Nyquist: Why Y2K is a tripwire for a Russian sneak attack.

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LINK All he or anyone on this forum has said is that y2k presents Russia with its finest opportunity for a sneak attack on the U.S. Nyquist asks us to pray for our country. Will you? ====================================================================== The Y2K factor


Understandably, I receive quite a few e-mails from readers. Sometimes they want to know when Russia might launch an attack. Usually they mention Y2K as a possible "window of opportunity." Is Y2K a good time to launch an attack against the United States? The answer to this question, it seems, has been provided by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. On Sept. 22 Reuters carried a story headlined "Pentagon Planners Mull Y2K Sneak Attack," by Jim Wolf. The opening paragraph of Wolf's article reported that the Y2K computer glitch "could open the door to a sneak attack on the United States, especially if many automated systems crash. ..." Wolf's story was based on a Department of Defense contingency-planning memo released on Sept. 21. The memo, sent by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to top U.S. commanders on Sept. 10, acknowledged serious defense-related vulnerabilities in the event of system-wide computer failures. The Joint Chiefs of Staff felt that the problem was serious enough to warrant emergency procedures. Five special levels of alert were discussed by the Joint Chiefs' memo. The highest alert level would be "Y2K Posture Level One," which would be announced in the event of widespread computer failures. According to the memo, if U.S. defense computers fail, "opportunistic engagements by hostile forces are possible." Perhaps what is most alarming, in this context, is Russia's current military preparations. As we approach the year 2000, Russia is mobilizing its troops, aircraft and ships. Why? Some experts see the Kremlin's current (pre-Y2K) war preparations as meaningless ritual -- like an old witch doctor warding off nonexistent evil spirits. Such silly behavior, they believe, is ingrained in a continental country traditionally surrounded by enemies. Since Russia's main industry was built with war production in mind, what should we expect after last year's financial collapse? Russia's new militaristic posture is a logical reversion -- and nothing more. Hopefully this analysis is correct. All the same, Americans should be made aware of the dangerous war rhetoric of Russia's leaders, and the Kremlin's ever intensifying preparations. Americans also need to cultivate a new open-mindedness. We need to give ourselves permission to speak openly about the danger of nuclear war without fear of ridicule. That being said, let us also acknowledge that Russia's military preparations match up with similar preparations in countries like China and North Korea. It seems that we are headed for some kind of military crisis. Whether that crisis is a series of regional wars or a full-scale nuclear war, something big is in the making. It is in the context of heightened tensions between East and West that the Y2K computer glitch presents itself as an occasion of very real danger. This is not only because defense computers may fail, leaving us without an early-warning system. There is also the possibility that Russia could mask attack preparations as Y2K preparations. Emergency measures taken by the Russian leaders may look similar to those taken in advance of a nuclear attack. But how can we tell the difference? To list just one example, prior to a nuclear attack on the United States Russia would switch many of its sensitive systems from automatic to manual control. Because of the danger of EMP attacks during a nuclear war, modifications to electronic equipment and partial shutdowns in key economic sectors would also be expected. Already the Russian government has announced a reduction in the number of airplane flights for the end of December, and the shutting down of hazardous industrial enterprises. Another danger presented by Y2K appears in the form of foolish U.S. decisions. Like a man who crosses the road while looking in the wrong direction, the United States is currently making a number of critical missteps in the name of Y2K. Among the more curious Y2K precautions, the United States is withdrawing hundreds of employees and family members from our embassy in Russia and our embassies in three other former Soviet republics. Although U.S. experts claim there is no risk to our diplomatic staff during the Y2K changeover in Russia, the Clinton administration has nonetheless moved ahead on evacuation plans. With embassies in more than 100 nations, the United States will only be evacuating personnel from the former Soviet Union. By evacuating our embassy in Moscow prior to Dec. 31, the Clinton administration is effectively trashing our on-the-ground intelligence capability. As everyone in the spy business knows, embassies are centers for gathering intelligence on the host country. To remove all but a skeleton crew from our Russian outpost is to reduce our chances of discovering aggressive plans or intentions in advance. Think of it this way: While the Joint Chiefs are worried about a potential sneak attack during the Y2K changeover, Clinton is removing our intelligence assets from Russia. Once again, the president's behavior invites the suspicion that he is