Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Big Question: Can ISIS take down Saudi Arabia? Probably...

 

ISIS is the open source insurgency (see Wikipedia) I warned about when I began writing Global Guerrillas back in 2004.

For example:
  • It operates very differently than the insurgencies we faced prior to Iraq.  
  • It's composed of many groups held together by a simple set of rules (minimal vs. the maximum rule sets we see in nations).    
  • It's fluid.  It redily finds good use of new technologies and uses social media to good effect.
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  • More @ Global Guerrillas

2 comments:

  1. Not likely. Saudi Arabia pays big bucks for private armies. Not to mention the harshest environment on the planet.

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    1. Yes and I wasn't convinced either. They also have over 700 aircraft

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