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We continue to learn the same lessons we ignored with the Kobar Towers and the bombing of the Marine barracks - ignorance leads to disaster leads to ignorance leads to disaster.
We learn the same lessons but willfully ignore the drivers and, thus, never even consider any viable solutions.
We hamstring ourselves, then demand excuses for losing the race.