is a struggle for legitimacy and influence using indirect, asymmetric tactics (like insurgency, cyber, guerrilla warfare), rather than direct, conventional confrontation, aiming to erode an adversary's power and will by operating between peace and war to achieve strategic goals, often below the threshold of traditional armed conflictUnconventional warfare (UW)involves asymmetric, covert, or clandestine activities, like guerrilla tactics, sabotage, and subversion, to destabilize or coerce an enemy by supporting resistance movements or insurgencies, often avoiding direct, large-scale confrontations. It uses indirect methods, relies on local partners, and operates in the "grey zone" between peace and war, aiming to exploit vulnerabilities through indigenous forces, differing from traditional, overt warfare
from Slate
... The plan was never to become an ICE agent.
The plan, when I went to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Career Expo in Texas last August, was to learn what it was like to apply to be an ICE agent. Who wouldn’t be curious? The event promised on-the-spot hiring for would-be deportation officers: Walk in unemployed, walk out with a sweet $50k signing bonus, a retirement account, and a license to brutalize the country’s most vulnerable residents without consequence—all while wrapped in the warm glow of patriotism...
... Somehow, despite never submitting any of the paperwork they sent me—not the background check or identification info, not the domestic violence affidavit, none of it—ICE had apparently offered me a job...
By all appearances, I was a deportation officer. Without a single signature on agency paperwork, ICE had officially hired me...
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