In response to an Iraq-route question, Jiang argues that Iraq's sovereignty, Shia militias, mountain terrain, and drones would prevent an easy staging or withdrawal route for U.S. troops.
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Shia Militias
In response to an Iraq-route question, Jiang argues that Iraq's sovereignty, Shia militias, mountain terrain, and drones would prevent an easy staging or withdrawal route for U.S.
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In Jiang's conditional escalation model, Iran can provoke Israel and the United States by encouraging Hezbollah, Shia militias in Iraq, and the Houthis to widen conflict.
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"And once it becomes trapped, some cost fallacy comes into play and America just puts in all its resources into the country, but it's..."
"Okay? And they would see the American invasion force as something, as an opportunity to attack the Americans. Okay? Because they're still angry about..."
"...determined to eventually attack Iran in some way. You also have Shia militias in Iraq who could attack U.S. military bases. Okay? You also..."
"...in Yemen, Syria, the Assad regime in Syria, as well as Shia militia in Iraq. Okay? And so all the money that the Revolutionary..."
"...asked you to research. And the axis of resistance includes the Shia militias in Iraq. Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas, and the Houthis in..."
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A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central claim: the Iran war that looks like American domination is the moment the United States becomes trapped, because geography, supply, domestic politics, sunk cost, and nuclear deterrence...
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