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A territory used to move or withdraw forces; Jiang says Iraq is not a simple staging area because of sovereignty and militia constraints.
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staging area
A territory used to move or withdraw forces; Jiang says Iraq is not a simple staging area because of sovereignty and militia constraints.
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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..."
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"...what happened in Iraq. But even if they could have a staging area in Iraq, they still have to deal with mountains. Okay? Do..."
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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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