The United States isn’t the only place where you’ll find citizens
concerned with a rapidly deteriorating geo-political landscape and the real possibility of another World War.
According to a report from Newsweek titled In Europe and Russia There’s Talk Of War, plenty of
Russians feel the same way:
Recently, I grabbed a taxi in Moscow. When the driver asked me where I was
from, I told him the United States. “I went there once,” he said, “to
Chicago. I really liked it.”
“But tell me something,” he added. “When are we going to war?”
The question, put so starkly, so honestly, shocked me. “Well, I hope
never,” I replied. “No one wants war.”
At the office, I ask a Russian employee about the mood in his working
class Moscow neighborhood. The old people are buying salt, matches
and gretchka [buckwheat], he tells
me—the time-worn refuge for Russians stocking up on essentials in case of
war.
Older generations of Russians know exactly what the build up to a war
looks like and signs around the world indicative of serious problems simply
can’t be ignored.
With Vladimir Putin having recently purged 50 of his top commanders
following an old Soviet doctrine that calls for exactly such maneuvers
ahead of war, there appear to be a variety of actions being undertaken by
both East and West in anticipation of a large-scale conflict. NATO is
deploying more assets to the Eastern front and the Russians for, their part,
are feverishly deploying new weapons systems, one of which is reportedly
capable of obliterating an entire U.S. state the size of Texas,
as well as a Tsunami torpedo that could wipe out entire coastal cities.
And while it may be easy to dismiss the stockpiling and preparedness
activities of citizens as extreme behavior, the fact is that the governments
of both the United States and Russia are actively preparing in much the same
way. The Russians, for example, have built 5,000 underground nuke shelters in and around
Moscow. In the United States, the government’s Continuity of Government plans have called for trillions
of dollars to be spent on everything from Deep Underground Military Bases (DUMBs) to literally
billions of rounds of stockpiled ammunition by various government agencies.
Like our Russian counterparts, there are those here in the United States
who think the world is on the brink of a major paradigm shift. Though
the vast majority of the population seems to believe everything is fine,
about 1% of Americans are preparing for that eventuality.
Author Tess Pennington, whose book The Prepper’s Blueprint: A Step By Step Guide To Prepare For
Any Disaster, notes that it’s not just war, but any number of emergency
scenarios which could lead to an immediate end to life as we know it in
America:
Disasters have been going on for centuries and for someone to
think they are untouchable is naive. Roughly 1% of Americans are adequately
prepared for a disaster. The other 99% – well it’s not so good for them.
Since disasters tend to have a mind of their own and the capacity to cripple
our normal way of life, we want to create a well-rounded approach to our
preparedness efforts.
That approach may include a number of things that take into account a
variety of factors.
Should the United States come under attack by a super power like Russia, a
rogue terrorist element or cyber attacker, the end result would be similarly
disastrous.
According to Pennington, given that most Americans only have about three
days worth of food in their pantries, the obvious first step would be to set
aside emergency
food meals, water, and foods that last a lifetime. We have repeatedly witnessed
the breakdown of medical systems, most recently in Venezuela and Greece, that
show how important stockpiling live-saving medicines will
be when there are no doctors.
Other critical supplies might include barterable goods with which you can trade in a scenario
where our monetary system collapses, as well as the self defense armaments to protect yourself and your
stockpiles.
Once the basic essentials are covered, given the continued proliferation
of destructive weapons, protective
equipment for chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear threats
may be in order.
While we hope cooler heads will prevail and that talk of war is just that,
we shudder to think of the global implications should the ‘cold’ interactions
between the United States, Russia and China heat up.
One thing’s for sure: The world is descending into chaos and disaster is
coming.
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