北美網紅江教授最新研判：這場沖突將徹底改寫世界格局（完整視頻 + 全文）

　　來源：財經會議圈整理

　　加拿大華裔學者江學勤（Professor Cien）地緣政治分析師、教育家，其YouTube頻道 “預測歷史”（Predictive History）因2024年精準預言 “特朗普勝選”“美國對伊朗開戰””美國會輸掉這場戰爭” 而走紅，最新對美伊戰爭得研判。

　　這篇內容的核心觀點概括：

　　美國與以色列對伊朗發動軍事打擊并“斬首”其最高領袖，在伊朗什葉派文化中被視為殉道，會激發全民圣戰式抵抗，而非屈服。

　　伊朗通過無人機、導彈、封鎖霍爾木茲海峽攻擊海灣國家（GCC）的軍事基地、油田與海水淡化廠，直擊其經濟與生存命脈，不對稱戰爭讓美國難以防御。

　　海灣國家（如迪拜、巴林）因依賴美國保護、缺乏安全與自給能力，將在沖突中經濟崩潰、失去國際地位。

　　美國的戰略是利用伊朗水資源短缺與民族矛盾，試圖分裂瓦解伊朗；伊朗則試圖發動全球什葉派起義，推翻美國在中東的霸權體系。

　　這場戰爭會動搖石油美元基礎，沖擊全球經濟，甚至可能把歐洲、俄羅斯、中國卷入，演變為世界大戰。

　　結論：這場沖突將徹底改寫世界格局，戰爭會長期化，戰后世界完全不同。

　　中文（通順版）

　　我希望大家都做好準備，因為世界已經走到一個臨界點。美國和以色列已經開始襲擊伊朗，現在戰爭進入第四天。我們可以預計，這場戰爭會持續數周，甚至可能持續數年。但我可以向你們保證，這場戰爭結束后，世界將徹底改變。

　　在接下來幾周里，我們會用博弈論來分析和理解當前的地緣政治局勢。我會教你們理論、思路和分析方法，讓你們看懂周圍正在發生的一切，并做出預測。我們的分析是否正確，很快就能得到驗證，因為這一切都在實時發生，我們可以直接用現實來檢驗。

　　好，我們先梳理一下到目前為止的基本事實：

　　周六凌晨，在伊朗，美軍對伊朗最高領袖哈梅內伊發動了“斬首行動”。

　　關于當時到底發生了什么，各方存在爭議。美方稱，他們掌握了確切情報，知道領袖的位置，于是派出飛機轟炸了一處地點。他們還聲稱，情報人員確認了死者遺體，并隨后公布了消息。

　　起初伊朗方面否認此事，堅稱領袖仍然活著，但最終官方媒體承認他在空襲中身亡。

　　但伊朗方面同時表示：這位領袖已經86歲，他是主動選擇犧牲——他本來可以前往莫斯科，但他選擇留在德黑蘭，為他的人民殉道。

　　不僅如此，他的多名親屬也一同遇難，包括女兒、兒子、孫輩，整個家族的很多人都在這次襲擊中死亡。另有報道稱，他本身已身患前列腺癌，本來也時日無多。

　　你們首先要明白的是：

　　盡管美國和以色列宣稱成功“斬首”了伊朗領導層，但在伊朗人看來，這是殉道，是圣徒之死。

　　伊朗人信仰的是伊斯蘭教什葉派，不同于遜尼派。

　　遜尼派占全球穆斯林約90%，什葉派一直是少數派，長期遭受迫害。

　　在什葉派信仰中，最核心、最能凝聚人心、賦予生命意義、驅動人們行動的價值，就是殉道精神——為信仰獻身，為大義犧牲自我。

　　所以你們要理解：哈梅內伊的死，在伊朗人眼中是主動犧牲，目的是激勵整個國家投入這場戰爭。

　　這不是一場普通戰爭，不是經濟戰爭，不是抵抗戰爭——這是圣戰。

　　他們要為領袖向“大撒旦”復仇，他們會戰斗到底。

　　這是第一點。

　　第二點：

　　就在領袖遇襲當天早上，以色列襲擊了德黑蘭南部一所學校，造成約150名小學生死亡，大多是女童。

　　對此各方同樣說法不一：

　　以色列方面稱，首先，這所學校緊鄰軍事基地；其次，炸到學校的不是以方，而是伊朗防空導彈失控誤擊。

　　但伊朗堅稱，以色列是故意轟炸學校，屠殺兒童。

　　你們可能會問：以色列為什么要這么做？

　　但看看過去幾年他們在加沙、在巴勒斯坦對平民的所作所為，邏輯是一致的。

　　對伊朗而言，這次襲擊的意義在于：

　　向本國人民、向全世界表明——我們已經無路可退，我們已經做出犧牲，我們將不惜一切代價打贏這場戰爭。

　　這一事件也徹底點燃了伊朗民眾全力抵抗的決心。

　　我再強調一遍：我們目前沒有100%完整證據證明是以色列所為，但從他們過去的行為模式來看，這非常符合一貫邏輯，我們可以據此做出判斷。至于他們為什么這么做、目的是什么，我們后面會繼續分析。局勢非常復雜。