untrustworthy. Even more strange is that America is not alone in reducing its diplomatic staff in the former Soviet Union. The British and other West European governments are reducing their embassy staff as well. But according to the New York Times of Nov. 8, "the American Exodus is expected to be the largest." Another strange precaution involves the placement of Russian military personnel inside a U.S. nuclear war command center in Colorado. The stated purpose of this arrangement, according to a story by Reuters, is "to prevent either side thinking the other has launched any of the missiles in their massive nuclear arsenals." Imagine what this signifies. Russian military personnel will be placed inside our command center expressly for the purpose of preventing our people from thinking the Russians have launched an attack. What do you suppose the Russian generals think about this kind of an opportunity? Will it ever occur again? The exact words of the Reuters story should give us pause. The U.S. military must be crazy to allow this kind of arrangement. If the Pentagon is worried about a surprise attack, what sense does it make putting a bunch of Russian military officers in our most sensitive command center so they can argue that the missiles we see on our radar are some kind of Y2K glitch? The entire arrangement stinks. Of course, the Russian military is not going to allow any U.S. personnel into their command bunkers. After all, the Russian generals aren't fools. It seems that only Americans are stupid enough to allow a potential adversary to place agents of confusion at the center of a vital command system during a time of increased danger. The United States is not playing a good game. Much of this, no doubt, is due to President Clinton. America's military unreadiness has never been lower. On Nov. 10 the Washington Post carried a story entitled "Two Army Divisions Unfit for Major War, Both Flunk Ratings of Preparedness," by Bradley Graham. It seems that the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division and the 1st Infantry Division are short on manpower, equipment and training. About this situation, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., said, "Over the past several years, the readiness of the Army has been deteriorating as a result of insufficient funding. ..." Meanwhile, Sen. John McCain -- who is running for president -- regularly refers to the United States as the world's "only superpower." Not to single out McCain, but this mindless rant hails from both political parties. In truth, the U.S. Army only has ten divisions. Now we find that two of them don't work. Besides that, the other eight divisions were rated C-2 in the monthly report. The highest rating, of course, is C-1. Meanwhile, the Russian defense minister is boasting about the excellent ratings achieved by his divisions as they rotate in and out of Chechnya. Yet another alarming story concerns America's tactical nuclear forces. The United States once had tens of thousands of tactical nuclear weapons. Today there are 200 left. According to government sources, most of America's remaining tactical nuclear weapons are in Western Europe. But not for long. On Nov. 5 The Express (UK) published a story entitled, "US nuclear force set to quit Europe," by Tim Shipman. According to the story, the U.S. pullout will coincide with an end to American military deployments at British air bases such as Lakenheath and Suffolk. According to Shipman, an announcement on the pullout is to be expected some time in December. Many factors of weakness are coming together at a moment of increased danger. American readiness is low, Russian readiness is building. The Joint Chiefs are worried about a surprise attack, but their resources are at a low ebb. Even more troubling, many of Russia's military preparations seem to have a December deadline. For example, on Nov. 26 Itar-Tass ran a story about Russia's efforts to ready its large anti-submarine ships to join the Northern Fleet before the end of December. Another curious Itar-Tass story is about Chinese ships stopping off at Russian ports on their way to America -- once again, in December. The story appeared on Nov. 29 and was entitled, "Sino-Russian Panel to Discuss Transportation via Primorye." In this story we have China -- with its large merchant marine -- sending ships to Russia's Pacific ports as a shortcut to America. Supposedly, stopping off in Russia will shorten the trip to the U.S. by five to six days. If that isn't enough to make your skin crawl, the European Union Parliament requested that the U.S. shut down its early warning system over the New Year to avoid an accidental nuclear war. Of course, the EU representatives made the same request of Russia; but the Russians aren't stupid. As for President Clinton, we can only hope that somebody in the Joint Chiefs will restrain him. In terms of America's global military position, Y2K is a "virtual" minefield. Many missteps are possible. An aggressive adversary could exploit the situation. Given the increased danger, and the vast uncertainties, we ought to say a prayer for the country. If we're able to watch the parades and football games on New Year's Day, if the world is at peace, it will be a moment of relief and gratitude for those of us who worry about an attack from Russia. Having navigated a dangerous moment, the New Year could be an occasion for extra special celebration.

