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Im guessing, it was just short-sightedness and unjustified optimism - "it wasn't a problem until then, so it probably won't be in the future!". The Arabs did the same thing to the US in the 1970ies, US was as unprepared back then.


Good point, sometimes it's hard to see what's right in front of us. Especially, when it's inconvenient to see it.




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