Some people are saying that the day when Q wiped out all of his posts and was silent for a few days signifies that he has gone on from stage 1 to Stage 2. If this is true, what do you believe stage one was about, and what do you think stage 2 will be about?
Stage 1 is setting pieces before starting an offensive.
The start of offensive work marks the start of stage 2. Adding forces to the insurgency (the same activity that marks stage 1) continues while the insurgency is undertaking offensive action.
Stage 3 begins when the forces of the existing order have been neutralized.
The French Revolutionaries overlooked or botched stage3. We refer to the US Revolutionaries as the founding fathers.