My pipe dream on how Al-Qaeda can be completely defeated within five years, in five concise bullet-points –
1. Ask for a mere, additional $800,000 to the budget of the Department of Homeland Security.
2. Take that money and buy 100,000 paperback copies of The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
3. Give a copy to every man and woman in Homeland Security, from baggage checkers at airports right up to Janet Napolitano. Give leftover copies to the Pesident, all his cabinet members and all his advisors, and each and every member of the Senate and the House.
4. Have each recipient, without exception, read it, sign the back page, and write a 1,000-word, typed, double-spaced report summarizing Sun Tzu’s thought and how it can be applied to the war against Al-Qaeda. [Optional, if recipient feels so inclined: Answer the question why Sun Tzu’s thought can not be applied to our situation.]
5. Set up a website where each report, including the President’s, including Janet Napolitano’s, including all those baggage handlers, where every single report can be viewed by anyone.
Victory will be assured within five years.
Or, at the very least, we’ll know why our leaders do not want to win.
There is one gaping hole in your solution. This administration doesn't think it's at war. They view these incidents as criminal activities of a few who do not espouse the "peacefulness" of Islam.
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Then we'd have 100,000 online reports why Sun Tzu can not be applied to this situation ... and 100,000 reasons to vote them all out of office.
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