Defenseless and Stupid

[WhiteFeather]

I hope the author of this one has it wrong

http://www.financialsense.com/stormw...2008/0208.html

Defenseless and Stupid

A recent Pravda headline stated, “USA absolutely defenseless against possible attack from Russia or China.” Of course, this headline seems ludicrous to most Americans. But there is nothing ludicrous about it. In 1998 a leading Russian military defector told me that Russia and China could combine to defeat the United States in a future war. Yes, such a war is possible, even if the Americans think it’s some kind of joke. According to Pravda, “No matter how mighty it may seem, the United States of America is defenseless in the face of an external enemy. Neither the U.S. Army nor the National Guard will be able to rebuff a sudden attack due to the lack of military training and equipment.”

Pravda’s assessment of American strategic vulnerability refers to a 400-page study “prepared by the independent committee which the U.S. Congress set up to test the battling capacity of the national Armed Forces.” According to Pravda, “Any unexpected attack against the USA with the use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons will become fatal for the [Americans]….”

Whatever your opinion of the War in Iraq, the most strategically significant result of the war has nothing to do with Iraq. Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has admitted that the U.S. military commitment to Iraq and Afghanistan “may have undermined the military’s ability to fight wars against major adversaries….” The U.S. military has changed its focus, losing sight of the real enemy – the most dangerous enemy of all.

The danger from Russia and China is not well understood. To complicate matters further, there is a new, rising incompetence in Washington. There is blindness in the governing class, a lack of understanding, an unwillingness to work with facts, a falsification of meanings, and fatal disregard for historical truth. Enemies are not recognized as enemies. Subversion is not recognized as subversion. Madness goes about in the guise of political correctness.

There are, of course, flashes of truth and moments of recognition. On the night of the Feb. 5th presidential primary, Republican Senator Orrin Hatch told an interviewer that he feared America could lose the economic wherewithal to sustain its armed forces. The interviewer completely ignored the senator’s statement. It wasn’t something journalists are ready to take seriously. Even so, the senator offered up a warning. He had begun thinking about the military budget and the prospect of declining revenues. You might say that the “writing is on the wall.” The U.S. dollar is falling, the banks are in trouble, the stock market is ready to tumble, the housing bubble is bursting. What will happen to the economy? What will happen to the military?

In recent testimony, National Director of Intelligence Michael McConnell told Congress that Russia, China and OPEC could use their growing financial power to advance strategic goals damaging to U.S. national interests. According to McConnell, American intelligence was concerned “about the financial capabilities of Russia, China and OPEC countries and the potential use of their market access to exert financial leverage to political ends.” In other words: The enemy has cash, and cash can buy people and companies.

The reader might say that America also has cash with which to buy people and companies. But the United States has never possessed a fully competent espionage apparatus. The Russians, on the other hand, always penetrate their enemies. To understand the power of Russia, one must understand the power of controlling intelligence information. On this basis, the Russians can do spectacular things with very little money. On the other side, the Americans can do almost nothing with vast sums. This makes the United States and its allies vulnerable.

Consider the breaking story about the new chairman of NATO’s intelligence committee, Sandor Laborc. As a Communist Hungarian intelligence officer he spent six years training with the KGB. He also has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. We all know that Russia complained bitterly about Hungary’s admission into NATO. But Russia’s complaints are purely theatrical. The former Communist countries are riddled with secret KGB-aligned structures that take their marching orders from Moscow. Therefore, it is easy to see that NATO has admitted several Trojan Horses inside its defensive perimeter. Russia has urged this process forward through reverse psychology. They have protested NATO expansion every step of the way. All the while, East Bloc agents were getting inside of NATO.

It is unreasonable to think that Laborc is a democrat committed to the free market system. As a friend of Putin, as a KGB-trained spy, he is certain to pass NATO secrets to the Kremlin. Yet, NATO officials are not moving to reject Laborc’s presence as chairman of the intelligence committee. News reports indicate that “not a single ambassador” to NATO has protested Laborc’s sensitive posting. The meaning of this event is manifold, and will escape the attention of the vast majority of Europeans and Americans. NATO is defenseless. NATO has become stupid.


here is article quoted
USA absolutely defenseless against possible attack from Russia or China
http://english.pravda.ru/world/ameri...russia_china-0

[knight0334]

All I can say is... if they wanna invade us - please, be my guest.. I'm running out of groundhogs to shoot.

