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Jiang says narrative commitments can produce suicidal behavior: even as Hector and the Trojans threaten to burn the Greek ships, Agamemnon and Achilles refuse to give up their stories about who is right.
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Jiang says narrative commitments can produce suicidal behavior: even as Hector and the Trojans threaten to burn the Greek ships, Agamemnon and Achilles refuse to give up their stories about who is right.
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"...read, Hector and the Trojans are coming to burn down the ships of the Greeks."
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"Okay? They do that, every single Greek will be killed by the Trojans. And even at this point in time. Both Agamemnon and Achilles..."
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"...this would do is negate American sea power, because it's American ships that patrol and protect the oceans. And then what happens is the..."
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"...the Strait of Hormuz was just by threatening to attack any ships that wanted to cross it. The reason why is that these ships..."
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"...of moves to finance the war, meaning that now they're forcing ships to pay a toll of $2 million in order to cross it...."
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"...your shadow fleet is rendered redundant, useless. So how do you ship your oil around the world? Well, you have two options. I'm just..."
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"...happen is that the russians will eventually decide to arm its ships and this will create a war in the oceans okay so that's..."
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"...will increase. You know, Trump has talked about using U.S. naval ships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. This is clearly..."
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"...the first place, was put across as an attack by American ships in international waters. It was actually an American attack within Vietnamese waters...."
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"...should do this for the entire world you know we our ships should be everywhere to capture these russian shuttle tank uh shadow fleet..."
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"...also want to destroy Iran's capacity to exact tolls on any ships that want to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. And so you basically..."
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"...you're up on this, but the United States has attacked a ship, right? So they're going to block the Strait of Hormuz. And let..."
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A source-grounded reading of the Iliad as self-recognition: Achilles becomes a mirror for humiliation and pride, Homeric speech tries to control reality, and the ancient poet becomes prophet and teacher because truth is beautiful,...
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