Defense Secretary James Mattis on Friday provided an update on the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, including on two significant changes President Trump has authorized that will accelerate progress and defeat the terrorist group. First, James Mattis said, Trump has authorized him to delegate more decision-making authority down to U.S. commanders who are on the ground with Iraqi and Syrian partners fighting ISIS, to speed up the program.
“No longer will we have slowed decision cycles because Washington D.C. has to authorize tactical movements on the ground. I have absolute confidence as does the president, our commander in chief, in the commanders on the ground,” Mattis said.
Secondly, he said that Trump has also approved a tactical shift from pushing ISIS fighters out from a stronghold to enabling local partners to completely encircle them and move in, referring to it as an “annihilation” campaign.
“The intent is to prevent the return home of escaped foreign fighters,” he said.
We will surround them, and then move in and kill them all. So much awesome, your brain almost can’t contain it all.
When you want to avoid conflict and try to maintain social status in times of r, you avoid doing what K should dictate. You puff up your chest, make like you are angry, and let the enemy run away. Fighting is about demonstrating social status, rather than fighting.
When you want to actually win, you need that K-strategy rejection of out-group interests, and a total focus on in-group interests. Here, all of these foreign fighters will now be removed from the battle completely, eliminating their ability to continue to cause problems and recruit others.
Only K-selection is designed to win. Using the r-strategy to try to win is like using pliers to do math calculations. r-selection just isn’t designed for winning. It is designed for r-selection.
Tell everyone about r/K Theory, because as K-selection becomes stylish, we will kill them all
