Jiang frames People's Will as a small terrorist group whose successful assassination of Alexander II raises the possibility of secret-police enablement.
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Terrorism
The hypothetical war speech justifies invasion through five arguments: democracy and civil war, an imminent nuclear threat, shipping-lane protection, defense of Saudi Arabia and Israel, and alleged IRGC terrorism.
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He says special forces and deep-state members would have incentives to commit terrorism, assassination, election meddling, and interference to keep an Iran war going and ensure Trump wins in 2028.
The hypothetical war speech justifies invasion through five arguments: democracy and civil war, an imminent nuclear threat, shipping-lane protection, defense of Saudi Arabia and Israel, and alleged IRGC terrorism.
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"So this is the people's will, and what you will see is that they're a very small group of people. There's at most 2,000,..."
"Where do you get your financing from? Another problem is if these are religious fanatics, they really believe that their mission is to liberate..."
"Or it seems the United States is going to lose this war. Why would this be good for Trump in 2028? The entire society,..."
"...other steep state members will come in and commit acts of terrorism, acts of political assassination to ensure that Trump wins. Okay? You'll also..."
"Okay, any questions so far? Are we clear about where we are so far before I move on? Any questions? Okay, so now let's..."
"You have religious protests. You have political protests. You have ethnic protests. The Iranian people are sick of the Ayatollah. They are sick of..."
"Okay? So to prevent this, we must strike first to stop Iran's nuclear program. Okay? Third, Iranian proxies, the Houthis, Hezbollah, many groups, have..."
"...fact that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is a sponsor of terrorism. Last week, in a mall, there were gunmen who went and killed..."
"...a despicable way. And also, it's been the key sponsor of terrorism through the Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas throughout the last few decades. And..."
"...lawfully transiting international waters, that is not control. That's piracy. That's terrorism. Certainly in Venezuela."
"...its money from oil and that's it. It's trying to grow terrorism it's trying to develop its human capital but it doesn't really work...."
"Okay, so again, this is the idea of, you did terrorism, right? This is Jeremy Bantham, John Stuart Mill. Keep on going."
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