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Declining public appetite to sustain conflict, used as pressure on elites to reshape strategy.
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war fatigue
Declining public appetite to sustain conflict, used as pressure on elites to reshape strategy.
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diagnosis
He describes pressure to solve the war quickly as politically strong in Washington because of domestic unpopularity of long attritional wars and fear of losing face.
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prediction
He predicts a durable drawdown phase where policymakers keep U.S. casualties low and sustain public tolerance by creating additional international distractions.
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"have sent in help, and the Cubans seem to rely more on the Russians, but that would require basically Cuba to surrender their economy..."
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"So those are the two major solutions. Unfortunately, it seems as though there is no real off -ramp or quick exit for Trump. This..."
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"Right. So what will happen is that this war will be drawn out. Right. So the Americans will behave much more strategically, much more..."
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"Cuba is definitely on the menu. So Trump will want to take over Cuba at some point. So you're distracting the population. The third..."
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"...they suffer from wear and tear. Okay? Another issue is this fatigue, where these pilots are being asked to work too hard, they get..."
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Jiang frames the Iran conflict as a managed long war: visible ceasefires do not remove structural incentives that keep military pressure, debt extraction, and elite coordination in place.
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Jiang treats the Iran shock as a long-cycle pressure system: initial strikes fail, the state shifts to durable economic coercion, and public attention is expected to absorb scarcity, distraction, and control mechanisms as this...
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