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BoredPositronyesterday at 3:46 PM1 replyview on HN

Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.


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alephnerdyesterday at 3:48 PM

We truly don't need boots on the ground though.

The NATO campaign in Libya was similar with no American boots on the ground, with the Gulf and Turkiye largely stepping in. And unlike Libya, we don't have US citizens in a consulate in Iran.

"You break it, you buy it" doesn't hold in 2026 anymore.

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