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He says the invading troops are encircled because Iran's mountainous geography makes the country a fortress and makes extraction difficult once troops are inserted.
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He says the invading troops are encircled because Iran's mountainous geography makes the country a fortress and makes extraction difficult once troops are inserted.
In response to an Iraq-route question, Jiang argues that Iraq's sovereignty, Shia militias, mountain terrain, and drones would prevent an easy staging or withdrawal route for U.S. troops.
"You know why? Because Iran are all mountains. It's a fortress. Okay? Meaning that to get these troops into the country, you have to..."
"And once it becomes trapped, some cost fallacy comes into play and America just puts in all its resources into the country, but it's..."
"...a staging area in Iraq, they still have to deal with mountains. Okay? Do you understand? Alright? I mean, the problem is you have..."
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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