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mikenewyesterday at 8:07 PM2 repliesview on HN

It's not a tactical failure of the US; it's a strategic one. The US operates a tremendously powerful military, but that doesn't change the fact that the war with Iran was a tremendous strategic blunder. "Moronic" is a pretty fair characterization.


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rayineryesterday at 8:16 PM

But running out of missiles—which is the accusation being made above—would be a tactical and logistics failure, not a strategic one.

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kevin_thibedeauyesterday at 8:30 PM

A bit disparaging of morons. It takes a special kind of imbecile to ignore decades of war planning that pointed out the vulnerability of the strait.