　　接下來我給你們看一個地方：迪拜。

　　迪拜一直被認為是全球最富有、最安全的城市之一，成千上萬的西方人移居迪拜，因為這里干凈、低稅、收入高、餐飲發達。

　　迪拜是海灣合作委員會（GCC）國家之一。

　　長期以來，迪拜的日子很好過，因為它處于美國保護之下，不用花大錢搞國防；又身處世界石油中心，所以專注發展航空、物流、金融、旅游，變得極其富裕。

　　阿聯酋航空是全球最好的航空公司之一，迪拜機場是全球最繁忙的機場。

　　迪拜一直宣稱自己是“中東瑞士”，保持中立，不卷入任何戰爭，只想保障公民安全、安心賺錢。

　　但戰爭爆發后，伊朗襲擊了海灣合作委員會國家——

　　迪拜、卡塔爾、科威特……

　　這些國家都懵了：我們是中立國，我們沒參戰啊！

　　迪拜機場一度全面關閉。

　　當時迪拜的富人愿意支付2.6萬美元，只為買一張機票逃離。

　　現實是：

　　迪拜長期以來的核心賣點就是“安全”，如今這個標簽已經徹底失效。

　　長遠來看，迪拜已經“死了”。

　　一個富有的西方人，不會再搬到一個隨時可能遭伊朗襲擊的地方。

　　他們會去新加坡、中國香港、日本、南美，但不會再來迪拜。

　　關鍵問題是：伊朗為什么要這么做？

　　明明是美國和以色列在打伊朗，伊朗為什么要襲擊海灣合作委員會國家？

　　簡單直接的答案：

　　這些國家雖然宣稱中立，卻允許美軍駐扎，允許美國和以色列使用其領空襲擊伊朗。

　　還有一個地方非常關鍵：巴林。

　　你們一定要記住，巴林會成為這次沖突的核心之一。

　　這里是美國第五艦隊總部，是美國在中東的海軍基地。

　　伊朗已經開始用導彈襲擊這里，基地遭到重創。

　　巴林的特殊之處在于：

　　國內約50%甚至更多人口是什葉派（和伊朗人信仰相同），但掌權者是遜尼派。

　　所以伊朗襲擊的意義非常深遠：

　　第一，打擊美國軍事資產；

　　第二，摧毀海灣國家經濟；

　　第三，點燃宗教戰爭。

　　對于什葉派信徒而言，領袖殉道后，向敵人發起圣戰就是宗教義務。

　　這就像如果有人刺殺教皇，全球天主教徒都會極度憤怒，甚至想要復仇。

　　現在，什葉派民眾正在各地覺醒，巴林很可能會成為第一個發生革命、政權倒臺的國家。

　　迪拜則可能走向破產。

　　長期來看，整個海灣合作委員會地區都可能崩潰。

　　我們會用博弈論來詳細分析這一切。

　　繼續講。

　　我們可以從地理上看清這場戰爭將如何發展。

　　有一個地方非常關鍵，寬度只有大約33公里，窄到甚至可以游過去——

　　它就是霍爾木茲海峽。

　　它之所以重要，因為它是世界的樞紐。

　　全球約20%的石油從這里經過，流向亞洲、印度、巴基斯坦、韓國、中國、日本。

　　日本85%的石油依賴這里。

　　日本官方曾表示：一旦霍爾木茲海峽被封鎖，日本國內石油只夠維持8—9個月，之后整個日本經濟會崩潰。

　　而伊朗現在已經具備封鎖霍爾木茲海峽的能力。

　　這意味著未來幾個月，全球經濟都將遭受巨大沖擊。

　　第二點：

　　海灣國家向世界輸送石油，換來的是什么？

　　是糧食。

　　很多人沒意識到：海灣國家是美國帝國體系的關鍵支柱，而這個體系的基礎是石油美元。

　　美元本身沒有內在價值，它的價值來自全球石油交易必須用美元結算。

　　一旦這個體系崩塌，美國經濟和美國帝國將一同崩潰。

　　問題在于：海灣國家是人為制造的“帝國產物”，本身沒有生存基礎——

　　沒有糧食、沒有石油、沒有淡水。

　　這些城市能容納數百萬人口，完全靠石油美元支撐。

　　一旦霍爾木茲海峽被封鎖，糧食運不進來，這些國家立刻陷入絕境。

　　海灣國家80%的糧食依賴進口，幾乎無法自給。

　　所以，霍爾木茲海峽是死穴。

　　伊朗只要封鎖這里，就能扼住全球經濟的咽喉，最終讓美國帝國破產。

　　第二個地理關鍵點：伊朗高原。

　　伊朗多山，德黑蘭在山區，海灣國家在平坦沙漠。

　　山區的優勢是：可以輕松隱藏火箭基地、無人機基地、導彈基地。

　　這就是伊朗的整體進攻戰略：

　　依托山地，隱蔽部署，隨時襲擊海灣國家。

　　他們主要打擊三類目標：

　　美國軍事基地——根本防不住

　　石油能源設施——一炸就廢，幾乎無法防御

　　供水系統——這是最致命的

　　海灣國家極度缺乏淡水，60%的用水來自海水淡化廠。

　　而用無人機炸毀海水淡化廠，極其容易。

　　于是出現了一個極度不對稱的局面：

　　伊朗是山地堡壘，進攻力量可以完美隱蔽；

　　海灣國家是平坦沙漠，完全暴露在打擊之下，幾乎毫無還手之力。

　　伊朗隨時可以摧毀整個海灣地區，而外界幾乎無力阻止。

　　但伊朗自身也有致命弱點：水危機。

　　伊朗長期干旱，受氣候變化影響嚴重。

　　美國和以色列的戰略之一，就是摧毀伊朗的供水系統——水壩、水庫、發電廠。

　　目的是讓伊朗不再宜居，引發民眾反抗，或造成大規模難民潮涌入伊拉克。

　　從地圖上你們就能看出來：

　　這場戰爭，就是世界末日級別的對抗。

　　雙方都有能力徹底摧毀對方，只是看愿意走多遠。

　　這幾乎就是一場膽小鬼博弈：

　　我可以炸平你，你也可以炸平我，看誰先退縮。

　　問題在于：

　　伊朗人是什葉派，信仰殉道精神，最高領袖被殺，他們愿意走得極遠。

　　而海灣國家的人更物質、更愛錢，且人口中外籍勞工占極高比例——迪拜外籍人口超過90%。

　　一旦局勢惡化，他們會第一時間逃跑。

　　這根本不是對等的較量。

　　現在外界最關心的三大問題：

　　美國會不會派地面部隊？

　　要徹底擊敗伊朗，唯一辦法就是地面入侵，但這需要幾十萬甚至上百萬兵力。

　　美國會不會動用核武器？

　　一旦戰敗，會不會選擇核戰爭？

　　哪些國家會卷入？

　　局勢已經極度危險，德國、法國、英國都在討論參戰。

　　一旦歐洲參戰，俄羅斯和中國也可能站在伊朗一方介入。

