Is This The New Way To Win A War? This Author Thinks So. Winning Modern Wars Requires Humanity And Asymmetry.

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 23:51:54 -0400

There's a new way to win wars according to this author. Common strategy has always been the way to win wars. Whoever uses the best strategy is supposed to win. Now, according to this author, new tactics called humanity and asymmetry. What do you warriors think? Read On:

When weak governments destabilize and fall, it can create an opening for state and non-state actors to exploit. In an article for Army Magazine retired Army Lt. Gen. Charles T. Cleveland, Lt. Col. Shaw S. Pick, and Lt. Col. Stuart L. Farris, write about the “Gray Zone” which is created in this opening and how best to navigate it. This requires something different from conventional warfare: a view of human interaction as a form of terrain, one which is best navigated by a better understand of cultural nuances, an understanding of local languages, and similar population-centric skills.

“The concept of winning must be fundamentally re-examined in the context of a future environment in which conventional wars will be supplanted by population-centric conflicts and asymmetric challenges to U.S. power,” they write. “Though we must maintain an unmatched capability to defend the nation with conventional combined arms, the growing gray zone conflicts require new concepts and solutions.”

http://taskandpurpose.com/skyline/winning-modern-wars-requires-humanity-and-a-symmetry/

Winning Modern Wars Requires Humanity And Asymmetry

An article for Army Magazine looks at the "Gray Zone" which is an opening created by weak or destabilized governments, and how best to navigate it

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Aug 25 at 2015 2:41 AM

Capt Seid Waddell — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 02:41:04 -0400

Interesting. We may be forced to something like that in the GWOT.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 25 at 2015 10:12 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 10:12:54 -0400

Best way to win wars - violence deterrence. identify and begin to shape vulnerable areas susceptible to nefarious actors before they can influence/persuade the populace to support the ideologies of said nefarious actors. Essentially stopping violence before it ever occurs.

Just my .02