, having lost its biggest backer. That's why J.D., I'll play the cut again. He was kind of warning them. saying look we're your most me your only ally really in the world and by far your most powerful ally do you really want to be criticizing us in public like do you realize we can cut you off and you're all alone and that's what iran wants boring golf gear hard pass Pins and aces makes head covers, apparel, golf bags, and accessories for golfers who like their game with a little more personality. Think bold designs, premium quality, and gear that looks just as good on the first tee as it does in the clubhouse. Whether you're shopping for yourself or looking for the perfect gift for the golfer who already has enough balls and teas, start with pins and aces. Visit pins and aces.com. That's P-I-N-S and A-C-E-S dot com. Pins and A-C-E-S-Golf gear that actually has game. This thing may already be over. I'm not saying it is. Please don't misinterpret me here. But the way they're starting to go at it now in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, to be fair, Hezbollah is completely a blame for this. 1,000%. It's been well documented. They were launching the bombs, the missiles, the drones. They killed four minimum, maybe even more now, Israeli soldiers. And they were just itching to get Israel to respond back. And Israel retaliated. Trump apparently is on the phone with BB. He's trying to tell him to stand down. The Mullis claim they're trying to tell Hezbollah to stand down. But everybody knows with Hezbollah, Iran says jump and they say how high. You know, in Lebanon, you ask the Lebanese, they refer to them not as Hezbollah, as Iranian Hezbollah. Meaning they're completely controlled by Tehran, completely. And their goal is to colonize Lebanon on behalf of Iran. That's the purpose of Hezbollah. So we may not even have a negotiation because the Iran and, sorry, Hezbollah and Israel are just going to be at each other's throats.
So all of this may ultimately be for nothing. And let me even bear my soul to you like I'm in the confessional. It could happen. I'm not saying I don't have a crystal ball. I don't claim to have a crystal ball. I would not be shocked. This thing doesn't make 60 days. Let's say they even resolve the fighting now. I don't see this going 60 days. With this regime? They're going to violate something. They're going to, you know, they're going to break some provision. I don't think it's going to go 60 days. I think the cult detox will eventually collapse. And so to be honest, that's another reason why. Now, it's a double-edged sword. You know, on the one hand, Trump can turn around and say, you couldn't have given him a better offer. I mean, to the whole world, just look around, like, can I be any more reasonable? How much more reasonable I've bent over backwards for them, and it's still not good enough. So now I really have no choice but to resume bombing. And the world will say, we can't blame you, go ahead. Or it could have the opposite effect. And that's my fear, to be honest, where... You've given so much. You've made so many concessions. You've angered and, you know, alienated or disaffected so many people in your own base. And in the end, it's all for nothing. In the end, there never was going to be a deal, ever. So anyway, it is what it is. 617-266-6-8. Let's go to... Mike, Russ in Maine. Thanks for holding, Russ, and welcome. Call, Jeff. I enjoy listening to you, and I enjoy listening to your wife on the weekends. Thank you. Thank you, Russ. But I have a little different way to look at this, and I think if I could give you a little history on how we got here, what the war is really about. What's been happening is our intelligence agencies have been weaponized against us. So, first we go with Ronald Reagan. Good guy working for us. They try and kill him. Then we go to Bush, Total CIA. And then we go to Clinton, Total CIA. If you ever see the movie American Made about Bobby Seal running drugs out of New York, Arkansas, you can see how the CIA made Clinton. Then we go to Bush 2, Total CIA. And then we go to Barack Obama, third generation CIA. His mother, Marianne Dunham. work for USAID. And during the church hearings, they said USAID was part of the CIA. Now we get to Trump. Now, what does Trump do in his first day in office in 2017? He goes right to the den of thieves. He goes right into the CIA headquarters and gives a speech in front of the wall of stars. He knows what the fights about. Now am I saying that the CIA is all bad? No. I would say what I like to say is that 80% of the CIA are good people. They're just trapped in a bad system. The way the CIA works is a need-to-know basis. So you can be doing something for the CIA thinking you're helping America and you're actually hurting America because you don't know. If you have the top part of the CIA, they're the people that know what's really going on. Now, the CIA had a couple strongholds. Iran, Venezuela, Ukraine, and Cuba.
