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Jiang argues that a workable invasion would require at least half a million troops staged through Pakistan or Iraq, but current drone and missile strikes against GCC infrastructure make such preparation difficult.
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"And that presents a problem for a grounded nation. Because it is the American military doctrine to use as many proxies as possible. Now..."
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"And so it would be very hard for troops to be prepared and to be staged properly. So a ground invasion is part of..."
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"...start maybe in 2027 because you need about a year like staging operation. You want to like actually plan and do logistics and they..."
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"...strategically important, empires started to take over the Levant as a staging post for an invasion of Egypt. So what would happen over time..."
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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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