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Jiang's term for a campaign that simply destroys the country and its viability, making public opinion irrelevant.
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war of destruction
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...a war of attrition. But it could also be a war of destruction where they're trying to destroy everything, in which case it doesn't..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...a war of attrition. But it could also be a war of destruction where they're trying to destroy everything, in which case it doesn't..."
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Jiang distinguishes a war of attrition, which tries to turn people against their government, from a war of destruction, which simply destroys the country regardless of political alignment.
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"...a war of attrition. But it could also be a war of destruction where they're trying to destroy everything, in which case it doesn't..."
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"But it's entirely possible their goal is just to destroy Iran as a civilization."
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"...there are many Israelis who are very happy about all this destruction. All right, and so this is one of the more influential rabbis..."
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"...what they've done in Libya and Syria. This is a war of destruction. The Americans are hoping to break Iran into ethnic enclaves, what..."
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The lecture names the law of proximity: people and nations play many games at once, but the nearest game is the one that governs action.
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Danny asks whether Jiang's Iran-war prediction is now playing out.
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Jimmy Dore brings Jiang on because an earlier prediction seems to have landed: Trump is back, the United States is now at war with Iran, and a forecast once dismissed as wild suddenly looks...
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