The Breaking Storm

     “Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.” – Vernon Law

     Winston Churchill’s treatment of World War II included a volume on the antecedents to the war titled The Gathering Storm. It was an appropriate title for an account of those years, as the follies of the Versailles Treaty and post-World War I European politics gestated the second great conflagration of the century. Churchill, of course, was writing from a superior vantage point, from which the errors and lunacies of the inter-war period were unambiguously visible. But then, hindsight is usually more accurate than foresight, though that’s not particularly comforting.

     Our “storm” has gathered to Cat 5 intensity. Should it break, the damage will be Biblical, in more senses than the merely metaphorical.

     I could recount specific “skirmishes,” but my Gentle Readers already know about all that crap. I could sketch in the “fronts,” but again, we’ve been over that ground many times. The first shots have been fired. The troops are massed and ready for the first great clash. And unless I’ve gone completely senile, it will come very, very soon.***

     I’ve been reading the output of a number of prominent “preppers.” That’s not because I need advice on my own preparations – I’m about as solidly entrenched as someone in my position can be – but to get a sense for their emotional tenor. Do they feel the storm-break to be as imminent as do I? The answer seems to be affirmative.

     Initially, the preparationist community focused on resources with which to endure a siege of economic dislocation: foods, fuels, power sources, tradable goods. That phase was the natural outgrowth of a pessimistic outlook that a fraction of the population will always share, even in economic good times. The outlook of the moment is far darker than that. It emphasizes the ability to defend oneself and one’s “base of operations.” That’s a mentality that anticipates war in the near term.

     It behooves us to pay attention to that shift, and to ponder the reasons for it.

     We in the Right have no desire to go to war. We don’t want conflict. We’d rather not deplete our stocks of ammo, to say nothing of the possibility of getting killed. But the sense that war is imminent arises from the perception that the other side wants it. And of course, when the enemy is determined to fight, you must rise to the occasion regardless of your preferences.

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Janice
Janice
1 year ago

Rings true to me. Individual responsibility and individual actions will lead to like-minded patriots/freedom lovers finding each other as necessary.

tom finley
tom finley
1 year ago

The communist regime has only one way to go, they will have to let their henchmen loose, fbi, dhs, irs, cia, nsa, antifa and blm. They have amassed quite an army of thugs, still the silent majority of patriots out numbers them. I am also sure it is about to kick off very soon, the abuses and loss of freedom and liberty are egregious, beyond what any of us could have imagined. I am as ready as I will ever be, no mercy, no quarter they deserve neither.

Splish_Splash
Splish_Splash
1 year ago

I am generally a rather naive person. When a few years ago and infanticide came up on some sites -- i was horrified to say the least. I should know by now, latter 70s there is not end to the depth of sin in the human heart. I am the most prolife person you have ever met really. My soul is seared to the bottom of my being! I still have difficulty dealing with this next step in the murder of innocent lives. There was a baby, not mine that I wanted to adopt, but the mother aborted that baby -- I will never get over that -- The Lord assured me I will meet what I consider my baby in Glory!

robehr orinsky
robehr orinsky
1 year ago

There are many of the Remnant in America that not only have made peace with their God but have no fear of death . When those that love this world and their lives come up against us they will be not only surprised but probably also dead . You can’t kill a dead man and I died when I went down to the river and went under that water of baptism . The murder of an innocent has always been my greatest commitment . It is why I as a 27 year old Democrat born , union family , young man walked up to the courthouse in 1973 after Roe V Wade and despite the ire and hatred of my whole family changed my affiliation to Republican . Many of my family after seeing my walk of faith repented and turned Republican afterwards . Sadly we are now at the place where we cannot trust the Republicans to back us up and do the right thing . I see no way out . Only through . Then through it shall be . They can have it their way .

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strider 777
1 year ago
Reply to  robehr orinsky

God bless you and strengthen you, brother.

Citizen Joe
Citizen Joe
1 year ago

Wouldn’t it be more effective if we didn’t say we’re against abortion, but rather we say we are against murdering babies. The more I learn about abortion the nastier it is. Babies having their arms ripped off to get them out. They feel that. And partial birth abortion is straight up murder. What do they do, push a steel rod into the babies skull to kill it?