The new warfare

By and large, I can agree with this New York Times piece on the changing nature of warfare. We are in a transitional stage of history right now, one that is in some ways similar to the 1900-1930's period. State militaries will eventually adapt to the new threat from network style militias. In many ways the networked militias are a bigger threat to freedoms and liberties than fascism and communism, though, and it could be difficult to balance fighting these networked threats without giving up freedom and liberty too easily. That, along with traditional state based threats, could be the challenge of the next 20 years.