Somali militiamen, (Photo from World News)From Defense Talk:
WASHINGTON: The U.S. military must continue to develop its capability to wage irregular warfare for the foreseeable future, the chief of U.S. Joint Forces Command told the House Armed Services Committee here today.
“I am absolutely certain that irregular warfare will be with us in future conflicts; we need to only look back to last summer’s Russian incursion into Georgia, where we saw many irregular aspects in that war,” Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis told committee members.
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My Comment: Irregular warfare has been with mankind since the beginning of time .... planning and preparing for it will always be part of military thinking and planning.