　　這就會變成世界大戰。

　　因為中東、因為霍爾木茲海峽太重要，全球大國最終都無法置身事外。

　　我們會用博弈論一步步分析戰場現實與未來走向。

　　繼續講。

　　美國在中東遍布軍事基地，最初設立的目的，是保護那些由英美帝國扶持的君主政權，壓制當地民眾。

　　這些基地名義上是防衛，實際上根本無法有效防御伊朗的襲擊。

　　原因很簡單：

　　美軍的建軍思路源于冷戰，冷戰的核心是“相互確保毀滅”（MAD），雙方都有核武器，不敢真打。

　　所以美軍的設計思路不是為了打贏一場不對稱戰爭，而是為了展示威懾、彰顯霸權。

　　帝國的本質，就是一種幻覺、威懾光環。

　　你害怕它，你就服從它；

　　但它未必真的適合打一場現代戰爭。

　　這就是現在荒謬的現實：

　　美軍基地遍布海灣，反而給了伊朗完美的襲擊目標。

　　伊朗只要打擊這些基地，就能癱瘓海灣經濟，進而摧毀美國帝國體系。

　　簡單總結戰局：

　　紅色代表美國和以色列，主攻德黑蘭，試圖用“震懾與敬畏”戰略，斬首高層，讓對方群龍無首、不戰自潰。

　　黃色代表伊朗，全面反擊，目標是巴林、卡塔爾等地，制造混亂、摧毀經濟、動搖政權。

　　但伊朗把這場戰爭定義為全面圣戰，指揮體系早已去中心化，沒有單一命令中心。

　　即便最高領袖身亡，各地區仍會按既定計劃戰斗。

　　所以美國“斬首即勝利”的軍事理論，在伊朗完全失效。

　　更諷刺的是：

　　伊朗城市里受過教育、思想進步、最可能支持西方制度的人，反而在美軍轟炸中受害；

　　而最堅定、最激進、最愿意圣戰到底的，是農村地區的什葉派武裝人員。

　　美國正在親手消滅最可能親近自己的人，留下最堅決的敵人。

　　接下來我要講一個關鍵概念：不對稱戰爭。

　　意思是：雙方打的不是同一種戰爭，用的不是同一套打法，因為實力差距巨大。

　　美國是超級帝國，資源無限、美元霸權、控制全球；

　　伊朗被制裁長達45年，貧窮、技術有限。

　　但你們要明白：

　　越貧窮、被壓迫的國家，往往戰斗意志越強、越團結、越有凝聚力。

　　伊朗的核心武器是沙赫德無人機：

　　單價僅約5萬美元，低成本版甚至3.5萬美元

　　可以輕松裝在卡車上，在伊拉克等地任意部署、隱蔽發射

　　伊朗日產可達500架，現有庫存約8萬架

　　一架就能摧毀海水淡化廠、油田、酒店，造成巨大破壞

　　美國如何防御？

　　用“末段高空區域防御系統”（THAAD，薩德）、“愛國者導彈”。

　　一枚攔截導彈價格約100萬美元。

　　用100萬美元的導彈，去打5萬美元的無人機，

　　而且經常需要發射2—3枚才能成功攔截。

　　這在經濟上完全不成立。

　　更麻煩的是：

　　反導系統體積大、移動慢、位置固定，很容易被伊朗發現并摧毀。

　　一旦被炸，就是巨額損失。

　　你們會問：

　　伊朗用無人機已經十幾年，俄烏沖突也大量使用無人機，

　　美國為什么不吸取教訓、不做好準備？

　　答案就是：軍事教條+腐敗。

　　軍事教條決定戰爭方式、官僚體系、軍費分配。

　　美軍習慣了冷戰模式：秀肌肉、威懾、不真打。

　　他們的武器設計目的是嚇人、讓人印象深刻，而不是打贏現代戰爭。

　　成本極高，效果有限，缺乏韌性與創新。

　　更核心的是腐敗：

　　美國軍工復合體不在乎輸贏，只在乎盡可能花錢，從中分利。

　　這就是美軍今天陷入困境的根本原因。

　　還有一個很少被討論、但至關重要的問題：水危機。

　　我給你們看一張世界水資源壓力地圖：

　　100%意味著用水量等于環境可再生量，超過100%就是不可持續。

　　中東地區的數據極其恐怖：

　　伊朗：72%（已經很高）

　　巴林：近4000%

　　迪拜：17000%

　　這意味著：

　　伊朗甚至不用殺傷美軍、不用摧毀軍事基地，

　　只要炸毀海水淡化廠，海灣國家就會自行崩潰。

　　當然，伊朗自身72%的水資源壓力也非常危險。

　　雖然伊朗能更快摧毀海灣，但美國和以色列也可以瞄準伊朗的水系統反擊。

　　我再給你們看一個例子：伊朗北部的烏爾米耶湖。

　　它曾是世界第六大咸水湖。

　　1984年時湖面廣闊；

　　20年后，幾乎完全干涸，人可以直接步行穿過。

　　這就是伊朗水危機的嚴重程度。

　　這也是美國和以色列準備攻擊的核心弱點：切斷伊朗淡水供應，制造國家災難。

　　伊朗第二個致命弱點：民族結構。

　　伊朗是多民族國家，中部是波斯人，周邊還有十幾個民族群體。

　　邊境地區的族群，往往與鄰國更親近，而非伊朗中央。

　　所以美國的長期戰略非常清晰：

　　第一步：摧毀伊朗的供水系統

　　第二步：分裂伊朗，按民族劃分為多個區塊

　　第三步：讓它們為水源互相爭斗

　　這就是美國的終極計劃：

　　徹底瓦解伊朗這個統一國家，讓波斯地區衰落，

　　由美國扶持各個分裂勢力，提供資金、武器、政治支持，

　　讓它們為水源永久內戰。

　　這樣一來，伊朗就永遠不再構成威脅。

　　這是一個非常邪惡的計劃，所以美國永遠不會公開承認。

　　但從水資源分布圖、民族分布圖，就能清晰看出這套戰略。

　　那么伊朗如何反擊？

　　答案是：發動全球什葉派起義。

　　全球穆斯林中，遜尼派約占90%（淺綠色），什葉派是少數（深綠色），主要集中在伊朗，但遍布全球。

　　伊朗的第一層戰略：

　　發動全球什葉派的圣戰起義，反抗美國帝國。

　　這已經在發生：

　　巴基斯坦的什葉派沖擊美國使館；

　　伊拉克的美國使館持續遭襲；

　　多地美國外交目標都受到攻擊。

　　領袖殉道后，復仇成為宗教義務，這場起義會長期持續。

　　伊朗的第二層戰略：

　　團結整個伊斯蘭世界。

　　目前大多數伊斯蘭國家的政權都是獨裁、不得民心，只是依靠美國帝國支持才能維持，比如沙特、埃及、阿爾及利亞等。

