The #1 Factor to Non-Lethal, Non-Mutilating, no Serious Injury combat system

By Artem V. Shamsutdinov
December 4th, 2024

Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine armed conflicts update

Sudan

RSF has lost ground but Army's outright victory is unsure. The number of mostly independent milicias is growing, the majority loosely aligned with the Army. The conflict-driving external interests have rearranged but there are no open signs of an agreement. An AU lead UN peacekeeping mission does not appear to be possible. Humanitarian aid is beginning to arrive in the country but its continuous, large-scale supply is uncertain. If the situation does not drastically improve in the coming months, a peacekeeping intervention by a major power may be the best option for stopping the conflict.

Gaza

Hamas is under heavy pressure and is more willing to negotiate, now forming a coalition with its prior rival Fatah. Israel's government is also under heavy pressure and accusations pushing it to come to an agreement. Humanitarian aid flow to the Gaza strip is intermittent and lacks sufficient protection from looting and attacks.

In the wider region the ceasefire in Lebanon is under question. As a result of the shift in the balance of forces, armed conflict in Syria has been re-activated. A full blown conflict between Iran and Israel has been averted and new security ties in the region and beyond have been and are continuing to be established.

Ukraine

RF political leadership exhibited a positive opinion of the upcoming USA administration and Ukraine leadership's recently proposed territorially adjusted peace. There is little overlap in the stated positions of the two warring parties but general signs of progress towards a ceasefire agreement exist.

Revitalized Hope

Change of USA administration is leading to re-adjustment of priorities across the globe. Whether by sufficient resolution of differences, re-arrangement of zones of influence, re-asserted control, war fatigue or all of the above, there is hope for peace to be achieved sooner rather than later.

The #1 Factor to Non-Lethal, Non-Mutilating, no Serious Injury combat system

The World continues to be divided, between "East" and "West", between "North" and "South". It is further sub-divided into regions and countries within those regions. Our regions are different geographically and climatically and over our history naturally diverted culturally and civilizationally. Each society and related group of societies took a different developmental path and learned different collective lessons at different times. Over time and distance we developed different ways of thinking and different belief systems. But despite all our divisions and differences we must remember that all of us are and always have been human. And while our collective thinking progresses, we all have been human, created in the image of God, long before any of our civilizations started their histories.

NLNM is a developing system of controlled violence in war that prevents lethality, mutilation and serious injury. There are key factors that allow to achieve and maintain this system. These factors can be used on all levels and stages of implementation. The first in order of identification and importance factor to NLNM is seeing humans in the opponent, over/overriding the velocity, direction and number of their vectors of development, or any other factors. Enforcing this factor needs to start with higher command to maintain strategic direction and discipline.

Maintaining the primacy of the "we are all human" factor will prevent any dehumanization of opponents. By agreeing that our opponents are human we are agreeing to treat them humanely, including treating them humanely in war. To accomplish this the realization of our common humanity must be proactive until it becomes second nature. Whether driven by the regulations or by the culture, humanization of the opponent is to be the ubiquitous norm.