But it is a tiger, and so we gave him a tiger to go and come back for an hour.
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Resolution authority, all three panelists agreed, is a paper tiger that will fall apart the minute it is tested in a real-life financial crisis.
Of course Portugal and Greece have been fined, but if ever there was a toothless tiger it is the council because the fines imposed on the Portuguese and the Greeks were never collected.
Is it a coincidence that such athletes as Tiger Woods, Derek Jeter and countless others have official residences in places like no-state-income-tax Florida?
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"It is a lot of fun to be playing with Tiger on a Sunday in front of the big crowd, and actually leading him for most of the day, " Ogilvy said.
It is hard now to believe that in 1902 a tiger was shot under the billiard table (that the big cat emerged from a circus rather than virgin rain-forest, and was shot by a school headmaster, makes the story no less exotic).
But Tiger Beer is less of a niche drink than it used to be, which poses a quandary for the brewer.
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And the tiger is a living pharmacopoeia: nearly every part of it has commercial value.
Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods and can live anywhere, it is easy to see why a no tax state like Texas or Florida would beckon.
But golf being golf, and confidence being such a fragile vessel, it's far too early to assume that Tiger is truly back.
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Much like Nike did with Tiger Woods, the Swoosh is out in front when it comes to using a fallen star in an ad campaign.
So while being described as an "African tiger" is a welcome recognition of how far Rwanda has come, perhaps it isn't quite right.
Still, it is a massive spectacle, with some 240, 000 people expected to attend over the week, many to see Tiger Woods play.
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