Jiang predicts Israel would strike first if it had concrete evidence that Iran possessed and intended to use a nuclear weapon against Tel Aviv.
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Preemption
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Jiang argues that Iran's refusal to preemptively strike expresses a commitment to truth and righteousness rather than mere tactical restraint.
Rob O'Neill says a successful war might lower prices and stabilize the region, but he remains deeply cautious because preemption can repeat Iraq-like mistakes and because civilian victims still demand apology.
Jiang says U.S. officials are scrambling through inconsistent justifications, including Rubio's claim that the attack preempted an Israeli strike that would otherwise drag Washington in later.
The host says Iran's aerospace command claims recovery from the 12-day war and leaves open the possibility that Iran could strike first if it feels compelled to do so.
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"this war right so i don't know what's happening but larry johnson and pepe escobar and george napino and they could be useful idiots..."
"Yeah. Look, I think that the Iranians have extremely high morale, and the reason why is they think they are on the side of..."
"But the Persian people are like, no, we have to live the truth. We refuse to submit to the lie. So if they attack..."
"Do you agree with that? I do, in theory, agree with it, that if it does work out, the prices of everything will go..."
"We had the Civil War, a million people died. Preemptive strikes, though, 2003. I went to Iraq. Turns out it wasn't the way to..."
"this administration is doing what they think is the right thing for the future, not just of the country but of the West. Don't..."
"It is a pretext. And they tried different, many different excuses. And then finally, Rubio said this. Rubio basically said, look, we had to..."
"Yeah, the narrative, I think, was very poorly planned, even worse than the war has been planned, because it began, as you said, with..."
"yeah and uh professor Jeong Iran is saying that they have actually recovered there's a lot of speculation about Iran's capabilities at this time..."
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This first founding-members stream matters less as a news recap than as a method demonstration.
Redacted asks Jiang whether the Iran war is already out of control.
Piers brings Jiang on because two earlier predictions already landed and a third appears to be unfolding: Trump won, war with Iran came, and now the question is whether America can survive the kind...
Glenn Diesen asks Jiang the practical questions first: what is this war for, who is exhausting whom, where is the weak point, and why would Washington choose such a disaster?
Jiang treats the next Israel-Iran war not as another regional flare-up but as the real conflict the earlier 12-day war only rehearsed.
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