ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed Highlight

This theory, which is commonly seen in authoritarian states like the People’s Republic of China or Russia, encompasses many realms of irregular conflict: media warfare, psychological warfare, and legal warfare (sometimes called “lawfare”), to name a few. While strategies of control can be used against external enemies, they can also be used internally. A strategy of control uses terror tactics to create a violent resistance to justify its brutal subjugation and as an excuse to change laws enlarging the definition of terrorism and treason. Regimes then use the surrounding chaos and noise to continue its other initiatives. It is, roughly speaking, conducting policy by crisis.