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Jiang answers that America is still the empire and will not fall because of this war, even in a worst-case scenario where it loses the war.
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WAR Outcomes
Jiang argues that American and Iranian strategic objectives are not actually in conflict, so both sides could achieve their objectives by the end of the war.
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Jiang argues that American and Iranian strategic objectives are not actually in conflict, so both sides could achieve their objectives by the end of the war.
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"You're absolutely right in that America is still the empire and America will not fall because of this war. Worst case scenario they lose..."
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"of Iran in this war. Let's look at America. America is okay destroy Iran as a nation state. Okay? Which basically means you destroy..."
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"um Israel is humbled and the global economy is destroyed. But at the same time Iran is destroyed as a nation state it's balkanized..."
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A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: American war culture has learned to convert military failure into rescue spectacle, while real wars are still decided by economics, organization, logistics, and endurance.
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