Jiang's third factor is casualty tolerance: he believes the United States cannot politically absorb losses, whereas Iranian Shiite martyrdom culture turns sacrifice into a source of mobilization.
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War capacity
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Key Notes
Jiang predicts the American assault on Iran would eventually run out of steam because the United States lacks the resources, organizational competence, and modern-war capacity for a full-scale conflict.
Jiang says the Houthis in Yemen demonstrate that willingness to sacrifice matters more in war than access to modern weapons.
The host asks whether a West with 25 to 30 percent of its population over age 65 can still take decisive collective action or sustain a major war.
He concludes that China cannot afford to fight a war because the system is already too fragile under hidden debt burdens.
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"able to manufacture about 500 drones a day and quite honestly you you only need to like have 10 drones hit their targets in..."
"you refuse to have any casualties how are you gonna fight a war right on the other hand the iranians um are very eschatological..."
"But America will invest tremendous resources in trying to blow Iran up like to smithereens. And then will come the ground invasion. The ground..."
"course a lot of hoofies in Yemen they're poor they don't have access to modern weapons they're being a crap out of the Americans..."
"But it's also kind of scary because you say, is anything even going to be possible? Can you even take action in that context?..."
"...Go and destroy the city because that's how they produce their war capacity, right? The food, the soldiers, right? Kill civilians. Destroy supply lines...."
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