moral high ground

What the conflict with Iran teaches us about modern State-to-State war

By / 4 Comments / 12 November 2017

Summary:  The frequency of 4GW in the post-WWII war — insurgent and highly armed criminal syndicates — can obscure the importance of traditional State-to-State conflict.  The conflict of US-Israel with Iran (see links to other chapters at the end) illustrates the dynamics we’ll probably see during the next few decades.  That’s the great theme of this series about …

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Using covert operations to discredit your enemies

By / 7 Comments / 27 November 2011

Summary:  Details emerge suggesting that the career of Strauss-Kahn (head of the IMF, candidate for the Presidency of France) was destroyed by a “honey pot” operation.  It’s how conflicts are conducted in our century, as gaining the moral high ground becomes more useful than firepower and attrition. One objective of modern war – that is, of the past …

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Civil Disobedience by the “Occupy” Movement Is a Challenge to Our Rulers

By / 7 Comments / 16 November 2014

Summary:  Expansion of the Occupy movement onto colleges might greatly expand its size, improve its appeal, and change its goals and methods.  This poses a challenge to the government, which so far has successfully contained and supressed its protests.  The heavy-handed methods used so far might fail, or even fuel the movement’s expansion. All men …

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