The point of warfare is to force an enemy to capitulate, to force them into taking actions that you want them to take. Before there was modern warfare, battles were not as organized as one would think, being essentially a large bar fight. The came tactics where combatants would stand in organized groups that allowed them to maximize the power of there weapons. Formations like the phalanx, lines, and ranks were some of the earliest modern ways of fighting. This was First Generation warfare.
The Second Generation of warfare came about with the invention of gunpowder weapons like the musket. The basic tactics of this style of fighting were refined, using breech loading cannons, indirect fire, and even machine guns.
That all changed with the advent of mechanized warfare. Speed, shock, and even aerial bombardment meant that all of the Second Generation types of warfare obsolete. This Third Generation warfare played out in World War 2 and the First Gulf War.
Then came the advent of Fourth Generation warfare. This was necessitated because governments and large armies became quite adept at destroying any combatants they could see. Weaker nations responded by blurring the line between military versus civilian. This is how the Second Gulf war and Afghanistan were fought. Mix combatants in with non-combatants, and the enemy either fails to engage your forces, or they mistakenly engage civilians- either way results in a win for your side.
Now we have Fifth Generation: it’s fought virtually. It is a war of information, computers, and artificial intelligence. I think that the people who came up with this concept overlooked the utility of drones. The idea of 5GW is your combatants don’t need to risk death in order to commit to battle. That’s where we are in the US today- and the left is far better at it than the right. That’s really what cancel culture is: this is the left engaging in destroying the right’s will to fight by using means other than actual violent fighting.
It’s becoming quite effective. DJT just gave in and capitulated. The battle for Minneapolis was just lost. We are one step closer to a complete collapse.
Still, some are fighting the good fight. Read on:


