What is poorly understood is that war itself (insofar as it is prosecuted with vigor and intensity) is inherently asymmetrical. There is not a soldier alive, who has survived more than 3 weeks on the ground in a combat zone, who doesn’t feel this in their bones. After perusing an army resource, a candid appraisal would conclude that all conflicts are dominated by asymmetry, with symmetry being the exception rather than the rule. War is the ultima ratio (regum), which is the final appeal to reason, in that one side determines that potential death and suffering are more attractive than the alternative. Continue reading
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Way of the Sword
As we enter a new Wolf Age, we do not know where it will end up, how far it will descend before bouncing in rubble off the bottom, or exactly what texture it all will have as things get “kinetic” (this is like bad “optics”, except with violence). America, so … Continue reading