Military insurgents
This short summary will be a brief synopsis covering the issues America faces “fighting modern insurgents”. This paper will be based on information gathered from three videos created by Dr. Martin
Catino. The First being “The Iran Threat”. This lecture give its listeners a glimpse of what methods and strategies the Iranian government has been trying to employ against the US and its allies. The lecture describes in detail the various threats that the United States and its allies (particularly Israel) face. The first threat covered by Dr. Catino is the threat of a nuclear weapon. Although Iran is a sovereign state it has been a long time concern of the US that if able to develop any type of significant nuclear technology
(weapons grade or otherwise) it may fall in the hands of state sanctioned (The Iranian state) terrorist.
Iran has employed tactics such as trying to kill a Saudi diplomat and bomb a Saudi embassy in the US with the help of an Iranian American. This event shows the reach that the Iranian state sanctioned terrorism and the danger it poses even on us soil. The second lecture is titled “The Non-State Solider in History”. Dr. Catino tells his students from the onset of this lecture that the “Non-State Solider” is not at all a conventional solider or army or even the unorganized Molotov- cocktail throwing rioter. They are insurgents or guerilla groups who specialize in unconventional warfare. He explains to us that these groups are without an allegiance to a state but are often times funded by states such as Iran. These groups tend to fight using the terrain and other factors as an advantage. They try to avoid major clashes with conventional armies that are larger and better equipped. They use civilians to both strengthen their numbers and to use as a sort of bargaining chip against the worlds government. The current cancer that the US and its allies face called ISIS is this type of group. The
Catino. The First being “The Iran Threat”. This lecture give its listeners a glimpse of what methods and strategies the Iranian government has been trying to employ against the US and its allies. The lecture describes in detail the various threats that the United States and its allies (particularly Israel) face. The first threat covered by Dr. Catino is the threat of a nuclear weapon. Although Iran is a sovereign state it has been a long time concern of the US that if able to develop any type of significant nuclear technology
(weapons grade or otherwise) it may fall in the hands of state sanctioned (The Iranian state) terrorist.
Iran has employed tactics such as trying to kill a Saudi diplomat and bomb a Saudi embassy in the US with the help of an Iranian American. This event shows the reach that the Iranian state sanctioned terrorism and the danger it poses even on us soil. The second lecture is titled “The Non-State Solider in History”. Dr. Catino tells his students from the onset of this lecture that the “Non-State Solider” is not at all a conventional solider or army or even the unorganized Molotov- cocktail throwing rioter. They are insurgents or guerilla groups who specialize in unconventional warfare. He explains to us that these groups are without an allegiance to a state but are often times funded by states such as Iran. These groups tend to fight using the terrain and other factors as an advantage. They try to avoid major clashes with conventional armies that are larger and better equipped. They use civilians to both strengthen their numbers and to use as a sort of bargaining chip against the worlds government. The current cancer that the US and its allies face called ISIS is this type of group. The