Reaching out

Yes, I'm doing my civic duty, as both Presidential candidates have requested. I'm reaching out.

I'm not reaching out to the gloaters on the Bush side. STFU to them.

I'm not reaching out to Michael Moore and Osama BinLaden. Curses to them, they are my enemies.

I'm reaching out to my children, to my sister, to all my friends (yes I have Democrat friends) who voted for Kerry, and put their heart and souls into their choice.

This message is for you.

The world will still go on. I still love and respect you. We are citizens of the greatest country in the world, now, in the past and in the future. We have to go on.

My job, as your "Defense Minister" (God, Sis, I'm proud as hell you gave ME that title) is to protect you and keep you safe. I did that for 22 years in the military, for 25 years in the constabulary and I'm still doing it, and will until I draw my last breath, hopefully from old age.

Your Defense Minister is a planner, and I'm not resting on George Bush's laurels or anyone else's. It's time to plan NOW for our collective defense, for there is a current threat.

This is part Defense Planning and part punditry. I believe that within a week, Israel will attack Iran, reaching out in self-defense to prevent that nation from making nuclear weapons and using them on Israel and others, including the US. There will be a few days of knee-jerk reaction when the attack occurs, and it certainly can, and probably will, spill over into the US. State Enemies of ours will try to take advantage of the confusion after the attack to project their conflict onto us. We could have some terrorist activity here, and it could be planned activity, of moderate severity, or it could be spontaneous activity, or it could be both types at once. We have to prepare for the worst case, which would be area-devastating chemical, bio or radiation weapons. This preparation is not expensive, but the equipment needed will be hard to get if these attacks start here, so you better lay it in now.

For the time being, accumulate these items: as many 9 X 12 Mylar (polyethlyene) painting tarps as you have windows AND doors in your homes. Procure 6 rolls of duct tape and a utility knife. That is your seal-a-home kit. Do not share it with others, you may need it all. That's less than $20 worth of stuff, and it will allow you to protect your home and loved ones in it from chemical, bio and radiation attack, to some degree, hopefully enough of a degree. Consider procuring a NIOSH Chlorinated Hydrocarbon protective respirator to fit everyone you are protecting. It looks like a gas mask but doesn't cover the eyes. You should be using one of these whenever you paint or scrub with solvents anyway, so get one. Get a set of extra filters for it. Get a battery powered radio (not a gizmo-crank one), and spare batteries. Get a small (not a 3,000,000 CP dazzler) hand lantern and at least two sets of batteries for it. Get in a week's worth of non-perishable food and water (water = 1 gal per person per day). If you aren't a gun person, it's too late to prepare as one for this event, but if you are, take out your gun(s), clean them and assess your ammo supply. You need at least 50 rounds per gun for defensive purposes, 200 if you plan to volunteer for a militia.

Now you are ready. Be of good cheer and stout heart and be confident that you can protect yourself and your families. Listen to your local news station on AM radio, and ask your friends who do to call you the minute they hear of any major action in the Middle East. If you hear of the attack I predicted, you should get off from work if you can, and return to your home, monitor news and stand by. If there is any attack in your area, you need to "shelter up". Cover the INSIDE of the windward openings of your rooms first, then the inside of the rest and any other openings like fan grilles or furnace vents. Pick the tightest, most secure interior room, and that will be your citadel. Take the rest of your gear in there and prepare to seal yourself inside THAT room if you hear an order to do so or if you hear of any chem or bio weapons being released. The Israeli Defense Ministry has designed this program to protect it's citizens, and the IDF activated this program during Gulf War 1. There were no chem or bio weapons used, but the citizenry as a whole would have survived had there been.

First Warning Level. It's time to prepare. When the attack comes, I will have more if I can (I will be away from home, but will advise vial the Internet as I can).

Defense Minister out.

Comments

[Charlie Delta]

Absolutely excellent article. I loved the "First warning has been issued" article as well. Reality is not usually something I find out there, and I just wanted to thank you for bringing to light possibilities that I would have never even thought of.

[Nukevet]

Very interesting, isn't it? Bush needs to move away from those of us who supported him, and immediatly start to do what the left wanted in order to be a uniter and legitimate president.

It's amazing to watch the left self immolate right now. I have waded through a lot of verbiage from the port side of the blogosphere, and all I see are insults, not introspection.

My wife was/is a devout Kerry supporter - or, more appropriatly, an anti_Bush crusader. She's upset over the loss, but thinks that the party needs to change, not the 59+ million people who voted for Bush.

You got a LOT of reaching out to do there, bro....