[Travis McGee]

Up thread somebody asked if there was a sketch of the cube, so I just drew one.

If I had to computer skills I'd make a nicer one.

[Chode]

UP...

[Quix]

EXCELLENT.

THANKS TONS AND TONS.

WELL DONE.

LOVE IT.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

BTW, I hope you and your loved ones are doing OK and are prepared.

God be with you each one.

[FreedomPoster]

It is worth explicitly noting that the main mixing zones would seem to be in the suburbs.

I’m in Newt’s old district, the Ga 6th. North ATL ‘burbs. Very conservative, but some of your outlying groups are nearby, and it isn’t all that far to your #1 corner.

[Palladin]

Thank you. This helps to visualize the situation.

[The Shrew]

All: FWIW, Matt's books are simply outstanding. They deal with CWII and many sub-issues in an incredibly realistic - and frightening fashion. I highly recommend them.

This article and Matt's conceptualized cube is outstanding. Great work.

Now, let me throw another wrinkle into the discussion. I learned this from a food-sales guy in North Carolina. It's hidden in the peacetime country is stable mode we've all been blessed with. But, when you change the rules (and war, insurrection, civil war, riots all change the rules) it becomes frighteningly obvious. The western 1/2 of the United States is far more centrally urbanized than many of us think.

The critical resource that you can't live without is water. I can see a govt. attempting to re-control seceded states in the independent minded west by controlling the water. I can see a group of secession oriented combatants using water against the urbanized western left Matt outlines in his cube.

I can also see F-18's firing guided weapons as dam busters at various reservoirs to encourage compliance amongst various western towns. The results would be disasterous.

Semper Fi,

TS

[Lurker]

Nicely done, Matt.

[TomasUSMC]

The question I have is will this cube hold true in the military where you have such a melting pot and such a life/death reliance among those in different parts of the cube, what say you?

[mad_as_he$$]

Interesting article and analysis. I do disagree on one facet. Were I in a position to plan, staff and implement a plan for CW2 I would plan on nuking the cities first. I don't like the concept of a protracted guerrilla war or even an Bosnia type scenario. I want an asymmetric war; if you are playing fair you aren't playing to win. It would be be enormous task to clear the vermin out of one city at a time fighting an Iraq type scenario.

The herding cats rule would come into play and you could never get enough to go along with a proactive strike to reduce the other side to an ineffective level.

So I am just doing my own thing. Intel, recon and supplies along with several scenarios for the different possibilities.

I have been watching the show “Falling Skies”. They had a group of criminals that were taking advantage of the situation for their own gain, however, they still hunted and killed the aliens. In our CW2 scenario we will not have aliens as a common enemy. Maybe we can reshape public opinion to make the goobermint out to be the “aliens”.