Bad apples?
I'm goddamned tired of this stupid metaphor. Every commentator, when discussing the Army of Allah, is required to stipulate over and over and over and over that we are, of course, only talking about the Tiny Fraction Of Bad Apples, and that 99.9999999999999999% of Mohammedans are, of course, Good Hard-Working Decent Pro-Western People.

First, it's obviously false. If such a huge majority actually disliked the actions of a few misfit criminals, those misfits wouldn't be sent out to act as the knights or champions representing the people. They'd be in jail or dead.

I haven't yet seen any suicide bombers acting to stop the Army of Allah, nor any Mohammedan fighting force standing up against them.

But aside from that, it's an unbalanced and historically absurd description.

So here's the even-handed, fair & balanced, culturally sensitive way to describe the situation: On every side of every war, a small fraction of men - maximum 20% - have the guts and experience to do the actual fighting, while the majority of the nation or tribe participates indirectly, supporting the fighters in various ways. This is true of our country, and it is also true of the Nation of Mohammed (the Ummah.)

In short, we're not talking about bad apples, we're talking about the traditional functions and proportions of Army and Civilians, similar on both sides.

By this standard, who has the more efficient army? Who's getting more bang for the buck? Unquestionably Allah. Nineteen men, with logistical support from a few hundred, brought the United States to its knees. We've fallen and we can't get up. Our million soldiers, supported by 300 million civilians with trillions of dollars, haven't gained any ground because we're NOT FIGHTING in any meaningful way.

Time to bring out the A-team. A stands for Atom. If we don't vaporize Tehran and Damascus in the next few days, there really won't be any point in ..... well, anything.
  ¶ 10:26 PM