On behalf of the Visigoth Wrecking & Demolition Company (celebrating 14 centuries of deconstucting antiquity last August 24) in my capacity as pretender to the Visigoth throne, I am placing a socio/cutural/econo/political/ethical problem before Our Genial Host.

First, let me point out, that it is evident, from the following wikipedia exerpt, that Our Genial Host did not take his name unadvisedly.:

(Genghis) Temüjin broke with Mongol tradition in a few crucial ways. He delegated authority based on merit and loyalty, rather than family ties. As an incentive for absolute obedience and following his rule of law, the Yassa code, Temüjin promised civilians and soldiers wealth from future possible war spoils. As he defeated rival tribes, he did not drive away enemy soldiers and abandon the rest. Instead, he took the conquered tribe under his protection and integrated its members into his own tribe. He would even have his mother adopt orphans from the conquered tribe, bringing them into his family. These political innovations inspired great loyalty among the conquered people, making Temüjin stronger with each victory<[18]

Surely we have an isomorph of Our Genial Host's vision of the big tent?

Recognizing his keen moral compass, and in the absence of the NY Times ethicist who has been laid off, I approach him, monarch to monarch as it were, and ask his blessing for this business model, which subcontracts extortion, in order to recontour the terrain within which the  negotiation of a reduction in principle is accomplished.

It is called a Collateral Attack, because it does not accept the limits on behavior that are posited by the rules of engagement then in place. (Also, it attacks the collateral) Does Our Genial Host find this irretrievably impolite? Otherwise,I'm gonna say, Genghis says I'm polite enough, and how do you like me now?