The first two points are the only ones that have to do with Twitter. The rest of the article reads as "How to win a Fourth Generation War", even though the author is trying to make the claim that we've moved onto the next, Fifth Generation of War.

http://www.d-n-i.net/fcs/4th_gen_war_gazette.htm is the original article by William Lind that describes 4G War. Bullet point summaries: State (nation) vs decentralized or transnational enemy, psychological war, unequal warfare, everyone's a combatant. Takes a lot from Sun Tzu, really.