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He emphasizes that Yamnaya spread was a culture, not one people, and that different groups adopted different strategies, including some arrangements that displaced men without killing them and provoked retaliation.
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The speaker predicts that U.S. attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure would force Iran to retaliate against GCC oil fields, desalination plants, and universities, causing a loss of 20 percent of global energy supply.
If Iran is forced higher on the ladder, Jiang says it will mirror economic and civilian-infrastructure attacks, including oil fields and desalination plants, but lacks nuclear, biochemical, and intercontinental options.
He emphasizes that Yamnaya spread was a culture, not one people, and that different groups adopted different strategies, including some arrangements that displaced men without killing them and provoked retaliation.
"This weekend, we have reached a turning point in the war. It is possible that in a few hours, or by tomorrow, we will..."
"...start to attack universities in the GCC as well, okay, in retaliation. If Trump were to destroy the Iranian power plants, this would be..."
"If you attack their economy, they will attack your economy as well. Okay? With missiles. Basically targeting oil fields. If you attack their civilian..."
"And what do they do? You have a hundred men and a hundred women in this village. So what do you do? No, yeah,..."
"...energy. And when they do that, we're going to expect global retaliation and other forces will have to come in to secure cheap energy...."
"...And that seemed to be the full extent of the Iranian retaliation. And Donald Trump was very pleased with this very temperament. And many..."
"...looking at today is, why were the Mongols unique in their retaliation? Okay? So... There are lots of things that were said about the..."
A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: American war culture has learned to convert military failure into rescue spectacle, while real wars are still decided by economics, organization, logistics, and endurance.
A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s law of escalation: the actor with the biggest weapon can still lose if the weaker actor has calibration, legitimacy, options, and a way to make the bully destroy himself.
Old Europe begins as a Mother Goddess world of agriculture, unity, women, peace, and art.
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