[lindseymysse]

I always thought we could do well parachuting in cell phones into these hot spots, and these cell phones get $50 usd or maybe a little more transferred to accounts tied to that number.

Then we could have incentives -- hey, go to this mosque, not that one and we'll pay you $20 more a week.

It would be cheaper than what we do now and would be a lot more effective than dropping bombs on wedding parties.

[wolverine876]

Very interesting. As you may know, there's research showing that if you just give people cash (or other liquid forms of money), they spend it well and it's highly efficient. It's very interesting to apply that to conflict.

We do sometimes buy off governments, effectively, via foreign aid.