Middle East Focus: A Cost Effective War on Terror, Freedom Pommes Frites, A Terrorist Waterloo……..

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A Cost Effective War on Terror, Freedom Pommes Frites, A Terrorist Waterloo……..

“Helicopter-borne Special Forces troops attacked and killed a top al-Qaeda-linked suspect in a raid in southern Somalia early Monday, U.S. officials said. Officials said Saleh Ali Nabhan, 30, a Kenyan sought in the 2002 bombing of an Israeli-owned resort in Kenya and an unsuccessful attempt that year to shoot down an Israeli airliner, was among four men killed in the attack. U.S. troops fired from the air at a vehicle in which the men were traveling……

“At least four helicopters participated in the raid, launched from a nearby U.S. naval vessel, a senior military official said. At least one of them landed, and troops retrieved the bodies. "You want to go in there, do this fast, and get out before you're detected," the official said……” Washington Post

I am not sure how much all this costs, per terrorist suspect. Hopefully, each al-Qaeda and terrorist does not cost as much as four helicopters to ‘take out’.
Maybe taking him out for a month to McDonald’s three times a day would do the job much cheaper. At $3.50 a meal that would be eleven bucks a day, $ 330 for the whole thing, plus the costs of ‘delivery’.

The ‘meals’ that come with large ‘freedom pommes frites’ can be air-dropped’ by drones, which will make it even cheaper. As long as the man is not covered by the public option of the new health care system. This can make a good new slogan for the Republican Waterloo against health care reform: terrorists get it for free. …..
It can work, you know: I can guarantee that enough people will buy it...
Cheers
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