Adapted from Dry Fire Training Cards.
What’s going on in the Ukraine has been a frequent topic of conversation lately…with family and friends, but particularly with guys who specialized in anti-terrorism work.
I want to share an email from one of those guys, who’s fought in failed states, was part of an anti-terrorism team, and who’s lived through deadly natural disasters…in other words, he has a very good and very unique perspective you should hear. He said…”You might think this could never happen to you…You would be wrong.
In fact, the stories coming out of Ukraine as more than 400,000 citizens desperately try to escape the chaos of Russia’s invasion are EXACTLY how the “unprepared” will feel the shock of a wide-scale disaster of any kind in our system-dependent society. Yes, even in the good ‘ol USA.
Fleeing citizens stacked up in a 20-mile traffic jam, desperately seeking a safe place for them and their families.
-Vehicles ran out of fuel or simply broke down.
-Some stayed in place, sleeping in their cars – trapped with nowhere else to go.
-Thousands of others pushed forward on foot… like one 26 y.o. who said, “I can’t feel my feet anymore.” as she was left to freeze outside and stay awake so that others wouldn’t steal her spot in line.
-“For 3 days, I didn’t eat a single bit of food, only water.” was the comment from one 22 y.o. refugee who found out the hard way that food and water supplies are non-existent when supply lines shut down.
-Families found themselves separated and fearful of their children being crushed in the crowds as everyone pushed their way to get across the border or grab whatever supplies could be handed out.
-People simply walked by an elderly woman who died alongside the road, her son frantically trying to give her chest-compressions for hours, trying to revive her.
These are some of the same conditions I saw in combat where everyday men, women, and children – just like you and me – turn on one another when their own survival is at stake and resources are low or non-existent. And here’s the thing…
These are the same conditions you and I will see right outside our front doors if Russia (or any other “enemy nation”, big or small) decided to just turn off our power grid with the flip of their cyber-war switch. And yes, they already have the capability to do it right here… right now… today! Our government already knows this… has warned us about it… and they know that our enemies are only waiting for “the right time”.
Is it now?
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