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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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Cluster Bombs
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...is the idea of air supremacy. So one bomb, called a cluster bomb, can wipe out an entire nation. It can wipe out an..."
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"...is the idea of air supremacy. So one bomb, called a cluster bomb, can wipe out an entire nation. It can wipe out an..."
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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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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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