Heh heh . . . "new, secular, authority" . . . you tryin' to say
Novus Ordo Seclorum?" 
$80 billion? That's less than a third of the equity market capitalization of Microsoft. A couple of hedge funds could come up with that, no problem.
But in all seriousness, I have been lately using, and giving you full credit for, your prior piece on "it's a luxury to fight the enemy on their own soil rather than our own." Tends to wilt the isolationists.