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3/5 🧵 The trigger, as described here, was an incident involving an Iranian drone and a U.S. Apache helicopter. The key wrinkle: even U.S. officials reportedly said it was still unclear whether the drone intentionally targeted the helicopter or brought it down accidentally. That uncertainty matters a lot. Escalating military action off an event with disputed intent is exactly how crises get uglier than anyone planned.