terrorist alert key; see chart below:
low terror: world peace
medium-low terror: general angst
medium terror: someone’s pissed
medium-high terror: duct tape and plastic party time
high terror: world war three
respective course of action; please follow exactly until preferred reaction:
low terror: no one’s listening; commence operation ignore until something happens
medium-low terror: instill general suspicion of foreigners through media hype
medium terror: leak scary lies about impending doom (also bandwagon syndrome)
medium-high terror: drop unfounded accusations in the state of the union address
high terror: make an example of the easiest enemy to prove american resolve
it’s a difficult thing to give the gift of peace and democracy to a world that doesn’t trust one’s intentions based upon past experience;
it takes time, patience, money, effort, compromise, and ultimately understanding.
bombs however are self-explanatory.
