“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers,
against
the rulers of the darkness of this age, against
spiritual hosts of wickedness
in the heavenly places.”
Ephesians 6:12 New King James Version
The Visitor
Fleet
Admiral Feliks Nikolayevich Gromov, Commander-in-Chief of the
Russian Navy, visited the United States in early 1995. In my role as
Flag Secretary for the Navy's regional commander I developed his
itinerary and accompanied his party throughout most of his tour of the bases
and local sights across the Jacksonville Naval complex.
Context for
the visit. The Navy of the Soviet Union, in which Gromov spent the major share of
his adult life, was a part of a colossal military super power whose
odd socialist production proclivities were manifest in WMD production
as much as in any other pursuit. The Soviet Union had a peak
stockpile of 45,000 nuclear warheads in 1986 and still, in 1995, had
over 25,000. The mountain of biological weapons being managed were
the result of an ongoing production effort that at one point had
reached an annualized production capacity for weaponized
smallpox, rabies, and typhus, for example, of 90 to 100 tons.
Even after the visit by Gromov, in 1997 Russia declared an arsenal of
39,967 tons of chemical weapons.
Morale was
slipping along with budgets. Soviet Russia had already experienced
it's Viet Nam in Afghanistan in the 80's, and was now engaged in what
became known as the First Chechen War.
Thus, Fleet Admiral Gromov
had a sea bag full of problems on his mind while visiting Florida and
Georgia.
What was Gromov's most pressing
question for his US Navy Flag Officer host in Jacksonville?
Chaplains. How are they trained, how
are they employed to minister to the sailors (including the crews of
the Atlantic Fleet's Ballistic missile submarines in Kings Bay
Georgia just visited)?
What was going on in Murmansk and Vlad
at the time was that Russian military leaders like Gromov were
cautiously addressing the problem of a military with an enormous
arsenal of WMDs left spiritually adrift without their “Zampolit”.
The Plan
As reported in 'War On The Rocks'
Russia has since developed “a 'nuclear priesthood' which Quote
permeated the units and commands in charge of Russia’s nuclear
forces, and became an integral part of the nuclear weapons industry.
The Russian Orthodox Church positioned itself “as one of the main
guardians of the state’s nuclear potential and, as such, claims the
role of one of the main guarantors of Russian nuclear security.” At
first the church partnered with the military, enabling servicemen to
fulfill their religious obligations while on duty. In time, religion
penetrated more deeply into the military, as Russia’s political
elite and religious elite intertwined. Today, the church has
entrenched itself at the tactical and operational levels of the
Russian nuclear forces. Depending on how one views the role of
religion in the context of nuclear forces, that’s either a
discomforting or a comforting thought. End quote.
Russia today is a survivor of
communism. The double speak of marxists are transparent lies for
the majority of the population and has little chance to engender a
revolution to achieve a communist utopia. A robust Christianity in a
Russia that still possesses a monstrous destructive capability is a
comfort indeed. This is a country that is modernizing it's ballistic
missile force, showcases a novel multi megaton strategic torpedo, and
it's horrific biowar capability persist. The rumors of their
development of a biological super weapon, 'Epox', a hybrid of ebola
and smallpox, is easily credible.
Note that Russia has a 'deep
state'. of it's own. From wiki - "In March 1992...Yeltsin acknowledged the
existence of an illegal BW program in the former Soviet Union and
ordered it to be dissolved. His decree was, however, not obeyed."
They conclude that "In hindsight, we know that with the ultimate
failure of the... [negotiations] process and the continued Russian
refusal to open the... facilities to the present day, neither the
Yeltsin or Putin administrations ever carried out 'a visible campaign
to dismantle once and for all' the residual elements of the Soviet BW
program".
For it's part Communist China, with
it's growing nuclear and, as we well now know given the product of
the BSL4 facility in Wuhan, Biological warfare systems, has
minutely studied the fall of the Soviet Union and made sure it has
party loyal Zampolit in key positions throughout their Navy today.
No Yeltsins standing on tanks in Tiananmen square for them! Enabled by the immense surveillance capabilities they employ against their own people perhaps now such a model will work, for a time.
All of which contrast starkly with
America today
What died in Moscow, and is staunchly
defended in Beijing, appears attempting to flourish in America.
