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The United States wants to destroy Iran to control Middle East oil and global trade through the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran wants to control Hormuz, destroy CENTCOM, and humble Israel.
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The United States wants to destroy Iran to control Middle East oil and global trade through the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran wants to control Hormuz, destroy CENTCOM, and humble Israel.
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"You have U.S., you have Israel, you have Saudi Arabia, and you have Iran, okay? All right, so the United States and Iran, they're..."
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"Now, Dubai, now Oman, Iran, Kuwait, have to pay taxes to Iran. Now Iran, the new kid, is now the bully of the Middle..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s law of escalation: the actor with the biggest weapon can still lose if the weaker actor has calibration, legitimacy, options, and a way to make the bully destroy himself.
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