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They involve irregular methods of conflict. They include terror, crime, and other militant activities. Swarming combines known techniques.
It strikes from all directions. Its effectiveness depends on deploying units able to interconnect using state-of-the-art communication technology.
It works on battlefields, in color revolutions, and other type coups. It was used in Libya's conflict. It's now in play in Syria.
Swarming in Damascus was routed. Aleppo now is ground zero. Syrian forces are determined to prevail. Odds are they will. Even heavily armed and directed on the ground, insurgents are outgunned and outmatched.
Syrians know the stakes. At issue is survival. Responsible leadership demands no efforts spared. Washington enlisted killer hoards invaded Syria.
Routing them is prioritized. Assad's military has the capability to do it. If NATO forces intervene, all bets are off. Full-scale war changes things.
Robert Fisk is no Bashar Assad fan. He deplores imperialism more. On July 29 he headlined "Syrian wars of lies and hypocrisy," saying:
"Has there ever been a Middle Eastern war of such hypocrisy? A war of such cowardice and such mean morality, of such false rhetoric and such public humiliation?"
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