Fourth Generation War Comes to a Theater Near You
Fourth Generation Warfare is essentially terroristic guerrilla warfare: a diffuse threat that has no nation or capital, which can strike at any place or time. Such a threat lays bare the weakness of a social order in which the defense of the nation from such things is left to the centralized powers of the State and its armed forces. Diffuse threats demand diffuse countermeasures: a public in arms. But were the ruling class to admit this, it would be tantamount to admitting that the State has arrogated responsibilities it cannot meet. At which point we ask, “Cui bono?” – which shines a spotlight on the real orientation of the State and the priorities of its masters.
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