Jiang's label for an earlier Israel-Iran confrontation that he treats as the hidden precedent for the current information blackout.
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12-day war
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "So starting with the 12 -day war when Israel went in and killed a lot of government officials and nuclear scientists, thinking that that..."
Key Notes
Jiang's label for the earlier Iran-Israel clash that he treats as a preliminary test rather than the decisive confrontation.
Jiang's reference point for a previous limited Israel-Iran conflict, contrasted with the more violent response he expects next.
Jiang says Israel's media blackout exists because Iran inflicted humiliating damage during the earlier 12-day war and Israeli leadership learned to hide visible defeat.
He argues Israel believed the 12-day war could decapitate the Iranian regime through bombardment, sabotage, economic pressure, and strikes on senior officials, but was surprised by regime resilience, public cohesion, and Iran's missile retaliation.
Jiang treats the earlier 12-day war as a test run and says the ingredients are now in place for a long sustained war.
The host says Iran's aerospace command claims recovery from the 12-day war and leaves open the possibility that Iran could strike first if it feels compelled to do so.
Timestamped Evidence
"...The reason why is Israel was completely humiliated in the 12 -day war. Remember, Israel really thought that it would take them like a..."
"That's why they had invested so much in protecting the Assad regime. So in the first few days, it seemed as though Israel was..."
"Okay. And that was the end of the 12 -Day War. And then if you remember, Netanyahu went to talk to Putin, okay, and..."
"...invincible. So that's a response to the loss of the 12 -Day War. The Israelis are like, we just won't admit we're being defeated...."
"...the Middle East. And we know this because of that 12 -day war between Israel and Iran. Israel really believed that it could decapitate..."
"the resilience of the regime, how quickly the regime was able to replace these officials, how cohesive the population was. The population did not..."
"...the second round, basically Israel and Iran all in. The 12 -day war, it was more like testing the waters. Israel believed that with..."
"...respond much more violently than in the first war, the 12 -day war. And this will lead to a cascading effect where eventually you..."
"Yeah. So I think that we're very close to the next Israel -Iran conflict. And as you say, everyone predicts that this conflict in..."
"...weaker that they took a lot of damage during the 12 -day war and that they are in no position to strike back at..."
"So starting with the 12 -day war when Israel went in and killed a lot of government officials and nuclear scientists, thinking that that..."
"...for a long, long time, right? Starting with last year's 12 -day war. I mean, he went to the White House and talked to..."
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