OTAS: operational thinking against the state

2021-04-07 21:35:57 More...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/20584525-srg_bike_squad_modules Open / Comment

2021-04-07 21:28:38 How academically interesting...

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20584526-srg_field_force_modules Open / Comment

2021-03-21 23:19:26 Seize opportunity yes. But be aware that some windows of potential are drawn out. And that patience that’s more in tune with the slower rhythms of the world rather than the bustle of the media landscape can pay off. Open / Comment

2021-03-20 22:48:26 This is one of the many tactics being deployed in Myanmar as front-liners stretch police and military resources thin to take pressure off the smaller demos and overall decrease repressive capacity. Open / Comment

2021-03-20 22:46:40 No police department has enough equipment or officers to effectively control the population of the area if enough of it’s population decide to rebel simply factoring in sheer numbers and will to act. But this is 10x as true for those that coordinates their efforts to stretch the police thin. Open / Comment

2021-03-20 22:38:48 "They want to stop the seasons. But today it's spring." 1977 Autonomia poster. Open / Comment

2021-03-19 22:41:15 The truth is the US military doesn’t really care what you believe as long as you effectively comply with your orders and don’t disrupt operations or make them lose face. There’s a very real threat of people only joining the military to get training and bringing that experience back to their gang but that’s tangential to the above image. Open / Comment

2021-03-19 22:38:42 Open / Comment

2021-03-17 08:37:15 "Life During Wartime: Resisting Counterinsurgency"

#books #counterinsurgency Open / Comment

2021-03-06 06:05:14 (but also emergent strategy is a thing) Open / Comment