Events in Ukraine are showing just how difficult it is to conduct an offensive against prepared defensive lines. Much of this owes to the proliferation of drone-enabled precision-guided weapons: these not only make the break-in battle much more difficult, but render a true operational breakthrough much less likely. What we have
War is politics by other means, so I expect we'll see a lot more politicking, economicking, revolutioning, and soft power-ing in the future. This stuff just seems too costly unless you can stoke an existing fire in the form of existing dissatisfaction with the regime you don't like.
Of course, when the worst comes, you still have to be ready to push your little army pieces to the center of the table and say "all in".
War is politics by other means, so I expect we'll see a lot more politicking, economicking, revolutioning, and soft power-ing in the future. This stuff just seems too costly unless you can stoke an existing fire in the form of existing dissatisfaction with the regime you don't like.
Of course, when the worst comes, you still have to be ready to push your little army pieces to the center of the table and say "all in".
Well said.
Excellent piece. Very informative and thought out
Thank you!