Glossary
Used as a synonym for the indirect wars in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen.
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shadow war
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "So the war is ongoing. It's already happening. It's a shadow war. We really don't see it, but this is part of America's color..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "So the war is ongoing. It's already happening. It's a shadow war. We really don't see it, but this is part of America's color..."
Key Notes
Glossary
Jiang uses this for the already ongoing covert phase of conflict before formal invasion or declared war.
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Jiang argues NATO has already lost the war even under ideal proxy-war conditions because it could externalize manpower costs onto Ukrainians while still using its preferred shadow-war tools.
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"So the war is ongoing. It's already happening. It's a shadow war. We really don't see it, but this is part of America's color..."
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"...So, and that's what NATO does really well. NATO does these shadow wars, uh, air bombardment really, really well. So these past two years,..."
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"And it's been complete disaster for both Ukraine and for NATO. These counter offensive that Ukraine has been launching, um, has been disastrous for,..."
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"...Saudi Arabia, have fought three proxy wars, okay? They fought three shadow wars. The first is in Iraq. And now in Iraq, as you..."
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