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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...That's why it's impossible to get the two to negotiate a peace settlement. Okay? Does that make sense? Okay. Alright. Okay. Alright. So on..."
Jiang argues that because both sides frame their objectives differently, both America and Iran can think they are winning, making a negotiated peace settlement impossible.
He says Russia will not accept a ceasefire because it wants a permanent settlement of the Ukraine issue rather than a temporary pause.
Jiang says the Zelensky government cannot survive peace because the same corruption, propaganda, and war expectations that sustained the regime would turn into regime-threatening liabilities the moment the war is openly acknowledged as lost.
Jiang predicts that if a peace were reached, elements of the Ukrainian military would carry out political assassinations against figures such as Zelensky because the war's losses and betrayals have become too great for a stable settlement.
The host raises the counter-possibility that Europe's historical pattern could push it past realistic settlement into a broader global conflict instead of a negotiated peace.
"...That's why it's impossible to get the two to negotiate a peace settlement. Okay? Does that make sense? Okay. Alright. Okay. Alright. So on..."
"that russia will not agree to a ceasefire russia wants peace russia wants permanent peace and that means resolving the uh ukraine issue and..."
"So Ukraine is lost. The war is lost. The problem is that if Ukraine is lost, if NATO admits to losing this war, then..."
"a peace, I guarantee you that elements of the Ukrainian military would stage political assassinations against people like Zelensky."
"So you do think that a peace agreement with Russia is likely from the European side? Because I mean, I'm hearing a lot of..."
"...God, even though I'm not religious, that we come to a peace settlement that Trump tackles again. And Iran offers a settlement. A settlement..."
"...tyrant. He did not want to become king Okay, so a peace settlement was reached to avoid a civil war The problem is that..."
"...says, listen, the war is over. I'm willing to negotiate a peace settlement. I am willing to negotiate peace terms. And then something strange..."
"...about their sovereignty. So these leaders need to go before a peace settlement can come into place. And so you're gonna have another five..."
A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: American war culture has learned to convert military failure into rescue spectacle, while real wars are still decided by economics, organization, logistics, and endurance.
PBD brings Jiang on to challenge the viral Iran prediction.
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The interview opens with leaked Epstein emails and ends with Ukraine, but Jiang's through-line never changes: public politics is wrestling, elite trust is held together by blackmail, and the American empire now looks most...
Rome does not hand Octavian power because he is the best general, the most charismatic speaker, or the obvious heir.
Hannibal can destroy an army, but he cannot make Rome accept defeat.
The host opens by asking whether history can be protected from geopolitics and ends by asking what to do about elite overproduction.
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