　　一旦民眾推翻這些親美政權，伊朗就會成為整個伊斯蘭世界的領袖，而不只是什葉派領袖。

　　這就是伊朗的終極目標：建立伊斯蘭共同體。

　　總結一下：

　　美國/以色列的計劃：分裂伊朗、制造水源沖突、永久削弱伊朗

　　伊朗的計劃：發動宗教圣戰、團結什葉派、推翻美國帝國體系、建立伊斯蘭共同體

　　而所有博弈的核心，就是海灣合作委員會國家，因為它們是美國帝國的命門。

　　海灣國家賣石油換取美元，再把美元投入美國股市。

　　從2012年至今，這類投資規模爆炸式增長。

　　美國金融市場是它們為數不多的安全投資渠道。

　　伊朗的邏輯非常直接：

　　切斷石油通道→海灣國家無法再積累美元→無法繼續投資美國股市→美國股市崩盤→美國經濟大蕭條

　　美國股市約四分之一的增長，靠幾家巨型科技公司支撐：微軟、谷歌、蘋果等AI巨頭。

　　而這些公司正是海灣國家的重點投資對象。

　　一旦海灣資金撤離，這些公司市值暴跌，美國將陷入經濟蕭條。

　　今天這節課，只是整體概覽。

　　內容很多、信息量很大，接下來幾周我們會逐一深入拆解，讓你們真正看懂這場戰爭的本質。

　　還有問題嗎？

　　關于今天講的內容，有任何疑問都可以提。

　　English (Polished & Natural)

　　I hope everyone is prepared, because we have reached a breaking point in the world.

　　The United States and Israel have started attacking Iran, and we are now in the fourth day of this war.

　　We can expect this war to last for many weeks, possibly even many years.

　　But I promise you: once this war is over, the world will never be the same.

　　Over the next few weeks, we will use game theory to understand and analyze the geopolitical situation.

　　I will teach you the ideas, theories, and techniques to make sense of the world around you and to make predictions.

　　We will know if our analysis is correct, because all of this is happening in real time, and we can test it against reality.

　　All right, let’s go over some basic facts so far.

　　Early Saturday morning in Iran, the United States launched a decapitation strike against Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran.

　　There is dispute over exactly what happened.

　　The U.S. claimed they had reliable intelligence on his location, so they sent aircraft to bomb a compound.

　　They also claimed their operatives confirmed the body and later announced his death.

　　At first, Iran denied it and insisted he was still alive.

　　Eventually, however, state media admitted he had been killed in the airstrike.

　　But Iran also stated that the Ayatollah was 86 years old

　　andchose martyrdom.

　　He could have gone to Moscow, but he chose to stay in Tehran and die for his people.

　　Not only that: many of his family members were also killed —

　　his daughter, son, grandchildren.

　　Much of his family died in this attack.

　　There have also been reports he had prostate cancer and did not have long to live anyway.

　　The first thing you need to understand is this:

　　Even though the U.S. and Israel claim a successful decapitation of Iran’s leadership,

　　from Iran’s perspective, this is martyrdom.

　　Iranians follow Shia Islam, which is different from Sunni Islam.

　　Sunnis make up about 90% of the world’s Muslims.

　　Shia have always been the minority and have long been persecuted.

　　In Shia faith, the core value that unites people, gives meaning to life, and drives them into action ismartyrdom—

　　the idea of sacrificing yourself for your religion, for a greater cause.

　　So understand this:

　　the death of the Ayatollah is seen in Iran as avoluntary sacrifice,

　　intended to motivate the entire nation in this war.

　　This is not a typical war.

　　It is not an economic war.

　　It is not a war of resistance.

　　This is ajihad, a holy war.

　　They will seek vengeance against what they call the “Great Satan” for their leader,

　　and they will fight to the death.

　　That’s point number one.

　　Point number two:

　　On the same morning the Ayatollah was killed,

　　Israel struck a school in southern Tehran,

　　killing about 150 schoolchildren, mostly young girls.

　　Again, there are competing narratives.

　　Israel claimed, first, that the school was next to a military base;

　　second, that it was not them but an Iranian air defense missile that went off course and hit the school.

　　Iran insists Israeldeliberately targeted the school to kill children.

　　You might ask: Why would Israel do such a thing?

　　But if you look at what they have done in Gaza, in Palestine, against civilians over the years,

　　this pattern is consistent.

　　For Iran, this attack serves a purpose:

　　to show their own people and the world that they have nothing left to lose,

　　that they have made the ultimate sacrifice,

　　and that they are committed to winning this war at all costs.

　　It has also fully mobilized the Iranian people to resist with all their strength.

　　Again, we do not have complete proof Israel did this.

　　But based on their past actions, this fits their pattern,

　　so we can reasonably assume this is what happened.

　　Why they did it and what their goal is — we will discuss that later.

　　The situation is extremely complex.

　　Now I want to show you another place:Dubai.

　　Dubai has long been considered one of the richest and safest cities in the world.

　　Tens of thousands of Westerners move there because it’s clean, low-tax, high-income, with great restaurants.

　　Dubai is part of the Gulf Cooperation Council, or GCC.

　　For a long time, Dubai had an excellent deal:

　　it was under U.S. protection, so it didn’t have to spend much on defense.