And I believe that's what the war is about. That's what Trump is fighting. He's fighting these rogue intelligence agencies. Russ, fascinating. I have to say absolutely fascinating. When you say that's what this war is about, can you just refine that argument a little bit more? You're saying what the CIA convinced him to go to war in Iran? Is that what you're saying? It's been a stronghold of the intelligence agencies for years. You know, they brought down the Shah. They put in this regime. And now when I say, not CIA, I'm talking CIA, MI6, which MI6 is like our CIA, MI5 is like our FBI, and Mossade. These are rogue intelligence agencies. And Russ, are you saying that they... convinced him that there was an imminent nuclear threat and so trump had to move now or whatever you know february twenty eight three and a half months ago but i'm using now in a you know in a metaphorical sense now move now to topple this regime or attack this regime because they were on the verge two weeks as they kept saying two weeks from the bomb but you're saying that basically they were manipulating trump into this war correct He has to eliminate these countries to do what he needs to do in this country. You know, he has to eliminate Iran, Venezuela, which we've done Venezuela, Ukraine's doing it. He's probably going to, he's going to have to go to Cuba and take down Cuba. No, I don't think that's going to be long, but it's a stronghold, you know, in North Korea. But I think North Korea, he took over, he null and boy to them on the first term. Interesting. So you're really saying that the deep state is threatening the president, that the deep state essentially told him, if you want to enact any kind of your agenda, let's say on the border, on immigration, on deportations, on the economy, on, you know, whatever crime. In other words, if you don't want us to try another coup against you, like we did with Russia collusion, you better do our bidding. And our bidding now is we want you to bomb Iran. We want you to destroy it, and you're going to destroy it, correct? I would say, yeah. He needs to, he needs, I mean, I don't know how he's now avoiding that he's just, he's out there and he knows he has to take these countries over that have been run by these rogue intelligence agencies for years, just like he did with Venezuela. Interesting. Russ, that's a very, very interesting theory. Look, I know for a fact that there are many elements in the CIA that want Trump gone. The deep state reviles him. They want him gone. There's no question. The Uniparty wants him gone. The swamp wants him gone. I mean, I've never seen anything like this. And this second term in particular, they're more open, more brazen, more explicit.
than ever before ever before and so this is a president under siege he's been under siege the second he walked in and they haven't let up. Russ, very interesting call. Thank you for that call, Russ. 617, 266, 68 is the number. I want to read to you a couple of texts and then go right back to the phone lines. You can text the Cooner Man, 70470, 70470. This is from 917. Jeff, one of the callers mentioned, that we are giving Iran money and a lot of money, and they can simply buy a nuke from Pakistan or Pakistan, as Obama puts it, that would suddenly make Iran a menace similar to North Korea. Bingo. I think there's no question. And if you look at North Korea... Why does nobody threaten North Korea? Even China. I know that North Korea is essentially a colony or a vassal of China. But, you know, Xi Jinping has said repeatedly he gets frustrated with Kim Jong-un-il or Kim Jong-un, forgive me. He gets, you know, little rocket man. He gets very frustrated with Kim. But the reason why he can't ever remove him is because, you know, that lunatic has what, 10-15 nuclear missiles? And if he starts launching him into China, goodbye China. So they have to put up with his antics. The women, the Swedish call girls, the cocaine, the orgies, the partying, the whole bit, you know, the debauchery, which the Chinese just can't stand. They think it's just, A, it's running the country into the ground, and B, it's just unseemly. It's just, you know, that's not how you run a country. and they fear eventually it's going to cost them control over North Korea. But anyway, you look at, you know, the North Koreans, they have the bomb. That's why nobody wants to mess with them. If Iran gets the bomb, no matter, you know, by through Pakistan or however, it'll become the North Korea of the Middle East. You won't be able to touch them. Nobody will be able to touch him. for fear of risking a nuclear war. Okay, just to put a quick exclamation point on what I was saying before the break, the thing about a nuclear North Korea is, well, they're all commies, obviously, and they're atheists. So what that means is this is the life. There's no afterlife. And so in a way, it's a disincentive for them to use their nuclear weapons. Because if they, you know, use a nuke and someone nukes them, it's over. You're dead, you go six feet in the ground, and that's where it all ends. With the mullahs, should Iran ever get the bomb and you have a nuclear Iran, I think it's infinitely more dangerous than North Korea. Why? Because you've got fanatical mullahs who believe in what they call paradise.
