The Pros And Cons Of Asymmetrical Wars

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asymmetrical wars are more complicated than symmetrical due to the fact that social, economic and internal security factors must be considered and not just battlefield tactics and immediate strategies. In an article written by Brian Adam Jones in Task & Purpose, “The issue with Trump’s line is that in the real world, there are irrational actors. Wars are fought with both parties seeking asymmetrical advantages. The 9/11 hijackers didn’t compare their might to that of the U.S. military before planning their attack, nor does the rest of al Qaeda, nor does the Islamic State, nor does the Taliban. Terrorism itself becomes a rational act for groups that are so small and so radical that they could never advance their agenda without resorting to …show more content…

Raymond Odierno said last week when asked about Trump's plan. "It's about sustainable outcome. And the problem we've had is, we've had outcomes, but they've been only short-term outcomes because we haven't looked at, we haven't properly looked at, the political and economic sides of this. It's got to be all three that come together. And if you don't do that, it's not going to solve the problem." Bombing Iraq's oil fields would also be a serious blow to Iraq and efforts to recover once ISIS is expelled from the country. “You’re destroying the infrastructure of Iraq, you're not really doing much to hurt ISIS," retired Lt. Col. Rick Francona said. "At some future point those oil fields will have to help regenerate Iraq.” The United States did strike oil fields in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm in the 1990s, which hurt Kuwait for years after the war. While the Iraqi government is seriously reliant on the United States and other countries in its fight against ISIS and as it strives to keep its country together, Iraq's top leaders would do more than just object to U.S. bombing of oil fields in its country -- a central part of the country's economy and …show more content…

“So we don’t want to completely and utterly destroy these facilities to where they’re irreparable,” Col. Warren said at the Nov. 13 press briefing. “So what we’ve done is we’ve used very precise carving, a very detailed analysis to strike certain parts of these facilities that will cause them to shut down for an extended period of

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