JOURNAL: Global Guerrilla Math II

For global guerrillas, size (the number of group members) doesn't matter. In fact, it is a liability. Strategic global guerrilla groups will remain small. The reason is that larger groups are vulnerable. They couldn't maintain the high level of operational security (OPSEC) necessary to stay alive if they were any larger. Size isn't necessary for impressive results. Global guerrilla tactics of network disruption provide extreme levels of leverage. Additionally, attrition can easily be compensated for. Frankly, Islamic global guerrillas have an unlimited number of recruits to draw from, more than enough to replace any losses. They can now afford to take only the best. On the tactical/local level within failed states (Iraq for example); global guerrillas can create the conditions necessary for the rapid proliferation of groups via a bazaar of violence. These local GG clones both amplify (through stigmergic imitation) and protect (through white noise) global guerrillas operating in the country.