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The Gulf monarchies that Jiang treats as the logistical and financial rear of American military power and therefore the most exposed regional weak point.
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GCC countries
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...to Tel Aviv is just vast. The real issue are the GCC countries. The GCC countries are actually vulnerable. Much more vulnerable than people..."
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"...to Tel Aviv is just vast. The real issue are the GCC countries. The GCC countries are actually vulnerable. Much more vulnerable than people..."
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"...defend ourselves. And the American military is ultimately supported by the GCC countries. Because it's the GCC countries that pay for the weapons systems,..."
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"So the GCC nations are the ones that are in real trouble because of this war. Not only because the Iranians want to destroy..."
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"...the Middle East and this will enable to um control the GCC countries because remember the GCC is very important for the petrodollar system..."
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"...regime to the world especially to the Gulf states the six GCC countries you're talking about but how dangerous you think they are to..."
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"...not done so yet. And it can choose to target the GCC countries, their energy infrastructure, and their desalination plants. So the great fear..."
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"...UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar. Okay? So these are the six GCC countries. They're all weak. And you would think, you know what? If..."
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"...um Iran Oman Kuwait Qatar Okay? So these are the six GCC countries. They're all weak. And you would think you know what?"
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"...world. The other thing about the world is this is the GCC countries."
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"...say this but i think it's basically will protect you dear gcc countries so you can really protect yourself super exposed there in the..."
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"...maintain control but do things that are very beneficial to the GCC countries, to the U.S., to Israel, which seems sort of farther away..."
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"...manage to restabilize the Middle East and make sure that the GCC countries don't have to spend that money on their own defense, they're..."
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PBD brings Jiang on to challenge the viral Iran prediction.
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The apparent U.S.-Iran war is recast as an imperial succession crisis.
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This lecture turns a current conflict into a strategic exercise: the war is too short to be explained as U.S.
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Fukuyama's end of history becomes, in this lecture, a temporary American spell: Pax Americana, science-priesthood, and dollar worship.
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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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