with their 72 virgins in heaven if they should die for Allah. So they actually have an incentive to use a nuclear bomb to, let's say, annihilate Israel, annihilate the Jews, annihilate the West, because that for them would bring about the end of days, the coming of the 12th Imam, as they call it, and the beginning of the world, you know, the triumph of a world Muslim empire. So then the Iranian leaders would die as martyrs and they would get their 72 virgins in heaven. So they want to use the bomb. The purpose of the bomb is to eventually be used to get eternal salvation. And what you should never forget is a very, by the way, this was the turning point speech. where so many in Iran turned against the regime. And it was about maybe 15 years ago. And that was the then Supreme Leader who we killed in the early days of this war, Hamini, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, where he laid out the whole theological basis of the end of days. And he said, you know, if we get a nuclear bomb, we can then drop it on Israel. And he said, of course, Israel has nuclear weapons. So they would then bomb us. And so he openly could, I mean, he's just talking about this openly. He was in the Iranian parliament. And everybody was listening to him absolutely mesmerized. All these, you know, IRGC, you know, pro Ayatollah lawmakers. And he said, so the world will then end in a great ball of fire, a huge mushroom cloud. Hundreds of millions, maybe even billions, will die. And he says, of course, at the time the population was 70 million. Now it's 93 million in Iran. But at the time, it was 70 million, I think 72 million. He said, so of course, 72 million Iranians will all die. But then he says, but that will be to our glory. Because we will sacrifice ourselves like holy warriors and martyrs to bring about the Mahdi, the 12th Imam. And then that will lead to the final global caliphate, the triumph of Islam over the entire globe. And then we will all get our reward, all of us in paradise, in paradise. And... He basically laid out the game plan. We get the nuke. And then we use the nuke as essentially a form of salvation. Now, the common Iranian heard this, read the speech, and they said, these guys are absolutely insane. Because they're willing to sacrifice all of us as cannon fodder. for their insane theological, messianic fantasy of bringing about the apocalypse so that they can all get their 72 virgins in heaven. So this is what I mean when I say the one country that can never get a nuclear weapon. The one is Iran.
I'm not saying it's okay that China has one, has bombs, missiles or North Korea. You don't want the commies to have it because they blackmail, they extort. But at least with the communists, they're like, well, we don't want to use it. Why? Because then that's it. That's all there is. This is it. They're materialists. They're atheists. So as the communists say, you die and then the worms go into your body. And that's how you end. So they don't really want to die. They want to think about commies. They want to live as long as possible. These guys, they're itching to be martyrs. 617. It's a death cult. It's truly a death cult. They love death. Because in death, they believe, is eternal happiness. They love death a lot more than they love life. 617-266-68-68 is the number okay one more just super quick this is from 508 you can text the Cooner Man 70470 because I think 508 hits the nail right on the head Jeff Trump needed to pull out the Iranian leadership root and branch This is not a political situation. It is a death cult, an ideology that is hell bent on world domination. To the radical Islamists, all of this is merely just a setback. Iran is not a nation. It is a cause. Bingo. Bingo. they're bent on world domination not that they can conquer the world just by dropping a few nukes and they believe ultimately in a death cult so to them this is just a battle a skirmish in a longer theological war that they believe inevitably according to the Quran and the prophet Muhammad that they believe ultimately they are destined to win. That's the minds of the people we're dealing with. So, you know, nothing against JD. I love him. The president. I love him. But you're Western. You're profoundly in a civilized good way. You're saying, here's 300 billion in reconstruction. Here's another 120 million in access to frozen assets. You can sell oil now. What do you want? Hotels? You got it. What do you want? Beautiful roads. You want skyscrapers. You want restaurants. You want schools. You want hospitals. You want factories. You want offices. Business offices. You want parks. You want homes. You can build up an incredibly wealthy, prosperous country. That's Western. They're looking at that mushroom cloud. 617-266 with you know Allah Akbar that's what you're dealing with 617-26688 Diane in Lynn thanks for holding Diane and welcome
