There's a good article by Martin Muckian in Parameters that recaps some elements of global guerrilla theory. He completes the article with four recommendations for fighting open source opponents (I've attached a critique of each):
- Attack critical nodes (ie. bomb makers). Unfortunately, this underestimates the fluidity provided micro-markets in finding and growing talent.
- Attack the insurgencies weakness in political cohesion by forcing it to respond to issues that are beyond its scope. This is easier said than done since the only real way to disband the insurgency via this route is to realize the plausible promise upon which it is founded (a US withdrawal, the collapse of the Iraqi government, or a civil war).
- Reduce crime to choke sources of funding. This is extremely problematic since the basis of much of the crime in Iraq is due to systems disruption and crime is a source of funding for loyalist paramilitaries too.
- Attack the information technology infrastructure of the network. This translates into going after cell phones and Internet access. This, like the concept of oil spot isolation, kills the economy and the community commons in a semi-modern society faster than the insurgents can do it themselves.
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