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Iran's three major advantages are Shia faith and martyrdom, mountainous fortress terrain, and deep Persian civilizational nationalism.
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Iran's three major advantages are Shia faith and martyrdom, mountainous fortress terrain, and deep Persian civilizational nationalism.
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Jiang predicts that shock and awe will not work in Iran because Iran is mountainous rather than desert terrain.
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"And these disadvantages are huge. The lack of political will, the lack of manufacturing, and the lack of... America cannot afford to lose that..."
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"...Jihad. That's the first major advantage. The second major advantage is terrain. And all this means is that Iran is a mountainous country. And..."
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"...that they're not afraid to die for what they believe in. Terrain means that the Americans will have a hard problem invading the country...."
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"And what would happen in other words? Okay, so the thing about America for the past 20 years, it's been mainly fighting wars in..."
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"...that to begin with you struck out on a more risky terrain in viewing a Jewish Gnostic duration from the Kabbalah as. The. National..."
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"So the terrain is very important. The geography is very important. Then you have the Orthodox religion, which is meant to galvanize. Believers into..."
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"...their destiny is. Okay. The attack vectors for Iran are the terrain, their faith, and the proxies. Okay. The proxies include the Houthis. Okay...."
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"...about 50,000 troops in the Middle East and the geography the terrain makes it very hard to control okay so you"
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"...have, of course, the Belt and Road Initiative. And guess what? Terrain is also at the epicenter of this trade network. Okay? So for..."
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"And guess what? Terrain is also at the epicenter of this trade network. Okay? So for China to access Europe it has to go..."
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"...the Iranian navy. All right? So, that's the issue of faith. Terrain, yeah, it's a fortress, but it can also be a prison. Right?..."
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"...their agricultural practices. Because the climate and the geography and the terrain of Europe was conducive to agriculture. And as a result Europe maintained..."
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