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Jiang's model that democratic protest, media visibility, elections, and congressional approval constrain imperial war-making.
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Empire burdened by democracy
Jiang's model that democratic protest, media visibility, elections, and congressional approval constrain imperial war-making.
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"And so the Pentagon felt betrayed by democracy. The politicians were more concerned about winning elections than about winning wars, okay? People could protest..."
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"...to fight the war. You can now escape the shackles of democracy in order to do what you must to protect the American empire,..."
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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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