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The speaker argues that Iran defeated Saudi Arabia in the Iraq proxy war by exploiting Iraq's Shia majority after the U.S. invasion, and also won the Syria proxy war by supporting Assad alongside Russia.
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The speaker argues that Iran defeated Saudi Arabia in the Iraq proxy war by exploiting Iraq's Shia majority after the U.S.
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"...Saudi Arabia. Then they fought another war in Syria. Syria's leader, Assad, faced a rebellion. And Saudi Arabia, America, Israel support the rebels against..."
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"And Iran came in to support Assad as well as Russia. And over time, Assad was able to crush the rebellion, okay? So, in..."
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"...Gaddafi is a madman. He's killing his own people. Bashar al -Assad is a madman. He's killing his own people. We can run the..."
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"...Gaza Strip, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, Syria, the Assad regime in Syria, as well as Shia militia in Iraq. Okay? And..."
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"...the most extreme Islamic group, made an alliance with the Al -Assad family of Saudi Arabia. And the agreement was this, that the Wahhabis..."
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A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: Saudi Arabia's rivalry with Iran moved from religion and oil into proxy war, exposed the kingdom's fragile infrastructure, and made a Trump-led America the weapon Saudi...
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