tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post2759753908661530732..comments2024-03-29T13:09:31.522+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: "Irregular" elements in regular warfareUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-35704171093366302762009-03-25T21:29:00.000+01:002009-03-25T21:29:00.000+01:00Get 'em, Sven! This is a great post. I think you'v...Get 'em, Sven! <BR/><BR/>This is a great post. I think you've stumbled on the old phenonema where if an alleged expert sees something he had not seen before, it is therefore "new" and he gets credit for developing a paper on it. Additional research and agressive peer-reviews not required.Al Mauronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08285027771593219531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-21126169236849029452009-03-22T01:18:00.000+01:002009-03-22T01:18:00.000+01:00I have no intent to attack specific persons.My int...I have no intent to attack specific persons.<BR/><BR/>My intent was rather to point out that some assertions don't hold water. <BR/>I want to vaccinate readers against the assertion that the mix of regular/irregular is new or a trend.<BR/><BR/>Everybody needs to decide how much he respects specific experts on his own.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-91017297664354494402009-03-22T01:09:00.000+01:002009-03-22T01:09:00.000+01:00"I begin to doubt their qualification."Then perhap..."I begin to doubt their qualification."<BR/><BR/>Then perhaps you could list your qualifications, so readers can judge for themselves who knows what they are talking about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-67043464688324908992009-03-21T18:04:00.000+01:002009-03-21T18:04:00.000+01:00The term "Hybrid war" is already expanding. Some r...The term "Hybrid war" is already expanding. Some read it as "irregulars using regular methods", others as "regulars using irregular methods" and finally some simply use it as a replacement for the "full spectrum" buzzword of the 90's.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-62373617652820057882009-03-21T17:25:00.000+01:002009-03-21T17:25:00.000+01:00An absolutely brilliant post. Excellent work. The ...An absolutely brilliant post. Excellent work. The term hybrid war is an invention to characterize nothing really new. As you've pointed out, military history is full of irregulars, regardless of historical epoch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com