>national defense device vital to security is stolen by rouge elements
>don't send Special Forces in to retrieve it
>don't send regular army in
>don't send any personnel trained or equipped to recover device

>steal national defense device vital to security
>lose it
>muck around for a few days trying to recover it instead of stealing it again
>when that fails, steal it again
>threaten to destroy ad hoc portal that teleports matter when it touches it by using matter to touch it
>turn into mind controlling demon
>don't traveling to the UN or Capitol and take over country/planet with mind control
>instead, mind control a group of high schoolers to invade a country with several million inhabitants

Twilight's not the only one acting like an idiot.

She may have the wit of Goku, but she also had his battle strategy too.