The first step in putting together a mastermind alliance is to adopt a definite purpose for it to attain. Who would board train without knowing where it went?

使智囊团发挥功效的第一个步骤，就是设立一个明确的目标谁愿意搭乘目的地不明确的火车呢？

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But Mr Nazir did not evict his Arab terrorist guests, and in February he declared a new alliance with South Waziristan's main Taliban commander, Mr Mehsud, the alleged mastermind of Ms Bhutto's murder.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan and the Taliban