You have the general gist of it. I am a Sandan in Aikido, having practiced for almost two decades (Aikido stilll uses traditional Japanese ranking - kyu and then dan ranks, that come very slowly).

In Aikido, the idea is to blend, redirect and control, then turn your opponents energy against them. There are no blocks in Aikido, instead you blend - you are correct on this point.

So, for example, when someone goes to punch you rather than block and resist, you instead sidestep and tenken (a term for the rotational movement you see an Aikidoist make). When you do this, you have your hand on the opponent's wrist and are then parallel with them - you have blended. Then, you direct the are around in a rotary motion while backstepping to redirect and take control of their energy. Finally, once you have done this and they have lost control of their energy (balance) at the last second you will execute the throw.

The reason the throw is made at the very last second is to avoid the human body's other resistance - to that of pain. I think that is also applicable in today's environment. You see, if you cause the pain BEFORE you have fully taken control of the energy the body will tense and the throw will be much harder to execute. Much like today, if they rounded up a few of the top players, the DS would react to the pain - and that could mean bad news for tens of thousands of Americans. When the pain comes, it has to be AFTER you have total control and then, it is too late for the opponent to resist.

One of the other unique aspects of Aikido that I think of when I witness what is going on is Randori (trans. seizing chaos). This is basically the free-style portion of an Aikido test. As you rise in rank, you will take on multiple opponents at the same time. Most of my kyu tests were against one opponent, except for my second and first kyu ranks which were 2 (kyu ranks count down not up, so first kyu is rank just before becoming a dan). For my Shodan test, I had to deal with four opponents while Nidan was six and finally my Sandan was eight (two coming at you from each of the four sides of the mat).

To survive multiple opponents in Randori one must do two things - focus on the WHOLE of what is going on and use opponents against each other. You are literally executing a throw blind against current opponent, while focusing on entering against your next one. In addition, you will commonly use an opponent against another opponent - usually by throwing them into another one. Basically, this is the part of the art where you use multiple opponents against each other in addition to the basics of using their individual energy. Sounds a LOT like how the Q team is addressing the DS Cabal.