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A source-grounded reading of the interview's central move: Iran is treated as the forced war of a declining empire, but the larger target is China, whose trade access, savings, and room to maneuver sit...
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A source-grounded reading of the interview's central move: Iran is treated as the forced war of a declining empire, but the larger target is China, whose trade access, savings, and room to maneuver sit...
The host says the United States is in much worse shape for large war than in earlier eras such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, or Vietnam, because people do not care enough to fight and recruiting is down.
"...don't care they really don't want to there's a reason why recruiting numbers are down there's a reason why the U.S is having such..."
"...reality is that the ukrainian army has collapsed uh they are recruiting men they're not really recruiting they're kidnapping men off the"
"...obviously, even from the United States perspective, we've benefited tremendously from recruiting incredible minds and incredible intellects from China to study in our universities,..."
"...as well, okay? Because remember, what they're doing now is they're recruiting more and more people to join your army. And the general rule..."
"...Rome could rebuild itself by freeing its slaves. Okay? And by recruiting more neighbors to join their cause. Okay? Does that make sense? Okay...."
"You wrote about the problems of American universities recruiting Chinese students. And you said that they could perhaps do it in a more effective..."
"...paying Chinese students. And there is enough emphasis on are we recruiting the right students? And are we equipping these students to do well..."
"...then they need to take a serious look at who they're recruiting from China and whether or not these schools are equipping these students..."
"...so well there's a real problem in China right now in recruiting good managers good and good entrepreneurs and basically creative thinkers but if..."
A source-grounded reading of the interview's central move: Iran is treated as the forced war of a declining empire, but the larger target is China, whose trade access, savings, and room to maneuver sit...
The interview opens with Jiang's method and then keeps testing it across one pressure system.
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.
Gunpowder is not powerful because it makes a louder weapon.
Hannibal can destroy an army, but he cannot make Rome accept defeat.
The interview begins with a familiar Western panic: Shanghai tops PISA again, so maybe the future belongs to China.
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