You cited terror of the 70's which was sponsored differently than today. Today's terror is more or less an institution of radicalized Muslims. This is what their philosophers and leaders say:
?All those who study jihad will understand why Islam wants to conquer the world? Those who know nothing about Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. They are witless!?, the Ayatollah Khomeini commented during a speech which sought to inspire militant Muslims and advance an agenda of Islamic dominance through terror.
?Islam is not normal religion like other religions in the world, and Muslim nations are not like normal nations. Muslim nations are very special because they have a command from Allah to rule the entire world and to be over every nation in the world. Islam is a revolutionary faith that comes to destroy any government made by man. Islam doesn?t look for a nation to be in better condition than another nation. Islam doesn?t care about the land. The goal of Islam is to rule the entire world and submit all of mankind to the faith of Islam. Any nation or power in this world that tries to get in the way of that goal, Islam will fight and destroy. In order for Islam to fulfill that goal, Islam can use every power available every way it can be used to bring worldwide revolution. This is Jihad.?, a noted and respected Islamic Scholar Mawlana Abul ala Mawdudi (1903-1997) remarks.
The Islamic Philosopher Ibn Taymiyah wrote, ?Believers when in a weakened stage in a non-muslim country should forgive and be patient with people of the book when they insult Allah and his prophet by any means. Believers should lie to people of the book to protect their lives and religion.?
Regarding the mathematics, there are mathematical algorythms that model behaviors of populations of people, known in lay terms as Wisdom of a Crowd. This often uses Bayesian mathematics and other non-linear methods of modeling complex relationships. The modelled behavior can be used to influencing behavior and determining general outcomes.
"What makes you think, that involuntarily drafted unskilled workforce would do their jobs any better?"
I think that the Civic Action Corps is a cross section of Society as a whole and is intended as surge labor. Indoctrination into the Corps could give people basic skills in a variety of functional areas. Augmentees would not be brain surgeons but rather trained in first aide dealing with shock, CPR, IV's and dressing wounds. Augmentees could also be trained in basic public saftey doing activities such as directing traffic, channelling disobients, and standing watches. Augementees could be trained in a matter of a week on how to handle fire lines and directing wide angle spray or jets of water. They could be shown how to flake a line and hook it up.
I believe in a 4 week indoctrination course into a Civic Action Corps People could gain the necessary skills across a wide breath of disciplines. Societal members who have uniques skills requiring extensive training like programming, engineering, surgical skills, and legal skills could be screened to support more complex needs during surge times. Young people coming from colleges and community tech schools could gain practical experience during service!
I think we saw on 911 how much the system was tasked. That could be alleviated if people were civic action minute men!