Israel made the first mistake by urging Trump to get into the war. Trump made a huge mistake by getting into the war. Then events happen, and Trump realizes he's got to exit ramp somewhere. So he does the best he can with this decision he made to make a deal with Iran. But with the newest events, events, When you said you talked about just at this point, it's better for Trump to just walk away. Is that still an option? Is that still a viable thing to do at this point? I think it is. If I were him, again, look, I always want to qualify something with, you know, I always want to qualify what I say with this. And because I'm a man of humility. I don't claim to know everything. I work hard. I do a lot of research. I do a lot of reading. I take pride in being very well prepped for this show out of respect for you, the audience. And out of respect for me is, you know, being behind this microphone. It's a tremendous privilege. So I come in, I truly do my best. Like last night, I was up to 1.30 in the morning, show prepping. And I'm doing, you know, often I do a show on a couple hours to give you the latest information. So, but saying all that, I'm not privy to certain information that Trump has. I just don't. I don't have classified information. He does. So he may be seeing things. He may be knowing things. I'm not aware of. I can only comment on what I see, what I know, so maybe he knows something I don't. But my position has always been, no deal is better than a bad deal. And now, with the fighting escalating, clearly in Lebanon, I mean, they're really starting to bomb each other now. Well, they violated the ceasefire. Like, I don't care at this point, whether Hasbalah or Israel did it. The ceasefire has now been violated. If I'm Trump, that's my way out. And then turn around and say, look, I tried to make a deal. Iran couldn't rain in Hezbollah. Look at what I offered him. I offered him the world. I gave him the moon, man. I gave him the farm. I mean, nobody, look, at the G7, they all stood up and clapped. I mean, they weren't, you know, they weren't jerking his chain. They weren't yanking his chain. They were like, this is a very generous offer that you've now made to the Iranians. Now, if they're not willing to rein in Hezbollah because they want to launch rockets to kill Jews, then there's nothing you can do to satisfy this regime. And I think Trump can then say, I'm tearing up the memorandum. It's been violated. And now there's no more deal. We won, and we're going home. Or, I mean, we want to keep our forces there, but I'm not going to do another deal. Well, what about the strait? All Europe and Asia can come in there and clean up the strait. If you want, I'll send the Navy, our Navy. We'll clean up the strait. And if I need to, I'll bomb those coastal defenses. I'll bomb the Strait of Hormuz. There are all those defenses that the Iranians have. I'll bomb them night and day for 7, 10, 14 days, whatever it takes.
But the Strait is going to be clear. By the way, just so that you know, I'm sorry, I don't mean to be throwing all this information, Iran just officially came out and said, this is straight from the regime, that they now say they're going to impose fees, not tolls, but fees, on all maritime services, all ships going through the Strait of Hormuz, after the 16-A negotiation is over. So they're saying the strait of our moose is now ours. We control it. And we're going to charge a massive fee for every ship, every oil tanker. I mean, they're going to make hundreds of billions off of this. But more than that, they're saying we control the most vital waterway in the world. The United States cannot allow that. The world cannot allow that. And by the way, it's against the United Nations. It's against international law. This is piracy now on the high seas. They don't have a right to just impose a fee or a toll. Prior to the war, it was free, unrestricted, unlimited passage to any ship. So they're in violation of international law. If I'm President Trump, I go right to the United Nations. and say they're breaking the law. They're costing all of you money. We don't need the straight. We don't get a single drop of oil from the straight. You do. Clean it up. I've taken care of the nuclear problem. By the way, there is no freaking Navy because I destroyed their Navy. So you're dealing with speedboats and drones. Russia, China, India, France, Britain, Europe, South Korea, Japan. I could go on and on. Those are, that's your oil. Go and get it. To me, that's what I would do if I were him. But again, I don't know what he's looking at. I don't know what information he has. But again, no deal is better than this deal. But I think even now that's a moot point because I don't think there's going to be a deal because they're fighting and there's no negotiations because you're dealing with medieval savages. Look, Diane, if this was you, not that it would be you, but just humor me. If you were the leader of Iran and this is the offer you get from the United States of America. After your military has been absolutely smashed. I mean, there's nothing left. Your nuclear program that you spent billions, generations of money on is scattered to the wind. Your revered Ayatollah is dead. Most of your political leaders are dead. You're dropping like flies. Because they keep, you know, Israel keeps assassinating people. You're barely clinging to power. You've got your people now rising up because inflation is at 300%. They desperately need economic relief. If not, they're going to hang you from a lampost. And here comes Donald Trump. Sell all the oil.
