In early 2013 the Afghan Taliban put out an appeal for help via the first issue of “Azan”, an online magazine similar to the earlier (2010) Inspire magazine based in Yemen. ...
Azan’s first issue was devoted almost entirely to the UAV problem. The terrible suffering of the Holy Warriors because of the relentless UAVs was described in great detail. The implication was that many clever ideas to counter the UAVs have failed and new and more effective ideas are desperately needed.
I'm just going to say that if I was in the CIA and wanted to demoralize jihadis and depress their recruiting, I'd want to put out a magazine exactly like this issue.
Let's wait and see if the next issue of Azan includes a letter to the editor explaining how red concentric circles with a circle in the middle painted on the roof of your SUV throws off the camera aim of loitering UAVs.
UPDATE: I ran across an old post of mine from early 2013 in response to young Pakistani boys saying our drone strikes on Pakistani jihadis inspired them to become jihadis:
Personally, rather than focus on goodness lessons, I'd show those boys video after video of missiles coming down on cross-haired jihadis while they are in convoys, jihadis having lunch, jihadis sleeping, jihadis sitting around the campfire discussing the best ways to slit Infidel throats, etc. Let's give them fear and futility lessons.
And collect DNA samples from each of them, explaining that this is the best way to identify the very scattered remains of jihadis caught by one of our drone strikes.
Heh. Can I call it, or what?
