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He argues that 100,000 troops are far too few to conquer Iran and that an invasion would require three to four million soldiers to even be plausible.
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Mass Forces
He argues that 100,000 troops are far too few to conquer Iran and that an invasion would require three to four million soldiers to even be plausible.
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"...And why else? Yeah. That's right. Okay? So they failed to mass forces. Okay? Iran is a population of 90 million people. You will..."
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"...militaries must maintain. In a time of war. The first is mass forces. B is avoid encirclement, right? And the third is protect supply..."
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"...doctrine. Okay? In traditional military doctrine, you have three principles. Right? Mass forces, avoid encirclement, protect supply lines. Okay? These are three things you..."
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"...you fight this war? You guys know? Let's go back to mass forces, avoid encirclement, protect supply lines."
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"...inch of territory. And eventually, because the Russians had more forces, mass forces, they were able to push through, okay? That's the first major..."
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"...three things you must focus on, okay? The first idea is mass forces. When you fight a war, you want to overwhelm your enemy...."
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"...going to work. This is a theory, guys. Whereas this idea, mass forces, avoid encirclement, protect supply lines, we've been doing this for like..."
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"...they were trying to fight the war using standard military doctrine, mass forces, right? So they instituted something called a draft. So if you..."
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A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central claim: the Iran war that looks like American domination is the moment the United States becomes trapped, because geography, supply, domestic politics, sunk cost, and nuclear deterrence...
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