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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Iran into Syria, meaning they're trying to turn it into a failed state, with... They're trying to divide it up into ethnicities, and so..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Iran into Syria, meaning they're trying to turn it into a failed state, with... They're trying to divide it up into ethnicities, and so..."
The host's Syria analogy defines the war aim as state failure, ethnic fragmentation, and water conflict that strip Iran of power and leave Israel as regional hegemon.
Jiang says the absence of a clear American strategy and the targeting of civilian infrastructure support the failed-state reading: this war aims to degrade Iran's capacity to remain a nation-state.
The host argues that current pressure on Iran looks existential and may be aimed less at regime change than at breaking the country into a fragmented, manageable failed state.
"...Iran into Syria, meaning they're trying to turn it into a failed state, with... They're trying to divide it up into ethnicities, and so..."
"No, I completely agree with that assessment, and we know because of how America is conducting this war. So the first problem is that..."
"It's just a black sky. And so if you're intent on helping the Iranians to keep democracy, you wouldn't be doing this. So I..."
"wrong indicators um but as um just as um yeah a last question though once you know if if the US would like to..."
"...is gonna it will begin to fragment it would be a failed state it would perhaps split up but is this the objective then..."
Jimmy Dore brings Jiang on because an earlier prediction seems to have landed: Trump is back, the United States is now at war with Iran, and a forecast once dismissed as wild suddenly looks...
Jiang opens by saying the American empire is no longer even pretending to run a liberal order.
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