https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/3/preventing-fourth-generation-warfare-americas-stre/Preventing 'Fourth Generation Warfare' in America's streetsBy Gary Anderson - - Monday, August 3, 2020
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Nations fail when their leaders stop enforcing the rule of law and allow violent factions the legitimacy to begin to establish effective rule in the territory that they control; this undermines the mechanisms of governance such as the police, other security services and the courts. That is exactly what is happening in many of our nation’s large urban areas.
In Portland, Oregon, radical thugs rule the night and have federal facilities under siege. Having castrated their police departments, the mayors of both Portland and Seattle, Washington, have lost control over huge swaths of their cities culminating in the humiliating spectacle of Portland’s mayor being gassed by federal agents while simultaneously being heckled by the demonstrators he was pandering to while shouting “Black lives matter.†New York City has rendered the court system and rule of law virtually meaningless by allowing arrested rioters to be freed without bail.
As the radical factions become better organized, militarized and increasingly armed, counter-protesters are beginning to fill the vacuum left by demoralized police in the Pacific Northwest. We have not yet degenerated into full-scale urban warfare, but governance is clearly failing in several of our largest cities. While not addressing the threat of 4GW by name, Attorney General William Barr clearly cited the danger in his recent testimony before Congress.
If civil war in our streets is to be avoided, there are things President Trump should do. He should threaten to declare cities where the local government cannot or will not control the violence to be in a state of insurrection temporarily replacing the mayors and city councils with federal administrators and use troops to restore order if necessary.
More at URL above...Poster's comment:Gee, I think this guy's been reading my posts right here at the briefing room for the last few months...
