Obama Advisor: Winnie the Pooh = National Security

Richard Danzig, former Navy secretary in Clinton's Administration and a key Obama security advisor, said that Winnie the Pooh is a "fundamental text on national security."

Richard Danzig, who served as Navy Secretary under President Clinton and is tipped to become National Security Adviser in an Obama White House, told a major foreign policy conference in Washington that the future of US strategy in the war on terrorism should follow a lesson from the pages of Winnie the Pooh, which can be shortened to: if it is causing you too much pain, try something else.

He spelt out how American troops, spies and anti-terrorist officials could learn key lessons by understanding the desire of terrorists to emulate superheroes like Luke Skywalker, and the lust for violence of violent football fans.

Are we really supposed to build our national security around Winnie the Pooh? It's an interesting idea and is in line with Obama's desire for "change," I'm not sure that will stop terrorism.

Red State interprets the statement to mean that fighting terrorism is too hard for us.