nuke threat

NUKE THREAT


I was hanging around Saturday morning after I had completed my daily digging of The Greatest Grand Newest And Improved Super Deluxe Future Bison Underground Complex And Bunker, drinking coffee and trying to decide what to write about. In fact, it took about an hour to decide, but since I was in no hurry I didn’t mind. Yes, the weekends include rising at the same time, digging, writing and various chores, but it all gets done at a leisurely pace. I’m thumbing through various books, no ideas are coming to mind, and then I pick up “Strategic Relocation”. As I already said, this book, in an earlier edition, was clearly the Rawles Bible. Don’t bother prepping unless you are rich, take all the time in the world, stay away from fallout zones, relocate to a mountain top and farm. I’ve also already pointed out a central flaw here. Take your time prepping to afford all the necessities, but if nuclear conflict is so important a consideration, why wouldn’t that occur at any time, without warning? Let’s ponder the fallacies of our little buddy Joel Skousen’s thinking process.

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I certainly do not discount this or other works of Skousen as worthless. Even at nearly $40 this book has its uses. Just the fact that it provides an introductory overview of all 50 states, plus foreign countries, makes it valuable to the prepper who knows he has to leave a giant cesspool of an urban area located in the colon of a socialist hell on earth but has no idea where to go ( if you automatically picked Idaho because “everyone knows it is the perfect survival location”, you are a friggin idiot ). But this certainly is far from a survivalists bible. It is merely one of many resources and you shouldn’t give its advice too much credence. It is priceless as an overview, worthless as the final word on relocating. You see, Joel has a fear of nuclear war. Nothing wrong with that. Nobody wants to vomit up their stomach as their hair falls out in clumps. And to him, the nuclear threat is THE paramount consideration in relocating ( it’s right there in black and white, page 33, I’m not just being sarcastic and exaggerating ). Again, nothing wrong with that. We all have our legitimate phobias that compel us to act to mitigate them. All I want to say here is that his fear of nuclear war, while quite legitimate to him, most likely shouldn’t be shared by you because it is based on a false premise.

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You can have all the irrational fears you want, and believe me, I do, but when you are giving potentially life threatening advice to others, you owe it to your readers to be as clear and rational as possible. Your fears should be explained, so they may be judged as to be worthy of consideration or not. If I fear people because I believe they are evil selfish pricks who will stick me in the stewpot, my desert location makes sense. If you believe people will “just get along”, and are groovy and peaceful and give each other hugs and kisses, then a farm in the middle of a populated area makes sense to you. I explain WHY I don’t farm. If you think I’m full of crap, you disregard my advice. I fully support you for doing so. You have to agree with the basic premise to agree with the strategy. So, do you agree with Skousen that nuclear conflict is inevitable? Don’t say yes just yet. Ask yourself why. Why do you think the Russians or Chinese will nuke us?

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I don’t discount the possibility of nuclear conflict. It is almost certain. As the oil runs out, and quicker than you think, we will see war. And since war is resource expensive, we most likely won’t see a protracted conventional war ( you know, columns of tanks, squadrons of jet fighters ). What is in stock will be used, but there will not be a huge build up of NEW equipment on the scale of the US in WWII. There is not the petroleum or metal ore available for that. So, outside of a initial huge surge, the fight will quickly fall back to terrorist/insurgent levels ( state sponsored of course ). Nukes serve as a defensive threat against invasion of certain countries ( such as Israel ). They will be handy in a tactical environment, such as glassing over the Saudi Arabia oil infrastructure. But why would nukes be used in a conventional Cold War scenario? Why would Russia nuke us outside of defense? Joel says, because they are commies. That is his reasoning. Commies are evil, commies want to take over the world, commies are still in power in Russia but hiding in plain sight. Are you seriously buying into that? Commie world domination is comic book crap. Super Villain Egghead Perfects The Death Ray To Rule The World.

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The American Empire took over the world, not the communists. Yes, at first we were benign and righteous for the most part. We had most of the globes gold ( bribes to bail out Europe from WWI and all the bullion FDR-the vilest scum sucking central banker ass licking toad of all time- stole from the citizens ), most of its oil and a lot of ore. Russia was the only other resource rich empire, but communism crippled their economy so that the resources were not anywhere near as efficiently used. Communism made her weak, not strong. And certainly not an evil menace. American Fascists took over the world, the Soviets desperately grabbed a ring of satellite countries as a buffer to protect herself, and ever since the commies were an evil godless threat to Chevrolets, Apple Pies, Mom, and The American Way Of Life. It wasn’t about capitalism verses communism. Those were just the labels. It was merely empire against empire for dominance. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad we won. But you must rationally look at the threat of your rival to protect yourself. You must put aside public consumption propaganda.

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The Soviets were far from innocent victims of Yankee Imperialism. If they had the means, they would have gladly expanded their empire. But, primarily, their desire to expand, and all their military buildup, was defensive in nature. They feared the Mongol horde and the subjugation by same ( or the French, or German, or whoever the invader was ). The Soviets were mean, and nasty, foul ill tempered brutes. But they were also afraid. They were like a stern, unforgiving parent that allowed his children to be abandoned if they didn’t conform, because the wolves were always at the door and to survive the family needed to be strong, always. The Soviets certainly weren’t saints, but they weren’t the monsters the US portrayed them to be, to suit her own purposes. Which, quite simply, was to economically colonize the globe. And we did a damn fine job, if I do say so myself. Otherwise we really would have collapsed in the early 1970’s as our oil started to run out.

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So, no, sorry Joel, but the commies will not nuke us, simply because they are commies. They might nuke us IF we attack them. I wouldn’t blame them for that. Nuclear weapons are primarily defensive. Oh, we used them offensively in Japan. If the Cold war had gone Hot, we would have at a minimum used tactical nukes ( baby nukes, battleground weapons, not the city busters ). But strategically, a nuclear arsenal is primarily a “don’t even think about invading our ass” Get Out Of Jail Card. To base your entire relocation plans around the fact that we WILL be nuked because an author took his elementary school propaganda ( used to justify or economic dominance of the globe, exploiting poor countries to get commodities very cheap ) way too seriously is the height of folly. I’m not saying there won’t be nuclear exchanges, or even the classical strike ( you know, big cities, military bases targeted ) in retaliation. I’m saying, commies striking us to dominate the world is bogus. Remember who the aggressor was for 65 years. Compared to our manipulations globally, Chinese backing of North Korea or Russia invading Communist Afghanistan was all minor stuff. We try to overthrow Chavez yet act all butt hurt when China takes over Tibet.

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If you buy into the argument that the commies will only use a nuke strike defensively, what about smaller threats, or even the likelihood of the US causing a retaliatory strike? Part Two tomorrow.

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