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Jiang argues that Trump believed a successful U.S. kidnapping of Maduro in Venezuela showed that a similar spectacular operation could work in Iran.
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Jiang argues that Trump believed a successful U.S.
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"...3rd, when the Americans swept into Venezuela and kidnapped their president, Maduro, thus ending the conflict between Venezuela and America. So, this is great..."
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"this in Venezuela, we can do this in Iran. And this explains how and why Donald Trump would agree to such an insane plan..."
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"...January 3rd of this year, the force went into Venezuela, kidnapped Maduro, and they completely surrendered. So in Trump's mind, he wanted to replay..."
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"...what happened in Venezuela, where Donald Forrest went in and kidnapped Maduro. It was a tremendous victory for America. So on the first day,..."
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A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: American war culture has learned to convert military failure into rescue spectacle, while real wars are still decided by economics, organization, logistics, and endurance.
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