"In American common usage today, asymmetric threats are those that our political, strategic, and military cultures regard as unusual."

I read this as meaning "all threats since the collapse of the Soviet Union are/have been/always will be asymmetrical". Well, that's okay, because the US/UK militaries are only able to fight second-generation wars anyway. I think we'll see how badly this disadvantages them (or not) over the coming weeks.

The "asymmetry" appears to apply to all levels of conflict, as TFF has said, from diplomatic breakdown down to the post-war reprise, not just armed conflict. Interesting!




- Pfranz