Jiang's description of post-1804 France as Napoleon heading generals who love and benefit from war.
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military cabal
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After Napoleon became emperor in 1804, French soldiers were no longer fighting for the nation but for the emperor and a military cabal that benefited from war.
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"That's right. That's right. That's right. Yeah. Yes. So is it more of like a, like we're just a bunch of young men moving..."
"...still the greatest military in the world, but it's basically a military cabal, okay, who run France. Napoleon is just the head of France...."
"...an experiment where to try it could for you from your cabal because that just means doubt and the source of your art course..."
"...first to promote the idea that the elite are this transnational cabal of pedophiles, right? And he's been proven right so many times."
"...and many other countries. They are all captured by this criminal cabal. Sound chaser."
"...behind this? I mean, we always hear about the global shadowy cabal. Who is this that they're resisting?"
"...like them into other management positions. So they become like a cabal. Or a, or a network onto themselves. And for them, they become..."
"...you just assume that the world is run by this um cabal of secret societies that want to fulfill political prophecy well what do..."
"...propose is it's because of religion eschatology it's because of this cabal secret societies and that to me is the only explanation for why..."
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