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:
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@HomeInSC · January 29, 2026 at 5:54 am
It sure seems like Trump is backing down. Every single person obstructing ICE should have been arrested and held in federal custody in tents in the AZ desert, awaiting trial for a year or two. Waltz and Frey should face insurrection charges for preventing the LE from keeping the protests under control.
MN could still turn out right. I’d like to see some Dems caught up in fraud charges.
Here’s a fundamental problem:
https://rumble.com/v74z21e-tiktok-censored-this-clip-of-liz-wheeler-wondering-about-all-the-indictment.html?mref=1htl22&mrefc=2
Then there’s the 6th Generation version
“Unrestricted Warfare” https://archive.org/details/unrestricted-warfare/page/n4/mode/1up
Can you say trade wars, Covid, Fentanyl, Chinese billionaires funding gender education, poison pet foods and baby formula?
Looks to me like we’re up to our ass in communists and swamp things.
hh475 · January 29, 2026 at 12:43 pm
I don’t see sending in Tom Homan as a capitulation. As Divemedic says, the purpose is to get the opposition to capitulate or do what you want them to do. You do that, sometimes, by giving them a way out. The Minnesota leadership was rattling sabers so much that the next step in escalation would have been the Insurrection Act and occupation of Minneapolis. That would have been a loser for Trump. If the goal is ICE enforcement rather than simply slapping down the opposition, then cooling things off to allow enforcement is a win, not a loss.
It's just Boris · January 29, 2026 at 3:19 pm
“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.”
In the latter case, it’s really only a win if your opponents don’t care about preserving the civilian population, and/or the potential PR fallout. Granted with Western nations that’s usually the case, at least in recent history. But I could see that changing depending on the scale, nature and duration of the conflict.
Steady Steve · January 29, 2026 at 7:04 pm
When you are up to your ass in alligators, it’s hard to remember that the original plan was to drain the swamp. Things are in the information gathering and documentation stage. Walz, Frey and company have been offered a reasonable way to defuse the situation and at first accepted but actually lied. There are literally hundreds of financial investigators quietly tracing the money streams thru the banking system while the useful idiots are focused on ICE operations. It’s going to be a long slog with nothing apparently happening for a long time. Then the flood of indictments and arrests.
@HomeInSC · January 29, 2026 at 9:54 pm
“It’s going to be a long slog with nothing apparently happening for a long time. Then the flood of indictments and arrests.”
It sounds good and it can’t be ruled out… but no hold breath.
Paging 00Blondie
Jim · January 30, 2026 at 3:44 pm
This isn’t real fifth generational warfare. If it was there would be drone footage.
Divemedic · January 30, 2026 at 4:04 pm
Fifth Generation warfare doesn’t include drones at all. They weren’t a thing when the term was coined 20 years ago.
James · January 30, 2026 at 5:26 pm
Operation fake out….,friggin EPIC!
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