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Jiang argues that even if Marines score an early success, America lacks a long-term strategy for holding territory against Iran's prepared drone, missile, and guerrilla-like asymmetric war.
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Marines
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Americans will ultimately choose. But given the track record of the Marines, we can expect the Marines to have an early success. The problem..."
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Rick and the Ritter clip emphasize Iran's defensive preparation: missiles, drones, mountains, and narrow exit channels make the operation potentially catastrophic for U.S. forces.
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He says the current U.S. force posture in the Caribbean is too small for a serious amphibious invasion and that actual airstrikes would mainly harden Venezuelan nationalism rather than produce quick victory.
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"...Americans will ultimately choose. But given the track record of the Marines, we can expect the Marines to have an early success. The problem..."
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"And he believes that the American Marines can deliver this knockout punch."
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"it's been designated by UNESCO as a global heritage site because of its shoreline, cliffs, and salt mines, and historic thousand -year -old sites...."
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"...underground for this exact purpose. Now, imagine being one of the Marines of the Expeditionary Unit who may be the first to go in,..."
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"The ships come in this way, go right around that tip, move here. To come out, they have to come up, and they actually..."
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"Marine Corps, General Berger, issued the Commandant's guidance, and he said, we can't fight this war anymore. We put all our Marines on one..."
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"...10 % of its naval force in the Caribbean. That's 15,000 Marines. That's not enough to launch an amphibious operation against Venezuela. Especially because..."
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"...causing the ship to come to a halt. And the U.S. Marine raiding group was landed on the vessel and took control of the..."
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"...that. Right? So just things to think about. Right? DB. U.S. Marine Corps. Thank you very much. $20. Dono. No comment. Appreciate you, though,..."
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"...is J.D. J.D., as I've told you before, obviously, as a Marine, he's very, very humble. He doesn't like to talk about it. But..."
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"...for his service. OK, because he was yeah, he's in the Marine Corps. People don't know that about him. All right. Let's keep moving..."
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"...is now moving towards the theater and it's bringing about 10,000 Marines into theater and that will bring it to a total of 60,000..."
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