Funny you mention ‘ant colony’ as analogy.
Last summer i had ant colony attack in my kitchen like previous summers. Difference was in the past i used something called ‘ant-rid’ baits & liquid and it worked. Individual ants took a bit of it, took it to their ‘colony’, rest ate them and i was ant-free rest of summer.
This summer i used it again and other stuff too. This time they had no results. As if ants had developed resistance to it. I kept wiping them out & they kept coming back until much cooler weather set in. Then they magially disappeared.
An analogy there in relation to islamics.
“This formulation would appear to turn the concept of defense on its head.”
http://strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/parameters/Articles/06winter/win-ess.pdf