It (Al-Qaeda) is not like IBM, a monolith that is centrally led from a central headquarters. It is much more like McDonalds, a franchise that is decentralized and dangerous and linked in many ways.
General John Abizaid, head of U.S. Central Command
Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais cette petite comparaison faite publiquement ne me rassure guère sur la façon de penser des militaires US.