　　It was in the middle of the world’s oil center,

　　so it focused on aviation, logistics, finance, tourism — and became extremely wealthy.

　　Emirates is one of the best airlines in the world.

　　Dubai International Airport is the busiest in the world.

　　Dubai long portrayed itself as the “Switzerland of the Middle East”:

　　neutral, not involved in any wars, just keeping citizens safe and making money.

　　But once the war started,

　　Iran attacked GCC countries:

　　Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait…

　　These countries were shocked:

　　We’re neutral! We’re not part of this war!

　　Dubai’s airport was shut down at one point.

　　Wealthy people in Dubai were willing to pay$26,000just to get on a plane and leave.

　　The reality is:

　　Dubai’s entire brand was built on being “safe.”

　　That brand is now dead.

　　Long-term, Dubai is finished.

　　Wealthy Westerners will not move to a place that can be attacked by Iran at any moment.

　　They will go to Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, South America — not Dubai.

　　The big question:

　　Why is Iran doing this?

　　The U.S. and Israel are the ones attacking Iran,

　　so why is Iran targeting the GCC?

　　The short, direct answer:

　　These countries pretend to be neutral,

　　but theyhost U.S. military forces

　　and allow the U.S. and Israel to use their airspace to attack Iran.

　　Another extremely important place:Bahrain.

　　You must remember this:

　　Bahrain will be one of the major centers of this conflict.

　　It is the headquarters of theU.S. Fifth Fleet,

　　the main U.S. naval base in the Middle East.

　　Iran is already attacking it with missiles, and it has been badly damaged.

　　What makes Bahrain unique is that

　　about 50% or more of its population is Shia — the same religion as Iranians —

　　but the country is ruled by Sunnis.

　　So the strikes against Bahrain serve several huge purposes:

　　To attack U.S. military assets

　　To destroy the economies of Gulf states

　　To ignite a religious war

　　For Shia Muslims,

　　after the death of their leader,

　　waging jihad against his killers becomes a religious obligation.

　　It’s no different from other religions:

　　if someone assassinated the Pope, Catholics around the world would be enraged and want vengeance.

　　Right now, Shia populations are rising up everywhere.

　　Bahrain will likely be the first regime to fall.

　　Dubai will probably go bankrupt.

　　Long-term, we can expect the entire GCC region to collapse.

　　We will analyze all of this using game theory.

　　Let’s continue.

　　We can understand how this war will unfold just by looking at the geography.

　　There is a tiny area, only about 33 kilometers wide —

　　narrow enough that you could swim across it.

　　It is called theStrait of Hormuz.

　　It is important because it is thecenter of the world,

　　the pivot point of the global economy.

　　About 20% of the world’s oil flows through this narrow strait,

　　going to Asia, India, Pakistan, South Korea, China, Japan.

　　Japan relies on this region for about 85% of its oil.

　　Japan has stated that if the Strait of Hormuz were blocked,

　　it would only have enough oil for about 8 to 9 months,

　　after which the entire Japanese economy would collapse.

　　Iran now has the ability to close the Strait of Hormuz.

　　That means the global economy will suffer greatly over the next few months.

　　Second point:

　　What do GCC countries get in return for sending oil to the world?

　　Food.

　　Many people don’t appreciate this:

　　the GCC is the linchpin of the American empire,

　　and the foundation of that empire is thepetrodollar.

　　The U.S. dollar has no intrinsic value.

　　Its value comes from the fact that global oil trade is done in U.S. dollars.

　　If that system collapses,

　　the U.S. economy and the American empire both collapse at the same time.

　　The problem is:

　　GCC countries are an artificial construct of the empire.

　　They cannot survive naturally —

　　no food, no sustainable water, no real self-sufficiency.

　　These cities support millions of people only because petrodollars flow in.

　　If the Strait of Hormuz is closed, food cannot come in,

　　and these countries immediately face catastrophe.

　　Eighty percent of all food consumed in the GCC is imported.

　　They can barely feed themselves.

　　So the Strait of Hormuz is the ultimate pressure point.

　　By closing it, Iran can strangle the global economy

　　and eventually bankrupt the American empire.

　　The second geographic key:the Iranian plateau.

　　Iran is mountainous. Tehran is in the mountains.

　　The GCC countries are flat desert.

　　Mountains allow Iran to easily hide rocket bases, drone bases, missile sites.

　　This is Iran’s entire offensive strategy:

　　use the mountains as a fortress, hide its weapons, and strike the GCC at will.

　　Iran targets three main things:

　　U.S. military bases — which are almost impossible to defend

　　Oil and energy facilities — very easy to destroy

　　Water supplies — the most vulnerable target of all

　　GCC countries have very little access to freshwater.

　　About 60% of their water comes fromdesalination plants.

　　Blowing up these plants with drones is extremely easy.

