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Fri 15 Jan, 2010 08:25 pm
Quote:War and force may be down, but they are not out. Instead, the use of force is taking new forms. Military theorists today write about “fourth generation warfare” that sometimes has “no definable battlefields or fronts”; indeed, the distinction between civilian and military may disappear.
How should we interpret the meaning of "War and force may be down, but they are not out" in the context of the above paragraph?
It's a boxing analogy. When in a fight you can be knocked to the ground with a punch. Sometimes you get up to keep fighting and sometimes you're out (unconscious).
War is not gone for good or even gone at all. It is just taking, as the piece says, a different form (terrorism maybe).
@littlek,
Terrorism has always been a big part of warfare.
I am just trying to translate the piece of work post above.
@littlek,
I understand that, LittleK, and a fabulous job you did. I should have hit REPLY TO ALL for my editorializing. Sorry 'bout that.
I see! Out of curiosity, how far back do you see terrorism going?
@littlek,
At least as far back as Homo Habilis.
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