Glossary
The U.S. naval campaign against the Houthis that Jiang treats as a recent proof of American inability to beat a resilient asymmetric opponent.
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Operation Prosperity Guardian
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...that's one piece of evidence. Another piece of evidence is Operation Prosperity Guardian where the Houthis, in response to the genocide in Gaza, was..."
Key Notes
Glossary
Used here as Jiang's shorthand for a failed demonstration of US naval and air supremacy against the Houthis in the Red Sea.
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He uses Operation Prosperity Guardian and the Red Sea conflict with the Houthis as evidence that shock-and-awe assumptions are false because the United States lacks the infantry, ships, and force structure needed to stop them.
evidence
Jiang says Operation Prosperity Guardian showed the United States could not defeat an opponent, the Houthis, who could not be intimidated, bribed, co-opted, assassinated, or made afraid to die.
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"...that's one piece of evidence. Another piece of evidence is Operation Prosperity Guardian where the Houthis, in response to the genocide in Gaza, was..."
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"...YouTube video where these different admirals got together and discussed Operation Prosperity Guardian. And basically, to put it very simply, what they said was,..."
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"military power is operation prosperity guardian that's when the hoofies closed the the red sea uh in protest of the uh genocide in gaza..."
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"...actually not true. And we know because of something called Operation Prosperity Guardian, okay? So a few months ago, the Houthis, which are a..."
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"And that's why inflation is such a huge problem right now in the world. So what's the American military going to do about this?..."
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"...military seems very impressive but then you you look at operation prosperity guardian right when the entire american the operation prosperity guardian was you..."
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