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He argues that the invasion force cannot be resupplied because aircraft and helicopters would be vulnerable in mountain terrain, leaving the troops trapped.
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Resupply
Jiang treats the Middle East conflict and global monetary system as parts of one strategic architecture: empire, geography, and control of energy channels.
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Jiang treats the Middle East conflict and global monetary system as parts of one strategic architecture: empire, geography, and control of energy channels.
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He argues that the central problem in a distant expedition is resupply, a problem Athens had little experience solving because it had not fought that kind of foreign war.
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He says Syracuse's navy cut Athenian resupply, the Athenian army was wiped out, and the defeat contributed to the collapse of the Athenian empire.
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Jiang argues that sending more troops into Iran would fail because the U.S. military cannot recruit enough soldiers and still cannot resupply them.
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"Exactly. They cannot be resupplied. Okay? They have no supply lines. For them to be resupplied, airplanes have to drop ammunition, food into the..."
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"You can't resupply them. And they've been encircled by Iranian forces. All right? Does that make sense? Okay? Okay. Now, the logic of having..."
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"Okay? 5,000 soldiers is a lot for expedition. That's a lot. And we need about 100 ships. And the idea is, Nicias is trying..."
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"...than that, and it is what? Okay, the biggest problem is resupply. And this is something that the Athenians didn't think about, because they..."
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"reason why is Syracuse had also the navy, and they could stop the Athenian navy from resupplying the Athenian troops. And therefore, the Athenian..."
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"...if you did have enough troops, as Jack says, you can't resupply them. Why? Why can't you actually resupply your army? Why not? But..."
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"...you insert ground troops to hold an area in order to resupply, in order to push further into the territory."
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"...Why do that? Because then it's harder for the Viennese to resupply themselves, okay? It makes it harder for them to fight. Because the..."
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"...troops and you're losing equipment, it is very hard to replenish, resupply. Whereas it's the complete opposite. Iran, where because they are winning popular..."
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"...come and embargo you okay they could surround taiwan you can't resupply your taiwan forces so then your all"
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"...the Persians have lost the navy which means that they cannot resupply."
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"...screwed it up. Okay? Once you lose the navy you can't resupply. Once you can't resupply you've lost the war. All right? So this..."
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