-- BB (peace2u@bellatlantic.net), December 06, 1999

Answers

holy cow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very interesting!

-- lyndie (lyndie32@hotmail.com), December 06, 1999.

You can always buy then off with your groovy capitalist lava lamps and blue jeans, you wacky old Cold War obsessed dinosaur. Hey, I've got some paranoid raving about NASA's moon landing photo's that I'd like to air. How about I title my rant "Is Y2K a good time to dredge up irrelevant issues from the past?" That then makes it On Topic, right?

Right?



-- Colin MacDonald (roborogerborg@yahoo.com), December 06, 1999.

Colin.....if you don't give it a rest with the "on topic" crap, I may be forced to flip my kilt at you and pat my backside.

-- Will continue (farming@home.com), December 06, 1999.

Colin, I guess by now we can just assume that you believe most of what you've been fed by the Media, in terms of how our world works. Why don't you save yourself and the rest of us the trouble of reading your responses to articles like this, we know you can't concieve of anything beyond what the TV has told you is true.

-- Gregg (g.abbott@starting-point.com), December 06, 1999.

BB - Sorry, my attention span is too short for your entire article. But I'll put it this way. Russia can't afford a war with anybody. This little Chechyna skirmish is stretching their resources to the limit. Most of their money is being siphoned off to a small number of billionares. No money, no war. You can't wage war with wishes and dreams.

-- Guy Daley (guydaley@bwn.net), December 06, 1999.


---there's just hundreds of examples of how our not so illustrious self annointed "king" has sold us down the river militarily. Now I contend-merely based on admittedly anecdotal and circumstantial evidence-that 'the king" has been a paid off and blackmailed at the same time stogge of the globalists, and globalists DO number in their ranks the kgb/russky mafia mega -gang that has ruled the ex soviet union for decades. Klintunes disappeared into russia back as a college student and was gone for weeks, and has NOT ONE TIME addressed what he did while their. and then he comes back here and all sorts of slippery things have failed to stick to the teflon king, but he sure keeps coming up aces. Drugs, mysterious deaths, coroners in arkansa ruling that beheading is "suicide", yada, yada, lot of stuff. then, since prez, has single handedly about wated all of our important dot mil assets and our reliabilty and competence for national defense. Plus, making dang sure that russkyland cnd chineeland get ALL the high tech equipment they need. Payoffs to the dem party and his election efforts directly attribuatable to the chinee military, too, a real smoking gun, whitewashed with all the other things that have happened. and the apparent co-opting of the legislative branch is most obvious. So----I rule nothing out during this time frame, NOTHING. China and russia, although having some sort of high tech computer controlled militaries, still have overwhelming numbers advantage in non computer devices and equipment. we could very well see, for example, that on january 1 that china turns out to be the worlds big dog, based just on "failures" relating to y2k issues in our and the west's militaries. the only way we have been able to be top dog is because of communications and air superiority,and the lack of any threats to our supply lines, heavily dependent on computers, and if that is screwed, then, we are, too.

-- zog (zzoggy@yahoo.com), December 06, 1999.

Thanks, BB! Just like with Y2K, the possibilities exist and should be considered. Yes, I'm praying... a LOT! I'm also making another trip to Sam's Club today! :-)

-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), December 06, 1999.

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Thanks BB,

The relevance of this article is clear to anyone who has had to live through the "Cold War" era.

One CRITICAL area the article did not mention is the massive and continuing Russian Civil Defense expansion. Their civil defense expansion is extraordinary and explainable only as as a defensive measure for a PLANNED offensive nuclear war strategy.

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-- snooze button (alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com), December 06, 1999.


Here's a thought:

Considering that we're pulling our people out of Russia, no State Dept. people would get hurt if we attacked Moscow. On the other hand, if Russia attacked us, then their embassy people would be toast and so would the Russian observers in the silos. I guess it's a small price to pay as far as the Russians are concerned, unless you're one of the Russians stationed over here.

I don't think that any of this will happen, of course, but it doesn't negate my observation.

-- impala (impala@wild.com), December 06, 1999.


Gayla, what are you doing away from the fun of the FRL?

I'm glad your're going to Sam's. I'm going tomorrow for my umpteenth time. It won't be my last. :-)

Thank you for praying. It is the only hope America has left.

And if I don't get a chance later, let me thank you for all your smiley faces. They helped me smile amidst the seriousness on this forum. God bless you. May God keep you safe in the days ahead. :-))

-- BB (peace2u@bellatlantic.net), December 06, 1999.



The more of this stuff I read, the more thankful I am for Y2k. Give me the Dark Ages over communist threats, biological warfare (including chemtrails), hole-in-the-ozone, new world orders, ad nauseum. Jees, there's only so much a person can worry about.

-- Hooray Fory2k (TooMuch@toswal.low), December 06, 1999.

Hi BB! :-) I do occasionally emerge from the land of fruitcakes. LOL!

Just wanted to let anyone else who might be going to Sam's Club know... there is currently a rebate on Del Monte fruit and vegetables. After the rebate, the cans of vegetables are 20 cents each, and the cans of fruit are 50 cents each. I got another 100 cans! :-)

Glad you like the smiley faces. I AM a happy person, especially the last 2 months. Doesn't make much sense, I know, with what may be ahead, but in some regards, I'm a Pollyanna. :-)

My best to you and all of yours. Hopefully when this is over, we can all meet and celebrate. What a party that would be! :-)

-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), December 07, 1999.


"I'm also making another trip to Sam's Club today!"

If we're going to get nuked why bother with Sam's Club?? Do they sell underground bunkers now?

-- I (don't@get.it), December 07, 1999.


SYS OPS

This is a serious doomer thread. An FRL troll has invaded it. Please remove. It's the one with the smiley faces.

-- BB (peace2u@bellatlantic.net), December 07, 1999.


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