Stealing Al-Qai'da's Playbook - West Point Study

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http://www.ctc.usma.edu/Stealing%20Al-Qai%27da%27s%20Playbook%20--%20CTC.pdf

Stealing Al-Qai'da's Playbook

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If the jihadis are right in their assessment of geopolitics and the situation in
the Middle East, overt U.S. military action or diplomacy can often be more
harmful than helpful in the fight against jihadi‐inspired terrorism. Indeed,
the jihadi ideologues surveyed in the article focus most of their attention on
psychological operations to exploit our actions rather than on large‐scale,
direct military action.

[Scriptor Ignotus]

1. more

The solution, Naji says, is to provoke
a superpower into invading the Middle East directly. This will result in a
great propaganda victory for the jihadis because the people will 1) be
impressed that the jihadis are directly fighting a superpower, 2) be outraged
over the invasion of a foreign power, 3) be disabused of the notion that the
superpower is invincible the longer the war goes on, and, 4) be angry at the
proxy governments allied with the invading superpower.12 Moreover, he
argues, it will bleed the superpower’s economy and military.13 This will
lead to social unrest at home and the ultimate defeat of the superpower.14

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3. Wow.

Sounds like they are winning, if that's the game plan!

sigh. I still fantasize about a president who would have made a huge push for alternative clean energy they were willing to use as an economic threat against the middle east if their OWN governments didn't clamp down on the terrorists, thus fighting global warming and terroism at once, and unifying the world community.

[Scriptor Ignotus]

4. that would have been the smart move

sigh, maybe some day.

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2. Making it easy for Al Queda.

If us troops kill the babies, all they have to do is stand back and look good.