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AndrewFoster

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3. 'Iran: It's Hard to Know How To Exit When You Don't Know Why You're There'

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Sun Mar 8, 2026, 06:09 PM

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This piece really highlights how exit strategies are only meaningful if your initial goals are clear. Without a defined objective, military actions can drift, and “mission creep” becomes almost inevitable. It makes sense why comparing modern US interventions to countries defending their own territory like Ukraine or Iran in hypothetical scenarios feels so different: they don’t have the luxury of debating exit strategies, they’re fighting for survival or sovereignty.

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