[dtel]

Re: post 17,
I think the build up is for the US and international stage.
Big boom, pretty fireworks.
The real work will happen as you describe.
Just conjecture on my part, of course, but how else could you 'effectively' get the job done?

[Travis McGee]

Exactly! Fireworks and viddies for the proles.

Then the real killing in the shadows.

(Cell phones can indeed cause brain damage, when they are filled with an ounce of C-4.)