In The Heat Of Battle

Ed. assumes his particular strategic military advice won't be sought by Colombian defense minister Marta Lucia-Ramirez. According to the Reuters story, Lucia-Ramirez, the nation's first female defense chief, is locked into a struggle with 20,000 Marxist rebels. Strategists brainstormed and came up with a PsyOps option: Lure the rebels into defection by showering them on the battlefield with thousands of pocket-sized pictures showing bikini-clad models representing just one of democracy's many perks. Well, Lucia-Ramirez -- a former model -- nixed the idea.

Ed. thought this was a brilliant plan -- vastly more friendly to the environment than, say, dropping tons of napalm.

BTW, according to the rules of war down there, male guerrillas must obtain the permission of a higher-ranking officer before having sex with a female rebel. No word yet on to whom a female rebel may appeal the commander's ruling.