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Jiang says the American theory that Iranians will rise up against Tehran will fail because Iranians remember U.S.
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Jiang says the American theory that Iranians will rise up against Tehran will fail because Iranians remember U.S. support for the Shah, the destruction of Iraq, their civilizational independence, and religious duty against America.
The reconstructed embassy documents convinced the students, in Jiang's telling, that the U.S. Embassy had directed Iranian policy, repression, and the 1953 coup against the democratically elected government.
Jiang claims that some former embassy student radicals became top Iranian defense, IRGC, and military leaders, carrying anti-American hostility into state power.
"You can't resupply them. And they've been encircled by Iranian forces. All right? Does that make sense? Okay? Okay. Now, the logic of having..."
"What happened in Iraq? America destroyed Iraq. Right? From 2003 until 2011, America was there destroying the country. America said that it would bring..."
"They believe that America is Satan. And they have a duty, a religious obligation to fight Satan. Okay? So for many reasons, there's just..."
"And the machine will cut the paper into about 100 different strips of paper. Okay? And this is the fastest, most effective way to..."
"Okay? And you can imagine that these students, because they pieced together these documents, right? They're fanatics. And guess what, guys? These students have..."
A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central claim: the Iran war that looks like American domination is the moment the United States becomes trapped, because geography, supply, domestic politics, sunk cost, and nuclear deterrence...
A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central move: the crash was probably an accident, but if it was not, Jiang asks who had opportunity, motive, and the most to gain.
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