[Vision2020] Stealing Al-Qai'da's Playbook

[Chasuk]

Here is an interesting, terrifying excerpt from "Stealing Al-Qai'da's
Playbook:"

"Based on his reading of these works and the experience of the jihadis in
Afghanistan, Naji articulates a grand strategy for defeating the United
States. First, he observes that after the rise of the two superpowers
following World War II, nations allied themselves with the United States or
the Soviet Union in return for financial and military support.  The jihadi
movement had been unsuccessful in the past because the superpowers
propped up these proxy governments and convinced the masses through
the media that they were invincible.  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.  Moreover, he
argues, it will bleed the superpower's economy and military.  This will
lead to social unrest at home and the ultimate defeat of the superpower."

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

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