Call Me Crazy

I was reading this "what the hell were they thinking post" of Froggy's about the recent abduction of G.I. Joe by the terrorists when something again occured to me:

So far, the whole thing has been attributed to either desparate insurgents, dumb-ass insurgent sympathizers or else smart-ass kid hoaxers. But what if this was a job pulled off by our own Psy-Ops people? Think about it - what if we set up a hoax that was guaranteed to be seen right through and to make the insurgents look utterly ridiculous at the same time the Iraqis were basking in the glow of their first election? As I understand it, "taunting," while a flag-throwing penalty in the NFL, is a perfectly legitimate weapon of war that we've used before in Iraq with great success.

I like to think that's what's going on here. To me, such an operation would be a thing of beauty and a joy forever.