This article from 2020 reposted as I discussed Putin with a friend this morning. It. in part. explains how Putin could be a Christian.
“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.
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.
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/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://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)
