The Information Equilibrium

https://www.americaoutloud.news/the-cognitive-coup-de-main-of-america/ Unless we adjust our future to account for the paradigm shifts that have occurred under our feet, our nation and its intelligence operations will once again awaken too late, to a different reality, which is likely to end badly with significant and long-term impacts to our nation’s security and place as world leader. Read the full article at link above. The reality is America is no longer a sanctuary, we are extremely vulnerable here in the USA, as our enemies have infiltrated our homeland extensively! I spent over 40yrs in national security, and today our national security apparatus is the most vulnerable it has ever been,  because few understand #CognitiveWar as the true existential threat!

 I write these articles to sound the warning to our national security leaders. We are in the midst of a major war, taking place both domestically and globally. It is a Cognitive War for which our leaders remain unaware, unprepared, and unarmed. I hope you will read and pass this onto others, members of Congress, or members of our national security apparatus and this Administration.  My warning remains unanswered! Unless we adjust our future to account for the paradigm shifts that have occurred under our feet, our nation and its intelligence operations will once again awaken too late, to a different reality, which is likely to end badly with significant and long-term impacts to our nation’s security and place as world leader. I project such a negative and reactive outcome to occur either because we lost the cognitive war totally, our adversaries succeed undermining our institutions and democratic foundation to such an extent they are no longer viable, or, because our efforts to...

  How the Iran war blurs mind and battlefield - America Out Loud News The intricacies of Cognitive Warfare are quite complex as eloquently elaborated by Edward Haugland in his book “ The Cognitive War: Why We Are Losing and How We Can Win ”: “[It is} Primarily an ideological war between tyranny and freedom, control and independence, subjugation and democracy…In its most basic form, it is a war against good and evil…[it] can and does include irregular warfare and kinetics.” The characteristics vary based upon the “theater” of activities, as the world’s attention is now focused upon the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.  There clearly is a “hybrid” dynamic at play currently of cognitive and kinetic components, as Mr. Haugland notes: “One challenge is denying, disrupting, and proactively superseding the global front of propaganda, false images, and narratives of Iran, Russia, and China, driving fear, economic reaction, and creating doubt.” These statements highlight not only the sub...