The Middle East war is treated as a tool for extending American decline long enough to transform the economy from finance toward resource exportation and manufacturing.
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Middle East war
The Middle East war is treated as a tool for extending American decline long enough to transform the economy from finance toward resource exportation and manufacturing.
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Jiang says the Middle East war is connected to the Ukraine war and promises to explain that connection as the sequence continues.
Netanyahu's Washington visit is read as a signal that Israel and the United States will resume airstrikes against Iran and escalate the Middle East war.
Jiang does not expect the Middle East war to break out again immediately, but says he will return with analysis if it does.
He predicts that an unwinnable Middle East war and domestic civil conflict would enhance Trump's power enough that Trump could probably capture a third term.
Jiang says game theory is not enough to explain the Middle East war because the major players also understand it as the fulfillment of biblical prophecy and as an eschatological event.
Jiang says Haley's Boeing board position and speeches to Christians United for Israel show she is embedded in constituencies that favor Middle East conflict.
Timestamped Evidence
"But I introduce you to the idea. But basically, the idea is that America is a house of cards. It's a Ponzi scheme. It's..."
"All right? Okay? And each nation will have its own different strategic interests to consider. All right? And what we need to know, what..."
"Good morning YouTube. Professor Jiang here with another video update on the situation in the Middle East. I wanted to originally do this talk..."
"So I'm going to need more time to spend on these videos. So I'm sorry, but I might have to take a pause for..."
"And he may even commit ground troops. But as the American people start protesting, as there's violence and civil strife within America. As American..."
"That's part of the prophecy. Okay and this is something that we will discuss in the next video. Because using game theory itself, it's..."
"Second thing is that in 2019, she got a job at Boeing. Boeing is a weapons manufacturer. They make airplanes, but they mainly make..."
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