Glossary
Used for indirect Saudi-Iranian conflict fought through local allies and regional battlefields rather than direct war.
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Proxy war
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...expecting a major conflict to arise in that region as a proxy war. Between Russia and Europe. But the specifics, I don't really want..."
Key Notes
Glossary
Jiang's default method for attacking Iran indirectly through local auxiliaries, covert support, and air power before considering direct occupation.
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prediction
Jiang says Russia-Europe conflict is likely to converge again in the Balkans and that he had expected a major proxy war there, even though he refuses detailed regional forecasting because he lacks enough local knowledge.
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Jiang says proxy escalation could make the United States conclude that it must attack Iran as the source of regional instability.
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prediction
If his IRGC theory is correct, Jiang predicts a late-June 2024 Mokhber victory, more extremist rhetoric, intensified Middle East fighting, nuclear acceleration, violent proxies, shipping disruption, and a terror campaign.
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The speaker says Iran and Saudi Arabia fought three proxy or shadow wars in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen.
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Jiang says the limited ground-invasion component would focus on strategic regions where outside powers can arm and finance ethnic groups against Tehran.
diagnosis
Jiang says World War III has already been underway since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2021/2022, because Ukraine is a U.S./NATO proxy war against Russia.
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Jiang says the normal route to an anti-Iran war would be to use proxies rather than launch a direct ground invasion first.
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Jiang lists two main proxy options for such a war: bribing the Kurds to invade from Iraq and using Sunni ISIS insurgents backed by special forces, intelligence, and airstrikes.
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"...expecting a major conflict to arise in that region as a proxy war. Between Russia and Europe. But the specifics, I don't really want..."
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"The first is economic strangulation. And we're already seeing that where Americans have bombed Clark Island so that the Iranians are no longer going..."
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"Which is the Northwest and the Southeast. They tried it with the Kurds, but they're probably going to try it again."
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"Yeah. The Kurds and the Bullocks. The Bullocks are these insurgents in southeast Iran near Pakistan, okay? So basically the ethnic Pakistanis. They've always..."
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"Where, who's going to be battling who. When does it begin? Has it already begun and who wins?"
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"...since 2021, 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine because that was a proxy war really between the United States and Russia, right? Because even though..."
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"slash Israel ground invasion of Iran? Right. So this is actually very hard to figure out because usually the strategy is to use proxies,..."
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"And they did. And then when it came time for the Americans to support the Kurds with air power, they didn't do so because..."
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"as well but it doesn't seem as though anyone's interested because they appreciate that first of all you can't really trust the Israelis and..."
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"resolved much more resilient much more determined against the americans and israelis so the idea of using proxies or using a color revolution playbook..."
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"Right. So. As you point out, the American strategy is to use proxies for a ground invasion, and that's what they did very effectively..."
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"Yeah, I would say, like, for the past 20 years, America has perfected this sort of, like, shadow warfare, right? This shadow asymmetrical information..."
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