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The belief that no one can challenge America, that it can be everywhere at once, and that it can use power for fun without strategic discipline.
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Imperial hubris
The belief that no one can challenge America, that it can be everywhere at once, and that it can use power for fun without strategic discipline.
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"Why did they get rid of this and move to shock and awe, which is like, we'll do anything we want. Why? Why? Why..."
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"...have a strategy in place. Okay? And the third thing is hubris. You don't think anyone can challenge you. You don't think you can..."
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A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central claim: America mistook Iraq's one-off success for a universal doctrine, built an empire without guilt through hidden special forces, and now carries that hubris toward Iran.
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