By Daisy Luther
How many more indicators do we need to see to realize that a major confrontation between Russia and the West is approaching rapidly? Is World War III upon us? Because it’s certainly starting to look that way, and I am far from the only person saying it. The most alarming thing about it is that WWIII is most likely to involve nuclear weapons, which brings the destruction to a level that threatens the very existence of humanity.
Steve Rosenberg, Russia correspondent for the BBC tweets constantly about the situation in Russia. To quote him:
When 1 Russian paper talks about a war between US & Russia, that’s worrying. When 2 papers do it, it’s very worrying.
In no particular order, here are 8 warning signs that should grab your attention right now.
#1 The Epic Civilian Drill
This one worries the daylights out of me. Russia is currently conducting a drill that involves more than 40 million people and scenarios will cover biological, chemical, and nuclear emergencies.
The huge four-day “civil defence” drill has set alarm bells ringing in Washington and London, with tensions already high over disagreements in Syria.
Following a breakdown in communication between the USA and Russia, the Kremlin has now organised the huge emergency practice drill – either as a show of force or something more sinister.
The drill will prepare Russian citizens for “large natural and man-made disasters”, according to the country’s Ministry for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disaster.The ministry revealed 40 million civilians, 200,000 emergency rescuers and 50,000 units of equipment are involved in the war game, which is running from October 4 to October 7.
A spokesman said in a statement: “The main goal of the drill is to practice organisation of management during civil defence events and emergency and fire management, to check preparedness of management bodies and forces of civil defence on all levels to respond to natural and man-made disasters and to take civil defence measures.” (source)
Can you hear me now? An activity on that level, with 40 million civilians? Are you really convinced that is a drill? The logistics alone make me wonder if action is about to be taken.
#2 The Deputy Commander of NATO and a US Admiral are worried
Back in May the former deputy commander of NATO, General Sir Alexander Richard Shirreff, warned about a major confrontation between Russia and the West. US Admiral James Stavridis, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, echoed that view saying:
Under President Putin, Russia has charted a dangerous course that, if it is allowed to continue, may lead inexorably to a clash with Nato. And that will mean a war that could so easily go nuclear. (source)
#3 Peace talks about a cease-fire in Syria have broken down
Talks between Washington and Moscow that aimed to broker a peaceful solution in Syria broke down completely last week.
The rift between the U.S. and Russia deepened Monday as the Obama administration quit talks over the failed cease-fire in Syria, saying Moscow’s role in the bombardment of Aleppo left nothing more to discuss.
The decision ends for now prospects for a truce and threatens to send the long war in a perilous new direction and makes hopes for a political settlement more distant. (source)
#4 Russia is no longer participating in a nuclear disarmament agreement that has lasted since 2000
Russia has backed out of a deal to convert 34 tonnes of weapons grade plutonium into nuclear fuel each year.
Russia has just withdrawn from its agreement to dispose of enough weapons-grade plutonium to make 17,000 nuclear warheads.
And…they’re blaming the change of heart on the US.
In the year 2000 Russia and the United States agreed to end the arms race and each turn 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium into reactor fuel every year. The agreement was re-affirmed in 2010.
In a statement, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United states of creating “a threat to strategic stability, as a result of unfriendly actions towards Russia.” (source)
#5 Russia is gearing up in Syria
It was reported that Russia has positioned a battery of S300 in Syria.
The specific type is said to be S-300VM, also known as Antey-2500. These are specially designed for defending against ballistic- and cruise missiles. The system will be stationed near Tartus harbor and will protect the Syrian east coast as well as the Russian fleet in the eastern Mediterranean. These also have good capabilities against attacking planes. A volley cruise missile attack by the U.S. against the Syrian and Russian airports and air forces in Syria, discussed in various U.S. papers as the start of a “no-fly zone” war, will be severely hampered by this. (source)
TASS, the Russian news agency confirmed this yesterday:
MOSCOW, October 4. /TASS/. One battery of the air defense system S-300 will provide protection for the Russian Navy’s logistic facility in Tartus and Russian ships off Syria’s yshores, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told the media on Tuesday.
“It is true that one battery of the S-300 air defense systems has been delivered to Syria. It is to provide protection for the naval logistics facility in Tartus and the Russian Navy’s task force,” Konashenkov said. (source)
#6 Four different European militaries have had to head off Russian bombers
A document released by the French Ministry of defense states that on September 22nd FOUR European countries scrambled fighter jets to head off two Russian Blackjack bombers. The bombers headed across the top of Scotland from Norway, before skirting Ireland’s west coast towards France and Spain. Norway, the UK, France and Spain all sent up fighters to intercept the jets.
