US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called for the military to develop an enduring capacity to fight "irregular" wars, and to rethink its reliance on ever-more costly high-tech weapons. Writing in Foreign Affairs quarterly, Gates said the United States needs "a military whose ability to kick down the door is matched.
| It saved us a lot of money and men when Nizamuddin Shamzai, the proprietor of Binori Mosque and the father of the Taliban, departed the gene pool. Just think how much more would be save should the same happen to Qazi and to Hafiz Saeed. And it wouldn't take much to tumble Fazl down the stairs some dark night, would it? |
| Has the advantage of deniability, too. Modesty is a virtue after all. |
| Operation Lemony Snickett lives ... |
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