Funny (although not in a Ha Ha way) I was just posting a thread about the importance of thinking outside of comforting conventional wisdom.
>>On the other hand, should the Allies abandon such snug security and launch an attack of their own, just as much power and strength and cunning, multiplied many times over, would avail them nothing. The German Siegfried line—not 10 miles away— is just, as redoubtable, just as impossible to penetrate, as the French fortifications.<<
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2215582/posts
Brilliant and broadly applical to all aspects of life. Nothing is guaranteed sure thing, ever. Hubris that most dangerous of human traits.