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Jiang says the post-revolutionary regime had weakened the regular army by arresting, exiling, or executing officers it considered loyal to the Shah, leaving Iran vulnerable when Saddam Hussein invaded in 1980.
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Jiang says the post-revolutionary regime had weakened the regular army by arresting, exiling, or executing officers it considered loyal to the Shah, leaving Iran vulnerable when Saddam Hussein invaded in 1980.
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"Okay? And you can imagine that these students, because they pieced together these documents, right? They're fanatics. And guess what, guys? These students have..."
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"And the reason why is that the Revolutionary Guard Corps had arrested or exiled or executed the officers of the military. Because they were..."
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