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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.
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Jiang says the dollar leg of the strategy means bribing dissidents, minorities, Kurdish or Iraqi proxies, and even parts of the Iranian security structure to hollow the regime from within.
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"...are gaining steam, you launch airstrikes to sap the morale of security services."
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"But the security services have stayed firm. And the regime is much more resilient and resourceful than the Americans and Israelis imagine. But unfortunately,..."
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"...print as much US dollars as possible and bribe both the security services as well as insurgents to undermine the regime as possible. So..."
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"...media, by organizing young people, paying them to protest, and bribing security services to not intervene. Okay? It's a very successful playbook. They've tried..."
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"...for Reza Pahlavi, are now dead, either at the hands of security services or the bombing campaign. Netanyahu and the Israelis sold Trump on..."
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"...to take hold of the center of the Thakir and the Security Service. And for some reason, they were able to get out of..."
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"...with but their spread has been inorganic and the violence against security services you know the killing of dozens of police officers which has..."
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"...do which is crucial is they're not able to bribe the security services right so um so in nepal they just probably security services..."
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"...which is most pivotal, is your capacity to co -opt the security services, right? So if you're in Iran, you're going to have to..."
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