bases housing americans in iraq and syria since really october 17 is when they really started toic tick up. and when we look at the houthi attacks, there have baern more than two dozen against ships in e red sea, but it is important to point out that there has been u.s. military and british mitary in the region at the time.of these strikes, it is difficult to say if they are actually targeting an individual ship because of the nature of some of the projectiles that they are firing off, but they are threatening them, they are coming close to them, the u.s. shooting many of these projectiles down. and the real concern here as it has been since october 7 is that these sorts of actions by the iranian proxy groups will only work to further draw the united states into what is concerns of this becoming a regional war. and general, there are some lawmakers here in the u.s. who have raised concerns over legality of these strikes.
have had to endure it and why we ve seen the security go up and barricades go up and a huge police presence and her personal security has been beefed up and i suspect we ll see even more of that this week just because, you know, it s hard for them to discerning what is going to be the difference between an internet troll, someone who is firing off, you know, threats via email or leaving anonymous voice mails versus someone who would try to show up. that s something that they take very seriously. you have to. you are better to be safe than sorry. john, i want to talk about the political implications here. there s obviously all the legal issues for former president trump, but this is all happening. he was in iowa today talking to voters there. he is running to be the gop nominee in 2024. while he has three indictments and likely a fourth against him, he s joked that another indictment just makes him stronger in the polls going into the 2024 election. what do you think?