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Jiang says shock and awe lets America operate as an empire without the guilt of visible empire, by hiding special forces in the background while they direct violence.
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Jiang says shock and awe lets America operate as an empire without the guilt of visible empire, by hiding special forces in the background while they direct violence.
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"So it's good for America because now what shotgun all allows America to do is be everywhere at once. And you'll never see them,..."
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"So shotgun all is really a theory of empire as opposed to a theory of war, okay? So does it make sense to you..."
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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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