A core IRGC responsibility that Jiang says absorbs much of Iran's military spending.
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Missile program
A source-grounded reading of a five-hour hybrid workshop that begins with Macbeth and ends by turning Purgatory, free will, tragedy, envy, and generosity into one model of human transformation.
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A source-grounded reading of a five-hour hybrid workshop that begins with Macbeth and ends by turning Purgatory, free will, tragedy, envy, and generosity into one model of human transformation.
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The regular military still exists, but Jiang says the IRGC dominates because it controls the navy, the Strait of Hormuz, smuggling opportunities, the missile program, and foreign policy through the Axis of Resistance.
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"...first thing. Second thing is that they're also responsible for the missile program. The missile program. Okay? And this is where actually the military..."
"And the third thing is, of course, foreign policy. Meaning that the Axis of Resistance gets... Sorry, the Axis of Resistance only interacts with..."
"...we've had um david bromwich professor bromwich joined yale center beijing programs and workshops on shakespeare and poetry during covid which was comfort during..."
"...of a giant data center. It can host all kind of programs, can process information, but ultimately it lacks its own soul."
"This is not a course. Okay. It's not an academic program. There's, for example, an Open也 course by a professor on Dante in translation...."
"...so um this is how I would understand okay Dante the program would not have been allowed to go on this journey unless he..."
"...just had a Scientologist go and sleep with that person and program that person, okay? So cults are a great way to infiltrate societies...."
"...Number four. Section 224 will give Israel influence over U.S. defense programs or supply chains. Same as myth number one. So no one's saying..."
"...by creating new reporting requirements congressional briefings annual assessments on cooperative programs and public updates provision will have no effect on existing congressional oversight..."
"...talks to you. It's not really talking to you. It's a program designed to fool you to believe that it's sentient. Okay. So the..."
"...like, so let's do a thought experiment where I design a program software. Okay. Okay. And the thing is, tell me more, or this..."
"...think you're talking to a person, but it's actually a computer program that says two things. Tell me more. This is interesting. Okay. So..."
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