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Iran has escalation control, in Jiang’s account, because its targeting options are more diverse and selective than U.S. and Israeli air-power escalation.
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Iran has escalation control, in Jiang’s account, because its targeting options are more diverse and selective than U.S.
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Jiang says shock and awe's apparent effectiveness depended on technologies like air supremacy, cluster bombs with GPS-guided submunitions, and special forces directing air power.
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"...and Israel, they're just attacking Iran. Okay? And they attack with air power, so that's very blunt. All right? Okay? So you go from..."
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"So I don't want to spend too much time on this, but as you can see, if you think about it, Iran can be..."
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"Thunder runs. Okay? So these three things show the incredible superiority of this doctrine of shock and awe. Okay? So how is America able..."
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"And it was true. So what was happening was that special forces could drive around and look for military installations by themselves. Okay? We're..."
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"...quell these rebellions, that's great because now you can use your air power to decimate the Iranian military. Your problem right now is the..."
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"...enemy territory. Okay? And they are able to target and direct air power against the enemy. Okay? And we, America, have the best special..."
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"...Okay? Operation Desert Storm. And his army got destroyed by American air power. And at this point, America could have chosen to go invade..."
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"...a desert that makes it ideal for shock and awe right air power can go anywhere you have satellites that could see everything special..."
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"...because the special forces were hiding in the background, okay? Directing air power against Gaddafi. So in other words, what Shaw and all really..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s law of escalation: the actor with the biggest weapon can still lose if the weaker actor has calibration, legitimacy, options, and a way to make the bully destroy himself.
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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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