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3 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Aliases: cost-benefits

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Cost Benefit

If the United States wants to win the Iran war, Jiang says it must use ground troops because it cannot afford to fight a real war primarily with expensive airplanes.

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Prediction stated on 2026-03-10.

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If the United States wants to win the Iran war, Jiang says it must use ground troops because it cannot afford to fight a real war primarily with expensive airplanes.

Timestamped Evidence

Control Beats Dominance

2026-03-10, day precision · Game Theory #11: The Law of Escalation

Transcript

"Does that make sense guys? The problem is that the United States have an inverse pyramid. Okay? Meaning that the cost pyramid in the..."

Control Beats Dominance

2026-03-10, day precision · Game Theory #11: The Law of Escalation

Transcript

"...in order to save a life of a soldier. Eventually, this cost, benefit analysis will blow up on you, okay? Okay, does that make..."

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Control Beats Dominance

2026-03-10, day precision · claims

Reading

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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