[D-FENS]

All I can say is... if they wanna invade us - please, be my guest.. I'm running out of groundhogs to shoot.

I used to think that we'd withstand a ground invasion. I'm coming off that and pretty quick. With the crippling of our 2A rights, we're going to be severely under-manned and under-gunned. Our crippled 10 round mags and semi-automatic firearms would be mowed down with massive firepower and chemical weapons by a foreign force. The few million shooters that we do have are spread across 50 states and mostly in rural areas so penetrating and over-taking Urban targets would be easy. Without communications, our rural brothers-in-arms wouldn't be much help in trying to organize man/fire-power. Not to mention the cost of fuel would rise up 100 fold if it's not stopped altogether.

But it's OK, guys! We can win this war in Iraq........

Bring our fucking troops back.

[sluggie24]

I used to think that we'd withstand a ground invasion. I'm coming off that and pretty quick. With the crippling of our 2A rights, we're going to be severely under-manned and under-gunned. Our crippled 10 round mags and semi-automatic firearms would be mowed down with massive firepower and chemical weapons by a foreign force. The few million shooters that we do have are spread across 50 states and mostly in rural areas so penetrating and over-taking Urban targets would be easy. Without communications, our rural brothers-in-arms wouldn't be much help in trying to organize man/fire-power. Not to mention the cost of fuel would rise up 100 fold if it's not stopped altogether.

But it's OK, guys! We can win this war in Iraq........

Bring our fucking troops back.

Wait a minute......you mean you would actually want to protect the coasts? I would think letting them clear out NJ, NY and CA would actually be doing us a bit of a favor..... no? I highly doubt they would come in through TX. Nobody is that stupid!

[phillyd2]

LOL thats almost funny. Having been to both Russia & China I think I like our chances.

[phillyd2]

But it's OK, guys! We can win this war in Iraq........

Bring our fucking troops back.

Hate to break the bad news but we won it in just a few weeks. Country was taken and Saddam is now burning in hell. The occupation? Not so much but the take down was masterful done.

About the troops, this is going to sound perverted but we now have a battle hardened military all the way down to the National Guard. Not a good reason to keep them there but a benefit nevertheless for the future.

[Pa. Patriot]

Hate to break the bad news but we won it in just a few weeks. Country was taken and Saddam is now burning in hell. The occupation? Not so much but the take down was masterful done.

About the troops, this is going to sound perverted but we now have a battle hardened military all the way down to the National Guard. Not a good reason to keep them there but a benefit nevertheless for the future.

Some good points right there

[reels18]

Why would either country invade when their proxies in the democratic party are leading us by the nose into socialism?

It is a fact that the Chicoms bought and paid for one of our presidents and are in the process of buying his wife the same office.

The greatest threat to this country is within our own borders. Any politician that wants to reduce our freedoms, give tax breaks to companies that move overseas and take our jobs with them, allow unrestricted immigration and pays homage to the United Nations is the enemy.

The Russians and the Chinese may wish us ill, but our own politicians are doing the actual damage.

[Pa. Patriot]

The Russians and the Chinese may wish us ill, but our own politicians are doing the actual damage.

As are the consumers that have no problem buying chicom products. US $ drive the chicom economy and war machine.

[D-FENS]

Hate to break the bad news but we won it in just a few weeks. Country was taken and Saddam is now burning in hell. The occupation? Not so much but the take down was masterful done.

About the troops, this is going to sound perverted but we now have a battle hardened military all the way down to the National Guard. Not a good reason to keep them there but a benefit nevertheless for the future.

My concern with the troops occupying overseas, they're largely funded with money borrowed from China. When China pulls that plug and calls in our debt, are we going to have what it takes to bring our troops and equipment back here? Not just from Iraq but all of our troops.

Perverted indeed. We've spent $500,000,000,000 that we didn't have to one of the only bookies in the world that should scare us. Future costs are still unknown. But hey, sounds like a good investment....

ETA:

Wait a minute......you mean you would actually want to protect the coasts? I would think letting them clear out NJ, NY and CA would actually be doing us a bit of a favor..... no?

Well, that problem would be quickly remedied after-the-fact and not soon forgotten. Besides, I really like oranges.