The Invisible Front: How Resistance Starts Before the Shooting
Before tanks roll in, before the first shot is fired—your will to resist is already under attack.
This is the new front line.
And it starts in your mind.
#CognitiveWarfare #HybridThreats #ROC1
Before tanks roll in, before the first shot is fired—your will to resist is already under attack.
This is the new front line.
And it starts in your mind.
#CognitiveWarfare #HybridThreats #ROC1
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It’s doctrine.
The Resistance Operating Concept (ROC) was created by U.S. and European defense experts to help nations resist modern invasions.
And their #1 lesson?
Resilience starts before resistance.
It’s a national immune system.
Before a country can fight back physically, it must defend itself psychologically: its will, its identity, its unity, and its belief in the legitimacy of its own government.
That’s the true first target.
Modern aggressors don’t start with bombs.
They start with:
• Disinformation
• Ambiguous threats
• Proxy forces
• “Peacekeeping” lies
• Legal confusion
Goal? Undermine the will to resist before force is needed.
Psychological defense is just as real as missile defense.
It means:
🔸 Clear national identity
🔸 Unified narratives
🔸 Legal frameworks for resistance
🔸 Transparent contingency plans
🔸 Pre-crisis communication
🇱🇹 Lithuania published a citizen war survival manual
🇸🇪 Sweden sent every home a crisis pamphlet promising:
“We will never give up. All information to the contrary is false.”
That’s not just policy.
That’s deterrence.
Resistance isn’t reactive—it’s preparatory.
The fight for your territory starts as a fight for your cognitive space.
If you lose that?
You won’t even realize you’ve surrendered.
( Idealistic East European perspective here ;-)
And, well, 48% or so didn't vote for Trump, but need keep a bit quiet not to get too many problems.
So the silence might be elusive
As in East Europe during the cold war, counter thought is still there, but one needs not always voice it publicly.
(Parents ran away from .cz when the Soviet (well, Hungarians) decided .cz had enough democratic experiments in 1968 )