Comments | sptmet: I thought it was interesting anyway

sptmet

I thought it was interesting anyway

Jul 24, 2006 14:33

resolute posted a link to something called ' continual partial attention'. I think it bears more thought, so that's all for now.

mlewys linked the 95 geek theses, which I haven't decided what I think about it yet.

An army study on asymmetric warfare. Key finding: when the war means everything to the small country and nothing (or little) to the small country, ( Read more... )

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idan_cohen July 24 2006, 20:33:45 UTC

Heh. Amusingly enough, i've been planning how to work my thoughts on assymetrical warfare into a post for the past week.

sptmet July 25 2006, 14:56:58 UTC

Sounds like it could be interesting.

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sptmet July 25 2006, 14:57:33 UTC

I think it's more of a will thing. As long as the people want to fight, you're still winning.

idan_cohen July 25 2006, 23:03:02 UTC

No, not precisely. In Asymmetric warfare, there is no such thing as a decisive victory. Since there is no one on one side to be defeated - no army, brigade, command post - assymetric warfare is conducted as a series of endless tactical battles with set goals like "Return X town to our hands" or "Stop X terrorist from Y". Each goal may or may not be achieved, but it doesn't matter, as it's nothing like a victory.