| Asymmetric warfare is as alien to average
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| | understand and grasp the nature of the
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| 21st century Americans as the Martian
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| | Islamic fundamentalist mind -- and have
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| landscape.
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| | never faced such a determined or
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| Yet it is a term more readily heard in
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| | fanatical foe.
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| the media nowadays promulgated by the
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| | Someone needs to tell that to the boys
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| nation's defense planners and used quite
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| | who served on those aircraft carriers in
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| frequently in reference to the war on
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| | the South Pacific during World War II.
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| terrorism.
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| | Those Japanese kamikazes and kaitens were
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| Asymmetric warfare is simply the
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| | just as dedicated to their Emperor as
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| application of unique, creative, and
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| | Islamic fundamentalists are to Allah.
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| unconventional methods with the intention
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| | We could not stop those crazed Japanese
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| to defeat a numerically and
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| | willing to sacrifice their lives in the
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| technologically superior enemy. It takes
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| | name of their cause and neither can we
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| many forms including combat and
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| | stop the dedicated Islamic radicals bent
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| psychological warfare.
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| | on attacking our homeland.
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| The 9/11 attacks and bombing of the U.S.S
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| | The difference today is there's no Harry
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| Cole were examples of applying this type
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| | Truman at the helm.
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| of warfare as were the recent verbal
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| | That simple farmer from Missouri knew the
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| assaults by Venezuelan and Iranian
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| | head of the octopus had to be crushed in
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| presidents upon the United States at the
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| | order to stop the carnage being inflicted
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| UN.
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| | in the central and south pacific theaters
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| Although asymmetric warfare has its roots
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| | of war.
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| as far back as the Trojan Campaign in
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| | So he did --- very quickly and
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| Ancient Greece and Hannibal's assault on
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| | effectively.
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| Rome, it was Americans that brought it to
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| | And this begs the question.
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| a fine art form, if not a pure science.
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| | How long are American leaders going to
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| Some have said that asymmetric warfare is
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| | allow terrorist oriented nation-states to
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| as American as apple pie.
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| | finance and use asymmetric warfare ---
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| Very few military historians would
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| | through their proxy organizations such as
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| dispute that the Continental Army of the
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| | al-Qaeda --- against the United States
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| Revolutionary War and the Army of
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| | and continue to divert attention from the
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| Northern Virginia during the Civil War
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| | more important strategic issues at hand,
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| fostered forms of asymmetric war at its
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| | such as the growing Chinese threat?
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| best.
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| | Some say it is a diversionary ploy
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| The guerrillas Francis Marion (the Swamp
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| | designed to shift the public's attention
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| Fox) and Daniel Morgan (hero of the Cow
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| | away from other pressing issues such the
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| Pens) drove General Cornwallis from South
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| | environment, trade concerns, job losses,
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| Carolina. On a much grander scale General
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| | and income stagnation.
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| Washington's victory at Trenton was a
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| | The Bush Administration wants us to
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| fine example of this type of warfare. So
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| | believe the war on terror is a
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| was Stonewall Jackson's Valley of
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| | multi-decade long struggle requiring a
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| Virginia Campaign and John Mosby's
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| | dangerous redeployment of American
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| exploits during the Civil War, not to
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| | defense resources away from cold war
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| mention Douglas MacArthur's island
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| | postures.
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| hopping campaign during World War II.
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| | U.S. leadership has an intimate
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| A major part of the new Rumsfeld Doctrine
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| | understanding of asymmetric warfare.
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| embraces the concept of asymmetric
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| | If it does not interdict the use of this
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| warfare to such a high degree that it is
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| | lethal form of tactical warfare against
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| changing American's global defense
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| | America's vital interest immediately,
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| posture on a radical basis. It is no
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| | using whatever means necessary at its
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| secret that top brass within the Pentagon
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| | disposal --- however ugly --- it will
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| and the Defense Secretary are locking
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| | eventually have a very negative effect on
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| horns over the issue on a very frequent
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| | both the economic and military
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| basis, not to mention a horde of retired
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| | institutions of the nation and a profound
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| generals raising alarm bells.
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| | impact on its political stability as
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| Our leaders tell us that asymmetric
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| | well.
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| warfare is a new and unproven field of
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| | And maybe that's what our enemies want
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| military endeavor used by terrorist cells
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| | after all. And then the octopuses of the
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| and terrorist nations bent on our
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| | world will eat that apple pie for desert.
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| destruction. That we don't fully
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