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America's approach in Jiang's model: pressure, bombard, and try to win cheaply and quickly from outside.
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siege warfare
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...So what the Americans are using is a classic strategy called siege warfare, okay? And so what the Iranians are gonna do is, they're..."
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"...So what the Americans are using is a classic strategy called siege warfare, okay? And so what the Iranians are gonna do is, they're..."
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"...Iran from a distance. In the past, we would call this siege warfare. And as long as it remains an air war, the United..."
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"...strategical power. You don't really care. Okay? Destroy enemy's civilian centers. Siege warfare. Okay? Go and destroy the city because that's how they produce..."
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"And what he did was, he perfected siege warfare to break down the walls. And before, it was thought impossible that you could break..."
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"...conquer the Sumerian city -states, which, again, were walled by adopting siege warfare. Which was unheard of before. Okay? And the same is true..."
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"...for that. Okay? They often don't even have the personnel for siege warfare. But what they will do is recruit Chinese engineers, Indian engineers,..."
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"...military machine. Alright? So they will help the Arabs develop innovative siege warfare and military doctrine and science as well. Okay? Does that make..."
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