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He classifies the war in Ukraine as essentially a 19th-century war or World War I-style war focused on killing soldiers.
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Ukraine
The counterfactual model says nonintervention would have let Russia overextend, lose logistics and public support, and give Ukraine a better chance of winning through guerrilla and probing attacks.
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The speaker claims Ukrainian drone attacks destroyed a Russian oil terminal and took 40 percent of Russia's oil exports offline.
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diagnosis
Jiang claims Ukraine has been a disaster for Ukraine because Russia has dominated the battlefield and killed many Ukrainians, while American news has portrayed the war as going well.
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Jiang compares optimistic American narratives about Ukraine to predicted narratives about Iran surrendering, Iran's economy collapsing, popular revolt, and peace in the Middle East.
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Jiang argues that Russia's long war of attrition in Ukraine is good for Russia because it restructures the economy around war production and industrialization.
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Jiang rejects the NATO-response explanation of Ukraine and says the invasion implements the Third Rome strategy by giving Russia food, energy, and Black Sea export control.
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Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine is interpreted as an attempt to renegotiate an unfair system, while America refuses to surrender Ukraine because defeat would expose imperial weakness.
prediction
Jiang speculates that Jared Kushner's Ukraine peace role could become a real-estate redevelopment opportunity after a Russia-Ukraine peace treaty.
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"...in World War III. Okay? So this is the war in Ukraine. And already millions of people are dying in this war. But if..."
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"a global war. So the Ukrainians used drones to attack and destroy an oil depot, an oil terminal in Russia. And this means now..."
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"...And we know this because this is exactly what happened in Ukraine. For the past few years Russia has been dominating the battlefield and..."
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"...is because Putin has already proven that this strategy works in Ukraine. Okay? So let me show you how. Okay. So this is the..."
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"Why? Well, because first of all, what it does is it allows Russia to industrialize its economy. Okay? It allows Russia to center its..."
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"All right? So the Ukraine invasion was not a response to NATO. The Ukraine invasion was to implement this grand vision for the creation..."
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"...russia specifically okay so this helps us understand why russia invaded ukraine in 2022 because they're trying to renegotiate this system right because right..."
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"...this but this also shows us why america refuses to surrender ukraine this war was lost about two years ago okay ukraine has actually..."
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"...guy? Vladimir Putin. What are they doing? They're discussing peace in Ukraine. Because what Jared Kushner is saying to Putin is, listen, I can..."
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"...Pax Judaica. Then, you will have Russia winning a war in Ukraine. Okay? And then, return Greeks to Constantinople. Basically, I"
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"...Europe. Okay? The end of NATO, basically. So, this war in Ukraine, it's not just about Russia protecting its borders. This war in Ukraine..."
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"...semester, okay? Then what happened, of course, is 2022, Russia invades Ukraine, okay? So what Russia's saying is, you know this price hierarchy? Screw..."
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