You identified the heart of the 5GW issue. Moral weakness translates militarily into Grand Strategy weakness. It really doesn't matter how quick your OODA is, without a viable Grand Stategy you are only spinning your wheels. This enables the possibity of being threatened by “global guerrillas” and provides the only legitimate excuse to wage war in the “Art of War.”

I agree with you on how moral weakness becomes grand strategic weakness, but I disagree with you. Moral weakness does not enable Global Guerrillas. Nothing enables Global Guerrillas. Because Global Guerrillas do not exist. Moral weakness does not allow Global Guerrillas to win. Because they have never won anything.

To the extent that Robb's theory are internally coherent, which admittedly is limited, GGs are not just another name for a non-state actor, they are not just some group that uses “open source warfare.” They are a non-state force that attempts to attain victory by depriving states of capital.

Robb's GGs attempt to hit the State where the State is strongest: wealth. It cannot work against dictatorships generally, as dictatorships show amazing resiliency in the face of economic deprivation. It cannot work against democracies generally, because democracies withstand economic pain. [1]

I want to end this comment with something snarky, like “global guerrillas are as much a threat as space aliens.” But that wouldn't be fair. If aliens actually did exist, presumably they could use death rays or whatever to win. If Global Guerrillas actually existed, they would just lose. That's why Robb has failed at creating any.

[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2005/10/28/the-failure-of-global-guerrillaism-democracies-withstand-eco.html

Think China and that books' UW approach. Light Infantry-ish GG unleashed in your enemies rear could cause mischief and distract opposition decision makers. This is different then Robb's idea though.

This is the first stuff I have typed since going to Firefox 2.0. There is a built in spell checker! Woo-hoo!

Haha, if “it's as good as a distractor as any” is the best GG justification Robb and his friends can come up with, we don't have much to worry about!

PS: Firefox 2.0 rocks!

http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/10/27/google-giveth-yet-i-take-google-away.html