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Jiang's phrase for Trump's hoped-for quick decisive strike, which Jiang argues ignores the long-term occupation problem.
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knockout punch
A source-grounded reading of a five-hour hybrid workshop that begins with Macbeth and ends by turning Purgatory, free will, tragedy, envy, and generosity into one model of human transformation.
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A source-grounded reading of a five-hour hybrid workshop that begins with Macbeth and ends by turning Purgatory, free will, tragedy, envy, and generosity into one model of human transformation.
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prediction
He predicts Trump may try a quick Kark Island seizure because it looks like a knockout punch against Iran's oil exports and offers a face-saving negotiation posture.
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"...this war. Trump is still hoping for a quick strike, a knockout punch."
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"And he believes that the American Marines can deliver this knockout punch."
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"...and resolve of the Iranians, and they are desperate for a knockout punch as quick as possible. Trump wants this war to end as..."
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"Japan to the Middle East, and we should expect them to arrive maybe in about a week. And there's about 2,500 of them, and..."
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"No, but like, why not just go and punch the guy, you know? Curse the guy. Why are you like lifting the guy and..."
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"...you what what should your response be yeah like i can punch you out man right so so this is very suspicious you know..."
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"...like it's slow you focus on triangulation as opposed to a knockout punch all right so um once one way to understand what's happening..."
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"...the rest of your life like just swinging a random sucker punch at a guy looking at his phone i i don't know like..."
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"...well you know let's argue and push each other and then punch each other but then but then um this thing will stop but..."
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"...America is losing this war. So he wants to, with one knockout punch, basically, decapitate the Iranian regime. And so I don't think he's..."
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"...all makes sense. If Venezuela and Iran are a one -two punch to try to do whatever amount of quarantining or economic damage that..."
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"Push. Push. And then they hit each other, okay? Punch. Punch. And then they start the fight. And then one pulls out a knife..."
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