Jiang says Israel's attempt to decapitate the Iranian regime failed because senior figures were quickly replaced and Iran responded with real force against Tel Aviv.
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Regime resilience
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "would fall it's like a house of cards right so they went after these senior uh leaders in Tehran and they were surprised how..."
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Jiang argues that the actual plan was to pair protests with airstrikes in order to break Iranian security morale, but that the regime proved more resilient than Washington and Tel Aviv expected.
Jiang argues that without committing ground troops, Trump cannot actually topple the Iranian regime because it is too resilient, resourceful, and cohesive.
Jiang says the Iranian regime has proved far more resilient, cohesive, and determined than American and Israeli planners expected.
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"would fall it's like a house of cards right so they went after these senior uh leaders in Tehran and they were surprised how..."
"have agent public cares embedded within the country. Right. That start to rally protesters to start to use violence against the government. Now, what's..."
"But the security services have stayed firm. And the regime is much more resilient and resourceful than the Americans and Israelis imagine. But unfortunately,..."
"Yeah, so let me clarify my comments. So my feeling is that they will attack Iran. They will use airstrikes. It will be very..."
"And so in the color revolution playbook, Libya playbook, what happens is that once these protests spread to a certain point, you launch airstrikes...."
"But from their perspective, this is the end of the eschatology. You know? Right. Right. And they're not going to stop. And Trump is..."
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