tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760249550318021070.post1446696585898910170..comments2023-10-18T10:34:47.931-04:00Comments on IINSTP: Thoughts on Countering Unconventional WarfareInformal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitionershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781379315486039302noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760249550318021070.post-7780187212906642632016-01-02T08:13:42.026-05:002016-01-02T08:13:42.026-05:00Keep it simple. You need to delegate or transfer a...Keep it simple. You need to delegate or transfer authority. Superpowers are strong but clamsy, mostly because of the possibility of nuclear escalation.<br /><br />Thus, if for example, russian tactics in Ukraine were to be repeated in, say, the Baltic Republics, the US could not enter a direct (shooting) confrontation with the RF. A strategic ally could. Poland for example could reach out and give the russians a bloody nose in the above scenario, while being protected against an attack on their own soil by...the US!<br /><br />Another example would be that of Syria. Although US intentions in Syria are vague, we shall assume they involve the removal of the Assad regime. At the same time the russian expeditionary force is there to prevent that. Again the US could not enter a direct confrontation with the russians. Turkey could. Turkey could destroy the russian expedition with a few artillery shots. At the same time the russians could be prevented from taking action against the Turks by the support the US could furnish to them.<br /><br />You have got to understand that being in the Grey Zone doesn't mean you cannot punch hard. You are not restricted to gesturing. SOCOM raids and surgical strikes are forms of gesturing not punching. And punch you must, cuz if you don't, the UW threat will expand in the time-space continuum, creating one human disaster after another (this is one aspect of UW that frequently escapes attention).<br /><br />Throughout the world there are regional powers that are upset by the UW threat and ready to take drastic measures to counter it. Forging strategic alliances with these powers and supporting them in taking direct suppressive action, should be the cornerstone of an UW policy.<br /><br />With the obvious proviso that we are really looking for counter-UW strategies. Cuz we may in fact be looking for chaos-management techniques, which is different!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832364999365337696noreply@blogger.com