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A four-goal framework for Iran's pre-invasion actions: unite the population, build alliances, win global opinion, and weaken the enemy.
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Iran strategy matrix
A four-goal framework for Iran's pre-invasion actions: unite the population, build alliances, win global opinion, and weaken the enemy.
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Jiang defines the Iran strategy matrix as a four-goal framework in which every Iranian move before an invasion must unite the population, build alliances, win global opinion, and weaken the enemy.
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Jiang argues Operation True Promise was designed to satisfy all four matrix goals: show Iranians that Iran can strike back, signal willingness to fight to allies and major powers, preserve global opinion by avoiding casualties, and provoke tension between Israel and the United States.
diagnosis
Jiang concludes that Operation True Promise achieved little from a military-dominance perspective but achieved all four goals from an asymmetrical-warfare perspective.
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"...the war. Okay? And this is what we call the Iran strategy matrix. Okay? The Iran strategy matrix means that from now on, everything..."
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"Okay? It must accomplish the objectives of the strategy matrix. So the first thing it must do is unite the population. Okay? The second..."
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"Because obviously, America will want NATO involved in its invasion of Iran, but why would France and Germany want to involve itself, right? Okay?..."
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"Win global opinion. Now, what Iran said is we designed the strike to not cause damage in Israel. And the reason why is it..."
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"Does that make sense? All right. And the last thing is weaken the enemy. Why would this weaken the enemy? Well, because after Iran..."
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"Why would the United States do that? Yeah. Okay? So the United States cannot afford right now to fight another war. And also, if..."
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Iran's missile strike is read not as a failed attack, but as a demonstration of asymmetrical strategy: choose the battlefield, satisfy four goals at once, and make the dominant power fight on terms it...
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