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Armored drives through Baghdad that Jiang frames as intimidation and showmanship rather than strictly necessary operations.
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Thunder runs
Armored drives through Baghdad that Jiang frames as intimidation and showmanship rather than strictly necessary operations.
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"...And the third thing that was most impressive is what's called thunder runs. Okay? This is just America flexing, okay, or showing off. So..."
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"Thunder runs. Okay? So these three things show the incredible superiority of this doctrine of shock and awe. Okay? So how is America able..."
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A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central claim: America mistook Iraq's one-off success for a universal doctrine, built an empire without guilt through hidden special forces, and now carries that hubris toward Iran.
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