Cultural Marxism, the bovine scatology
of critical race theory, and outright contempt for the elected
Commander in Chief is in full exhibition from the perfumed princes in
the Pentagon to the now, dangerously gullible, lower ranks.
West Point cadets. God,
country, identity - which do you suspect is their priority?
From the service academies to the pier,
Christianity is under assault within the today's Navy. Navy focused
blog 'Commander Salamander' reports “Catholic Masses at San
Diego-area Navy bases have ended because the Navy, in what it says is
a cost-cutting move, has declined to renew its contracts with
Catholic priests, and there are not enough Catholic chaplains on
active duty to fill the void.“
At the higher
echelons flag officers and SESs are shocked at a President showing
reverence for our foundational Christian faith and who intends to
actually set policy.
Task and Purpose – a
slick periodical showing up on bases not too long ago. Purports to 'provide
authentic reportage and perspectives on stories that matter to military
members'. Founder is Democrat exploring a NYC Mayoral bid and Martha Vineyard buddy with the Clintons.
Washington (AFP) - “President Donald
Trump's interventions in US military policy, from reversing a Navy
SEAL's demotion to withdrawal from Syria to a transgender ban,
increasingly undermine Pentagon leadership, defense experts said
Monday”,
The PRESIDENT's "interventions". Imagine that!
The question must be asked – with the
void created by driving Christianity out, will our military be our
defender or our tormentor? As anticipated years ago by ADM Gromov
and his peers , could such a force competently defend their country
and be trusted with the most horrific weapons known to man?
And, beyond the military, Marxist are
succeeding at eroding the Christian faith as part of their 'march
through the institutions' with the intent of destroying the west. A
homosexual rapist protecting, marxist Pope currently runs the Roman
Catholic Church while marxist theory 'social justice' is spreading
throughout evangelical denominations. The former courtesy of the
Jesuits, the latter, tellingly enough, facilitated by THE very same
agent of diabolic change that co founded the 'Justice Democrats' , now
runs AOC, and dictates policy to Nancy Pelosi, Zack Exley.
So, do you see it now? Certainly the
Russians and Chinese do,
We can't say we weren't warned by our
forefathers.
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral
and religious people. It is wholly inadequate
to the government of any other. “- John Adam
God help us.
PS This was written just before President Trump announced Marxist Critical Theory would be banned in his DOD. Whatever else he is, he is clearly the right man for the time.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/09/05/trump-bans-disgusting-marxist-ideology-that-taxpayers-have-funded-for-years-n2575717
PPS Diana West was spot on with this earlier this year - https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20200718.aspx
Update - 19 Sept 20 Yup, you can guess how I'm voting. http://dailytorch.com/2020/09/trump-protects-religious-freedom-as-navy-reverses-course-on-catholic-priest-cuts/ (though I'd prefer Missouri Lutheran Chaplains)
Refs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feliks_Gromov
https://www.history.com/topics/russia/russia-timeline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War
http://publish.uwo.ca/~acopp2/historyofwar/coldwar/militaryconflicts/sovietafghanwar/timeline.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_nuclear_weapons_stockpiles_and_nuclear_tests_by_country#/media/File:US_and_USSR_nuclear_stockpiles.svg
https://warontherocks.com/2019/06/blessed-be-thy-nuclear-weapons-the-rise-of-russian-nuclear-orthodoxy/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_biological_weapons_program
https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20200718.aspx
https://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2020/09/usn-tone-deaf-on-religion-again.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/us/raised-fist-photo-by-black-women-at-west-point-spurs-inquiry.htm
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/04/trump_to_feds_stop_anti-american_training_on_white_privilege_144145.html
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-interventions-undercut-pentagon-leadership-023532323.html
https://stpaulresearch.com/2019/10/31/obamas-secret-stay-behind-army/
https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/house-interiors/a8976/marthas-vineyard-vacation-house/
https://nypost.com/2020/07/31/combat-vet-with-ties-to-clintons-considering-nyc-mayoral-bid/
https://pulpitandpen.org/2019/07/29/bombshell-justice-democrats-founder-is-the-organizer-of-evangelical-social-justice-movement/
https://youtu.be/1h5iv6sECGU The Brains Behind AOC
UPDATE - 7/21/21 - in the works (as you can imagine)