120 billion in assets a 300 billion dollar reconstruction fund we're going to rain money on you all you got to do is just say here no nuclear weapon no enrichment we're giving back the stockpile and let the checks come in let the money flow in any normal sane person would say take the deal look at them It's barely 24. The ink isn't even dry. And Hezbollah is already launching rockets. Diane, am I wrong? Oh, no, thank you. That U.S. right. Right? I mean, but if you were them, wouldn't you take the deal? And you'd be on the phone with Hezbollah. You'd be saying, listen, one grenade, one bullet, and you're dead. Do you understand? Right? Wouldn't you tell them that? Who else? I mean, because it's going to rain money. Let it rain money. Nope. There's no reasoning with them. That's all. That's the point. Diane, thank you so much for that call. 617. No, really, I've said this before, but I really mean this. The people I really feel sorry for are the negotiators on our side. Do you know what it is to negotiate with these people? And they're all complaining when they come back. Nobody wants to do it. Nobody. They're like literally, these are the stuff, this is the stuff I'm hearing. Mr. President, I'd rather have root canal. And he's laughing, you know, because it's funny. He goes, I'll do root canal. I'll do whatever you want. Just don't put me in that room with these savages. It's 2,000 years ago, a thousand years ago, a hundred years ago. Look, we're not here to talk about what happened a hundred. Can we just stick to the freaking deal? And then you agree on something? And then I say, no, we didn't agree on it. Like, and then, you know, like, can we go to the transcript? Why we go to transcript? Why? Why? You don't believe me? You insult me? I mean, this is what it's like with these people. You're paving over the same ground over and over and over. And that's how they win. Because after all, you say, okay, look, whatever. Just put whatever you want in there. Let's just shut up. Put it in there and we'll work it out. So here you have the deal at a century and they're firing rockets into Israel. 617 i don't know what else to tell you 617 266 68 mike rob in main thanks for holding rob and welcome rob rob rob all right let's see if we can reconnect with rob who next Steve in Florida, the Freedom State. Thanks for holding Steve and welcome. Jeff, I think you're wonderful. I have a theory. Please let me get the whole theory out because it's nothing that we've thought about. Please let me get it. Yes, please go ahead. The floor is yours. The Muslims are infiltrating the world. They're infiltrating England.
They're infiltrating France. They're infiltrating the United States. Our deep state in this country is the puppet master. They play chess. We all play checkers. Everybody in Cooner Country, we're all playing checkers. Donald Trump has just done an about face in Iran and in Israel. Why? Because he is compromised. He is now a compromised president. John Thune does not like President Trump. I believe the word has been put out that if the Democrats win the midterms, and they are going to win them because they're going to steal them, the word's gotten out that the Senate will impeach Donald Trump. Why has JD Vance suddenly become so in the forefront? Why has JD Vance, why has Donald Trump permitted JD Vance to be front and center on the stage with regard to the Iran strategy, the Iran policy? Why? J.JD Vance is John Brennan was running the CIA. People think he's still running the CIA. John Brennan is a Muslim. There has been a decision in this country for by the deep state. to realign themselves. We are now at an inflection point in the United States with regard to the direction of the United States. We are no longer going to be supporting Israel. We are going to be supporting the Muslims. Why? Because when the Muslims take over France and the Muslims take over England and they have nuclear power, what's the sure way to deal with that? The sure way to deal with that is to be their friend and their ally. So they will have no reason to use that nuclear power on us. Steve, can you please hang on? I think it's a fascinating theory. And I actually, I think you're right. I think you're absolutely right.