According to the statement, the two bombers were first detected by Norway, which scrambled two F-16 jets to accompany them to the north of Scotland – where they were then intercepted by RAF Typhoon aircraft.
French Rafale fighter planes then picked up the bombers after they skirted Ireland’s west coast, before Spain sent two F-18 jets to intercept the Russian planes north of Bilbao. (source)
#7 President Obama seems to be deliberately trying to provoke Putin
This conflict is not just about Russia. Our own president has engaged in a peeing contest and has been every bit as provocative – possibly even more so. Obama has put boots on the ground in Syria, aiding the rebels who want to overthrow the current government of a sovereign nation.
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You CANNOT just show up in another country and start calling the shots because you don’t like the way they do things.
I have questions.
Is this just sabre-rattling or does Obama really think he has the right to invade a foreign country, shoot down the aircraft of that country, and also shoot down the aircraft of an invited guest in that country?
Does he really think he would get away with it?
Is he deliberately trying to provoke other world leaders?
Does Obama actually want a war? Because this is how you get a war.
Is he totally insane?
Does he really think Vladimir Putin will sit back and say okay, fair enough, Barack, no biggie?
And getting into a p*ssing contest with Russia? What is he thinking?
Provoking Putin takes things to a whole new level. It puts millions more lives at risk, because what is currently a civil war could easily escalate into an international conflict with two superpowers on different sides. (source)
#8 Putin is provoking right back
Recently, Russia stationed troops a mere 50 miles from the US border in Alaska.
Russia has been building its forces in the Arctic due to the natural resources present in the region but the latest move takes things to a whole new level. The forces are scheduled to be in place in less than two years time.
A defense meeting on Tuesday saw Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defence Minister admit that the decision to garrison troops in the area was actually made in 2015 and he confirmed the plans to push ahead with the formation of the Coastal defense division by 2018. The force will protect the coast from the Arctic in the north to the Primary Territory in the south.
It is fair to assume that the targets they had in 1983 will be the same targets as they have in 2018. They are strategic United States facilities that if nonoperational would hobble the United States defense capacity. (source)
Are you ready for this?
Be sure you’re prepped with emergency food, water, and other vital supplies, because when this goes downhill, it will gather speed in a hurry.
We are living in very troubling times and if we’re not careful the time to prepare for what lies ahead will have passed. We need to think very carefully about the preparations we make for the welfare of our family. Here are some resources you may find useful:
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Books
- The Pantry Primer
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- The Survival Mom
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- Prepper’s Armed Defense
- Urban Emergency Survival Plan
Daisy Luther is a freelance writer and editor. Her website, where this article first appeared, offers information on healthy prepping, including premium nutritional choices, general wellness and non-tech solutions. You can follow Daisy on Facebook and Twitter, and you can email her at daisy@theorganicprepper.ca
Prepare for an incoming nuke = kiss your ass goodbye. Prepare for roving mobs of armed cannibals = ?
There is a two-day food supply in American cities – when that is gone there will be a war of all against all. The meanest gang leaders will rise to the top of the scrapheap for a few days, and then four hundred nuclear power plants go critical. Nobody survives.
Could be more Illuminati fear mongering…WW3 while the tangled tentacles of the global military industrial complex intertwine?
1) Reported last week, China and Saudi Arabia are constructing separate military bases in Djibouti.
2) This week two US warships docked in Vietnam, first such port call in 21 years since the normalizing of relations – Japan, Russia, and France also recently docked warships.
3) Australia’s govt announced a few months ago Singapore will be expanding its Australian bases and and increase the number stationed troops to more effectively train and coordinate with Australia.
4) Last year, Chinese and US troops were training together in Washington state.
5) The Saudis finalized the multi-billion purchase of a sophisticated air defense weapon from Russia as Russia continues to rake in lucrative arms deals in the wake of the conflict in Syria.
6.) Hillary greased the skids at the State Dept to transfer classified military technology to Russia via Skolkovo (=Trilateral Commission project of Russian version of Silicon Valley) triggering an FBI letter of extraordinary warning – in return, Hillary and her campaign chairman received $35M in contributions.
7.) Reported 2 days ago, China said it will be playing a beefed up role in the UN Blue Helmets force.
Could be a sales pitch for freeze dried food.
Yep. lol Helps to have a deep gravelly voice, pair it with nonstop images of mushroom clouds, fighter jets, and warships. Ka-Ching!$
Some idiots seem to think that you can “win” a nuclear war. I just don’t know precisely when Americans became so incredibly dumb.
We’re done and we deserve it.
