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Jiang argues the anti-nuclear rationale is a pretext because he says Iran had already agreed to zero uranium enrichment, even for civilian purposes, before the strikes.
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Oman
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Right. So first of all, Trump has failed to articulate a purpose and a strategy for this war. At first, it was about nuclear..."
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Jiang says the Omani foreign minister publicly indicated that Iran had already compromised on enrichment, proxies, and missiles shortly before the attack, which he treats as proof that diplomacy was never the real aim.
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He argues that Iran had reportedly agreed through Omani mediation to zero enrichment, proxy talks, and missile talks, so nuclear-prevention rationales do not explain the attack.
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"Right. So first of all, Trump has failed to articulate a purpose and a strategy for this war. At first, it was about nuclear..."
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"It is a pretext. And they tried different, many different excuses. And then finally, Rubio said this. Rubio basically said, look, we had to..."
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"And we all know that Netanyahu wanted a war. Steve Wyckoff, during the negotiations, went on TV and said that, oh, the Iranians are..."
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"logic to analyze this one iran it makes no sense even today a week after the war started even though a lot of damage..."
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"we are empowered to use uh iranian arrangement for civilian civilian purposes and they're like okay fine we'll give that up as well okay..."
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"...that align politically. So they include Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, Iran, Kuwait. They've been exporting energy, but not just energy, but also..."
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"...project covers all of this region here from Turkey, Egypt, Yemen, Oman."
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"...all these ships no longer can come through the Gulf of Oman. And this this route right here, they have to come all the..."
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"...the Strait of Hormuz be avoided by laying gaps pipe through Oman? No, no, that's not how these things work, okay? What? What Iran..."
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"...out. Who's going to win? Christian Nationalists, Silicon Valley versus the Oman Wall Street, a city versus a country like conflict. Do you believe..."
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"...that screw up the negotiations which led to this war in Oman. Okay? And then where is this taking place? It's taking place in..."
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"...threatening the gcc nations to a point where uh qatar and oman are now siding with the iranians destroying american military bases throughout the..."
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