Quote Originally Posted by Surferbeetle View Post
I hope that we are in agreement that TTP are types of warfare and infinitely variable, i.e. Conventional, COIN, Financial, Nuclear, Chemical, Biological, etc.
Abso-F**king-lutely! What might work in irregular warfare might fail in regular and vice versa. Context, context and context.

However when solving a multivariate equation such as war = politics + economics + security = 1 + 1 + 1 we can not assume that war = politics.
Agreed, but I would merely submit that ALL WARs are the result of political policies, be they being promoted, contested or failing. "I want your land/food/water/women/hamster grazing rights, for my me and my people" or "I want you to worship my G*d," is a statement of policy.