The “Assad must go” people ought to ask themselvs “Is it really worth starting World War III to get rid of Assad?”
That’s why it doesn’t make sense. WW3 would destabilize TPTB’s two most powerful tools of control – their hold over resources and the global casino via the debt-laden fiat system & the infrastructure and power lines maintaining their control grid. The Illuminati-Zio-Psychopath-Bankster control freaks have been working on their prison for generations.
Because the prophets said so…
Always be a light that is shininginthedark
We have no business being in Syria. Obama’s masters want him to destroy U.S. and everywhere else.
In a nuclear war the first strike will win. First the EMP to disable everything then come the nucs to wipe us out.Putin is a strong leader, Obama is a weak leader. We lose.
Nobody wins a g*ddamn nuclear war, son. Nobody. If you haven’t realized it, thinking that someone wins a nuclear war is a clear sign that you are either headed toward irrationality or that you have already gone mad.
That is a given. What I am saying is that we will be on the short end of a short stick.
THERE ARE NO WINNERS. EVERYBODY GETS THE SHORT END OF THE STICK!
Get it?
Not if you’re insane.
The crazy people in DC have it all figured out.
As I read through Daisy Luther’s article, I just could not believe 90% of all her “facts” are ‘merican propaganda. She may have the numbered headings somewhat correct, but all the data she uses to support that heading is a total load of crap!
I am an American and an 80% disabled Vietnam veteran and I have lived in Russia since 2000. I can truthfully say that I have more civil and personal freedom here in Russia than I ever did in the USA and that was before the Patriot Acts.
I usually never see anything written by ANYONE that is true. Only Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, Demetry Orlov, (sic) and a couple of others actually write the truth.
Too bad ‘mericans are so dumb that they still believe what the government force feeds them.
The majority of Russian people are wise and smart and don’t want a war anymore than westerners do. There is a serious crackdown on civil liberties in Russia for those who get in the way of the system, not good but happening everywhere around the world. [Word to the wise: PRC writes op-eds for the Carnegie’s Foreign Policy magazine. “Ye shall know them by their fruits”. He also endorsed Obama for POTUS despite his ties to Brzezinski and banksters was already known. 9/11 = Blowback (not false flag) was his mantra for a long time.]
Hey Bro – I’ve been in Crimea since 08 and it’s mind boggling the amount of BS Propaganda that all the MSM in America is throwing out there, since there are great alternative webs thru out ! oo dah chhe brat Nam 70-71 I haven’t met another Amikansky
can anybody remind me why obummah wants assad remove. like end-game
oboma does things that tptb( oil,pipelines,war profiteers,bankers,etc.), want, so they make more$$$, and in turn, make obuma, a much richer golfer.
obama has been wanting to destroy America, and so now maybe there’s a chance he can blame it all on Russia.
Appropriate and true:
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armageddon about to happen while ppl worried about clowns
Give them bread and circuses.
Seems fitting.
Just like the romans did thats why america is going down like Rome
My online research points to Obama wanting to create a war with Russia so that he can declare an emergency and refuse to let the elections occur as he already knows that Hillary has no chance of winning. Or if he cannot create the war before elections afterwards will do. He wants total power and has been initiating Executive Orders that give him the total power he wants. Things coming from this psychopath do not look good.
Does Obama know a war with Russia means goodbye world as we know it?
Are Americans that dumb?
It will all start with the USG and Israel nuking America and blaming it on Russia, then all these Government traitors will be headed for the underground bases while America retaliates and these F…s thinking everything will be just fine – once they show their heads after a few months. We need to ask one question — What/Who makes these idiotic government traitors think that an all out nuclear war with Russia is survivable , much less something to look forward to — after the initial nuking s ?
gotta luv those boogie men. The no-name potus and Putin gotta few too many artillery and planes.
gotta get rid of a few so they can keep on making more.
Billions for death not one red or blue cent for the folks that enable this mess via taxes.
Kerry you are fired.
SHEisDISPICABLE
All planned out well in advance, only this episode of dancing with the psychopaths will not end well. The future ain’t what it used to be…
This like all wars since 1812 are foisted upon us by central banking! When economic downturns are implemented, the banks take us to war. Stop using their private debt instruments and this stops quick!
Aut pax aut bellum
Just a man.
The LEAST the author could do is use a PROPER flag of the Russian Federation which is NOT the same as the one of the USSR (ie hammer and sycle as seen above)….he is just promoting by this image the reasoning of the elite that think that they are fighting the “USSR, their enemy”. The Russian Federation is NOT the USSR!
the biggest problem is the missile shield, the nukes and troops in there, the shield is understandable, but all together what for?