ted that lab to make some good stuff if you thought it was just a cold. Well they've been working hard. They made the common cold or something no worse than the common cold.

Anyway the Houthis in Yemen that were disrupting all the ship traffic in the Red Sea by shooting them with missiles they said that they're going to stop doing that as long as the ceasefire in Gaza holds. Okay apparently the ships that would use the Red Sea have decided that's not good enough. They don't trust the Houthis to not attack them and they shouldn't because I don't think that by the time you send your ship into the Red Sea it could be five minutes from the ceasefire falling apart. So yeah it would be pretty dangerous to assume that they're not going to shoot you because of a ceasefire that you know may not hold.

But it really made me wonder is that really what the Houthis care about? The only thing that they care about is Gaza? Did we know that before or are they just pretending that's the thing they care about so that they have a reason to stop doing it? I was pretty sure now obviously they're backed by Iran so whatever Iran wants is what the Houthis are doing. But did Iran just say to the Houthis stand down as long as the ceasefire holds? Because that would almost suggest that they really mostly cared about Gaza. That doesn't seem completely right does it? So there's something about this that doesn't add up.

But the first thing that makes me wonder is apparently Trump has suggested that let me find his exact words here. Trump has suggested for Gaza that they clear out the whole thing. Basically take all the people in Gaza, relocate them temporarily or permanently, and then fix whatever is Gaza and then decide later if anybody can come back. Now that's pretty dramatic but I think he's talking to Jordan and Egypt about taking the Gaza residents. Not that the Gaza residents want to go to either of those places but where they are now is probably not so cool.

But here's what's wrong with that. Egypt and Jordan are not our enemies am I right? I mean Egypt and Jordan are sort of, Jordan especially is somebody we work with all the time. Why would we send Hamas because the Hamas people are a big part of the Gazans who are moved anywhere. Why would we move a whole bunch of Hamas fighters into an ally or somebody that we at least would like to work with like Egypt? That doesn't make sense does it? Wouldn't it make more sense to tell Iran they have to take them because Iran's the one that broke it. If you broke it you bought it.

Let me just float this idea. So this is in the context of the bad idea concept. If you haven't heard this before the bad idea is when you suggest a bad idea just to brainstorm and then people say that's a stupid idea Scott but you remind me of something that would work. So I'm going to give you the bad idea. The stupid embarrassing one. You know because I have that superpower. I have no shame so I can do embarrassing ideas that maybe just you think of a better one and then that's the goal.

All right suppose Trump and I guess Netanyahu say here's what we want to do. Iran is the one who's backing Hamas. Iran is the one who is the main sponsor. Iran is the one that broke it. They're all going to Iran. And then Iran says whoa hold on we're Shia and they're Sunni and you know it doesn't work. And we say we don't care. You've been backing them. They're yours. So if you want them to have a good life open up some space in Iran. Take care of them. Yeah you're the one who got us in this situation. It's not ours to fix. So why don't you do something really good for the Gazans and build a really nice safe place for them in Iran. We promise that if we get in a fight with Iran we won't even bomb them. You know they'll be nice and safe. So Iran why don't you take them back?

And here's the thing of course Iran is going to say no. At least in minute one they're going to say no. Of course they're going to say no. But the framing is kind of smart. The framing would be you broke it you bought it and that's the end of the story.

Now would this be a terrible tragedy to the Gazans? Yes it would be a terrible tragedy if they didn't think they could go back. But I wouldn't rule out that somebody carefully vetted could come back once Gaza is rebuilt into something. I wouldn't take any of the Hamas fighters back but it does seem like you could probably do enough vetting that