　　So we have an absurdly asymmetric situation:

　　Iran is a mountain fortress where offensive weapons can be perfectly hidden;

　　the GCC is flat desert, completely exposed to attack, with almost no way to defend itself.

　　Iran could destroy the entire GCC at any moment,

　　and there is very little the world can do about it.

　　But Iran also has a critical weakness:a water crisis.

　　Iran has suffered from drought for years, worsened by climate change.

　　One of the U.S. and Israel’s strategies is to destroy Iran’s water infrastructure —

　　dams, reservoirs, power plants.

　　The goal is to make Iran unlivable,

　　trigger a popular uprising against the government,

　　or create a massive refugee crisis into Iraq.

　　From the map, you can see:

　　this war is truly anend-of-the-world scenario.

　　Both sides have the capacity to destroy each other completely.

　　It is just a question of how far they are willing to go.

　　This is essentially agame of chicken:

　　I can blow you up, you can blow me up — who blinks first?

　　The problem is:

　　Iranians are Shia Muslims who believe in martyrdom.

　　Their supreme leader has been killed.

　　They are willing to go to extremes.

　　People in the GCC are more materialistic, care more about money,

　　and most of the population is foreign —

　　over 90% of Dubai’s population is foreign-born.

　　If things get dangerous, they will run away.

　　This is not an even match.

　　Three huge questions the world is asking:

　　Will the U.S. send ground troops?

　　The only way to defeat Iran is a ground invasion,

　　which would require hundreds of thousands, even millions, of soldiers.

　　Will the U.S. use nuclear weapons?

　　If it starts losing the war, will it choose nuclear escalation?

　　Which other countries will get involved?

　　The situation is already so dangerous that Germany, France, and the UK are discussing entering the war.

　　If Europe joins, Russia and China may also enter on Iran’s side.

　　This could become aworld war.

　　Because the Middle East and the Strait of Hormuz are so strategically important,

　　global powers will eventually be forced to intervene.

　　We will use game theory to analyze what is happening on the ground and where this is leading.

　　Let’s continue.

　　The U.S. has military bases all over the Middle East.

　　Originally, they were set up to protect monarchies imposed by the British-American empire,

　　to control local populations.

　　These bases are supposed to provide defense,

　　but in reality, they cannot effectively defend against Iranian attacks.

　　The reason is simple:

　　the U.S. military was designed for the Cold War.

　　The Cold War was defined by Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD).

　　Both sides had nuclear weapons and avoided direct war.

　　So the U.S. military was built not to win an asymmetric war,

　　but toproject power and maintain the illusion of empire.

　　Empire is ultimately ahallucination, an aura of invincibility.

　　If you fear it, you obey it.

　　But it is not necessarily built to fight a real modern war.

　　That is the absurd reality today:

　　U.S. bases are spread across the Gulf,

　　making them perfect targets for Iran.

　　By attacking these bases, Iran can collapse the GCC economies

　　and ultimately destroy the American imperial system.

　　To simplify the war:

　　Red: U.S. and Israel, focused on Tehran, using “shock and awe” to decapitate leadership

　　Yellow: Iran, counterattacking everywhere, targeting Bahrain, Qatar, etc., to create chaos, destroy economies, and destabilize regimes

　　But Iran views this astotal holy war.

　　Its command structure is decentralized.

　　There is no single person in charge.

　　Each region operates on its own plan.

　　Killing the Supreme Leader changes nothing.

　　The U.S. military doctrine of “cut off the head, the body dies”

　　completely fails in Iran.

　　Even more ironically:

　　The people in Iranian cities — educated, progressive, most likely to support Western values —

　　are the ones being killed by U.S. bombs.

　　The people who will fight to the death are religious fanatics and Shia militants in rural areas.

　　The U.S. is destroying the very people who might be sympathetic to it,

　　and leaving behind the people most committed to jihad against it.

　　Now I want to explain a key concept:asymmetry.

　　It means the two sides are fighting different wars with different tools,

　　because one side is vastly more powerful than the other.

　　America is a great empire with unlimited resources, dollar hegemony, and global control.

　　Iran has been under sanctions for 45 years, poor, with limited technology.

　　But you must understand:

　　nations that are poorer and oppressed often have stronger morale, are more unified, and more cohesive.

　　Iran’s key weapon is theShahed drone:

　　Cost: about $50,000 each, sometimes as low as $35,000

　　Easy to fit on a truck, deploy anywhere in Iraq, hide anywhere

　　Iran produces about 500 per day

　　Estimated inventory: around 80,000

　　One drone can destroy a desalination plant, an oil field, a hotel — massive damage at low cost.

　　How does the U.S. defend?

　　With THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) and Patriot systems.

　　One interceptor missile costs about$1 million.

　　You are shooting a $1 million missile at a $50,000 drone,

　　and often need two or three missiles to succeed.

　　This makes no economic sense.

　　Worse:

　　Missile defense systems are big, slow, stationary,

　　easy for Iran to spot and attack.

