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So those are the three major national strategic interests of Iran. And now the question then is, how would Iran force Americans to invade? What is the optimal strategy in this regard? Because remember, the Iranians are the ones who are going to invade. They're the ones who are going to invade. They're not going to be able to beat the Americans in a conventional war. They don't have the technology, they don't have the weapons, they don't have the financing that the Americans do. So they're gonna have to trap the Americans in Iran, encircle them, and cut off their supply lines, and force a negotiated surrender. 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And he's the biggest guy in the school. He's really mean, and everyone's afraid of him. He has a reputation for being a thug. And that's why he's able to accomplish what he wants to accomplish. Now, let's just say that you, you're, you know, half his size, you want to start a fight with him. Well, you would think that, that, you know, you would think that, you know, you would think that would be against your advantage. But one advantage that you have in this fight is you can control the terms of engagement. You can calibrate your actions to, in order to elicit responses that are to the detriment of the bully, okay? So what I mean by that is, if the bully punches you, well, you have options. You can choose to go to the principal. 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