Jiang says the Kurds do not trust the Americans or Israelis because of repeated betrayals, especially after the 1991 Gulf War uprising against Saddam Hussein.
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1991 Gulf War
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "slash Israel ground invasion of Iran? Right. So this is actually very hard to figure out because usually the strategy is to use proxies,..."
Key Notes
Jiang says the Gulf War of 1991 and the Iraq invasion of 2003 were not real wars but asymmetrical demonstrations against states already unable to defend themselves.
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"slash Israel ground invasion of Iran? Right. So this is actually very hard to figure out because usually the strategy is to use proxies,..."
"And they did. And then when it came time for the Americans to support the Kurds with air power, they didn't do so because..."
"OK. So I saw the last real war that I thought was probably Vietnam. The person go for it. I think I know. I..."
"If Americans came, you're dead anyway. So he just gambled. He felt that the Americans would not be stupid enough to invade Iraq, because..."
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Sneako opens by telling Jiang that the predictions have started landing.
The interview opens as a first-week war briefing and then keeps widening.
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