　　When they explode, they represent massive losses.

　　You might ask:

　　Iran has been using drones for a decade.

　　Drones were heavily used in the Russia-Ukraine war.

　　Why didn’t the U.S. learn and prepare?

　　The answer ismilitary doctrine + corruption.

　　Doctrine determines how you fight, how your bureaucracy works, how you spend money.

　　The U.S. military is used to Cold War thinking:

　　showing strength, deterring, not actually fighting a real war.

　　Its weapons are designed to intimidate, not to win modern wars.

　　They are extremely expensive, ineffective, inflexible, and uninnovative.

　　More importantly, there is deep corruption in the military-industrial complex.

　　The U.S. does not care about winning wars;

　　it cares about spending as much money as possible so insiders can profit.

　　That is why the U.S. is in this mess.

　　Another rarely discussed but critical issue:water stress.

　　Let me show you a world map of water stress.

　　100% means you are using exactly as much water as the environment can renew.

　　Above 100% is unsustainable.

　　The numbers in the Middle East are catastrophic:

　　Iran: 72% (already very high)

　　Bahrain: almost 4,000%

　　Dubai: 17,000%

　　This means:

　　Iran does not need to kill U.S. soldiers or destroy military bases.

　　It just needs to blow up desalination plants,

　　and the GCC will collapse on its own.

　　Of course, Iran’s 72% water stress is also dangerous.

　　Although Iran can destroy the GCC much faster,

　　the U.S. and Israel can target Iran’s water system in return.

　　Let me give you an example:Lake Urmia in northern Iran.

　　It was once the sixth-largest saltwater lake in the world.

　　In 1984, it was huge.

　　Twenty years later, it is mostly dried up;

　　you can walk across parts of it.

　　That’s how serious Iran’s water crisis is.

　　And that is the key weakness the U.S. and Israel plan to exploit:

　　cutting off Iran’s freshwater supply to create national collapse.

　　Iran’s second fatal weakness:ethnic diversity.

　　Iran is a multi-ethnic country.

　　The center is Persian, but there are at least ten other ethnic groups.

　　People in border regions often identify more with neighboring countries than with Iran.

　　So the long-term U.S. strategy is crystal clear:

　　Destroy Iran’s water supply

　　Fragment Iran along ethnic lines

　　Let the divided regions fight over water

　　This is the American plan:

　　to completely dismantle Iran as a unified nation-state,

　　weaken Persia,

　　then sponsor various ethnic factions with money, weapons, and political support,

　　so they fight endless wars over water.

　　Iran would then never again be a threat.

　　This is an evil plan, which is why the U.S. will never admit it publicly.

　　But if you look at water and ethnic maps, the strategy is obvious.

　　How can Iran respond?

　　The answer:ignite a global Shia uprising.

　　Among the world’s Muslims, about 90% are Sunni, Shia are the minority.

　　Shia are concentrated mainly in Iran but spread globally.

　　Iran’s first strategy:

　　launch aglobal jihad of Shia Muslimsagainst the American empire.

　　This is already happening:

　　Shia in Pakistan have stormed the U.S. embassy

　　The U.S. embassy in Iraq is under constant attack

　　U.S. diplomatic targets are being hit in many places

　　With the leader martyred, vengeance becomes a religious duty,

　　and this uprising will continue for a very long time.

　　Iran’s second strategy:

　　unify the entire Islamic world.

　　Most Muslim countries today are run by unpopular dictatorships

　　that survive only because of U.S. support —

　　Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, etc.

　　If people overthrow these U.S.-backed regimes,

　　Iran will become the leader of theentire Islamic world, not just the Shia world.

　　This is Iran’s ultimate goal: to establish a pan-Islamic bloc.

　　To summarize:

　　U.S./Israel plan: fragment Iran, create water conflicts, permanently weaken Iran

　　Iran plan: holy war, unify Shia Muslims, overthrow American empire, build an Islamic union

　　And the center of all this is the GCC,

　　because it is thelinchpin of the American empire.

　　GCC countries sell oil for U.S. dollars,

　　then invest those dollars in U.S. stock markets.

　　Since 2012, these investments have exploded.

　　Iran’s logic is straightforward:

　　Cut off oil → GCC can’t earn dollars → can’t invest in U.S. markets → U.S. stock market crashes → U.S. economic depression.

　　About a quarter of U.S. stock market growth comes from a handful of giant tech companies:

　　Microsoft, Google, Apple, and other AI leaders.

　　These are exactly the companies the GCC invests in.

　　If GCC money leaves, these companies collapse in value,

　　and the U.S. falls into a deep depression.

　　Today’s class was just an overview.

　　We covered a huge amount of information.

　　Over the next few weeks, we will dive deep into each issue

　　so you truly understand what is really happening.

　　Any questions so far?

　　Feel free to ask anything about what we’ve learned.

　　THE END