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Jiang's contrast term for shock and awe: unlimited goals, unilateral action, and rule-making by bullying.
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Second theory of empire
Jiang's contrast term for shock and awe: unlimited goals, unilateral action, and rule-making by bullying.
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"...allow America to rule the world forever, to now the second theory of empire, which is pissing the entire world off. Why? Okay, so..."
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"...the first theory of empire America had. It's actually the second theory of empire. The first theory of empire was in 1991. Remember that..."
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A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central claim: America mistook Iraq's one-off success for a universal doctrine, built an empire without guilt through hidden special forces, and now carries that hubris toward Iran.
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