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Jiang says Iran is Islamic on the surface but remains Zoroastrian in its soul, which reinforces eschatology, national pride, and zealotry.
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National pride
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...have this, you know, belief in eschatology. They have this deep national pride. They have this. You know, these are actually great people. The..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...have this, you know, belief in eschatology. They have this deep national pride. They have this. You know, these are actually great people. The..."
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He says Iran has not attacked yet because it is waiting for the right time, not because it lacks pride, grievance, or willingness to strike.
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"...have this, you know, belief in eschatology. They have this deep national pride. They have this. You know, these are actually great people. The..."
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"Also, during the 12th day war, it's really took out a lot of Iranian top officials. Again, another loss of face for Iran. So..."
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"...same time what this war is doing is rallying the patriotism national pride of the iranian people is unifying the people and also regardless..."
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"...defend yourself. And you do that through rejuvenating people's sense of national pride and identity. So nationalism, remilitarization is the second big trend. The..."
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"...destroy all tradition all I think identity um all sort of National pride and then you make yourself then open and uh for enslavement..."
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"...be too reliant on uh china remember these nations have tremendous national pride um iran is the um here to the persian empire uh..."
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The interview starts with Iran and ends with American civil unrest, but Jiang treats the whole arc as one machine: a declining empire overextends abroad, factional war at home drives the timing, and chokepoints...
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