IW and Stability Operations - in your own words - what is the difference?

[Ron Humphrey]

Conventional wars general equate to when there is a set or known outcome with fair certainty as to what should be accomplished. Straight shootin so to speak.

Anything else immediately starts filtering into other forms from irregular all the way to unrestricted warfare.

It really seems to be about what you seek to accomplish and then varies in how it gets done. Aside from that I really tend to agree with WILF.

A fight's a fight. What the opponents are willing to do to win it is defined almost in a progressively downward trend.

1- Conventional - stand and fight

2- Irregular- What? he ducked, then swing lower this time rather than straight at him.

2- IW2- What? He moved out of the way then swing where he's going to move to next time

3- UW- What? he didn't show up on time for the fight- Then kill the %$##% in his sleep.

SO- fix up the house, pay the family for their food, and call for a ticket home
(Human Decency Standards) even in kinetic operations this still should be being considered)