This article is a re-publish of a critique of Frank Hoffman’s Assessing “Cognitive Warfare” article that ran on Small Wars Journal on November 11, 2025. The critique ran on Matt Armstrong’s substack, Arming for the War We’re In on November 17, 2025. Contemporary security discourse is frequently by a false narrative on new forms of warfare. The recent emergence of the term “cognitive warfare” is a symptom of this misconception, suggesting a novel evolution in warfare that does not exist.