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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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2003 Iraq War
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "OK. So I saw the last real war that I thought was probably Vietnam. The person go for it. I think I know. I..."
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"OK. So I saw the last real war that I thought was probably Vietnam. The person go for it. I think I know. I..."
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"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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"...necessary to maintain the empire. So the issue was the 2003 Iraq War, when America in about two weeks, time was able to steamroll..."
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"...would turn out. Because if you go back to the 2003 Iraq War, even though they were intent on regime change, they still went..."
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"...special conditions to make us think that silicon all in 2003 Iraq War which is a one -off it was unique OK unfortunately we..."
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The interview opens as a first-week war briefing and then keeps widening.
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A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central claim: America mistook Iraq's one-off success for a universal doctrine, built an empire without guilt through hidden special forces, and now carries that hubris toward Iran.
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