“An Achilles' heel[1][2] is a weakness in spite of overall strength, which can lead to downfall.” Wikipedia
The United States is unique among nations for a number of reasons:
- Our open borders
- Our tolerance (and ignorance) of ideologies that promote our nation’s transformation and demise, notably Communism and Islam
- Our advanced and widespread dependency on electronics-dependent defenses, communications, commerce and trade
- Our vulnerable nationwide electric grid
Each of the above points represent severe US vulnerabilities. They are “severe” because they, for the most part, are not being addressed.
We don’t vet the great majority of illegal immigrants crossing our southern border. Sure, there is likely some number of “innocents” from Central and South America that the bleeding heart national media and churches use to justify open borders. But we don’t know how many among the 200,000 illegals per month are cartel and violent gang members, drug mules, human trafficker's, or Islamic jihadis.
Our Federal government employs Muslims and Communists of unknown allegiance at all levels. We stripped training in Islamic doctrine from our military and intelligence agencies. We shrink at the thought of “see something – say something” when a Muslim engages in questionable activity for fear of being called an Islamophobe. We have learned little from 9-11.
There is a growing “Red-Green Alliance” between political Islam and the radical left (including Communists, Antifa, BLM) in the US. This partnership is recognized by numerous non-governmental groups studying terrorism, one such group being “Start – National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.”
And now Afghanistan is a more potent Islamist jihadi terror-spreading hotbed than it was twenty years ago, thanks to the billions worth of armaments we left to our new favorite protector of US interests: The Taliban. Biden and his corrupted advisors relied on the Taliban for airport security and to clear a path for US citizens and supporters to enter the airport.
The memo our government has not received: The Taliban has the same west-hating ideology as ISIS and al Qaeda. All three groups and their countless “affiliates” practice the doctrines of pure Islam.
The Taliban is now holding US citizens, Afghan allies, and their six chartered aircraft hostage in hopes of major US concessions.
No. There is no “moderate Taliban.” There is no “moderate Islam”. There is no “radical Islam.” Islam is Islam. Islam preaches hate of the infidel, the West, and especially US culture and Israeli existence. Islam’s avowed purpose is to dominate all other groups and make them subservient to Islam.
The majority of the 3.5 million known Muslims in the US are likely to join other groups (BLM, Communists, Antifa) in spreading mayhem at the least provocation (e.g. police shooting) or sign of US weakness. Former Muslim president Obama demonstrated this likelihood with his own words: “I will stand with ‘them’ should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” Here he referred to Pakistani’s and Arab-Americans. And which ideology occupies 95% of Pakistan and the Arab nations? Islam. The majority of Muslims will do the same as that which Obama said he would do.
Oh, and we’re immigrating 10’s of thousand of unvetted Afghani (and possibly Pakistani and Iranian) Muslims into cities and towns across our nation.
If I believed in conspiracy theories, I’d believe the current administration is attempting to destroy our nation.
Now add the vulnerabilities of our open borders, our failure to vet immigrants, our failure to acknowledge the pure Islamic faith widely practiced by the great majority of Muslims, and their alliance with the radical left to our next Achilles heel: Our nation’s total reliance on electronics for defense, communications, commerce and trade and our unprotected and vulnerable electric grid.
The US is extremely vulnerable to asymmetric warfare. Our tepid, self-imposed “rules of engagement” and abysmal performance in Afghanistan prove this point.
Peter Vincent Pry has written extensively on the the topic of the potential for attacks on our electric grid and electronics infrastructure. His latest book, published in 2021 is “Blackout Warfare”. Highly recommended reading.
In it he describes the vulnerability of our nation’s heavy reliance on high tech and electronics to attack from a variety of electromagnetic pulse and nuclear weapons. Most such weapons are within the capability of not only Russia and China, but Iran, North Korea and Islamic terror groups such as al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Taliban.
Here are several of the “benefits” of an electromagnetic pulse attacks on a nation:
- It is asymmetric. It can cause thousands of times more damage than the cost of the weapon and means of delivery.
- It is stealthy in its delivery. We would not see it coming.
- It is stealthy in the mark it leaves. It doesn’t leave fingerprints like a conventional or nuke attack would so the perpetrator can remain anonymous.
- It destroys power, communications, and any banking, trade or commerce conducted online.
- It is within the capability of second world nations and rogue groups.
- It is not considered an “act of war” if minor in nature by the international community. The definition of ‘minor’ is debatable.
- It does not directly kill people. It kills infrastructure. Mass casualties may occur weeks or months later as a result of lack of infrastructure.
- The highest tech nation, the US, is not prepared for it.
Release of an atomic device 30 to 200 miles above the US will destroy our grid and fry electronic components. Great accuracy of the missile delivery system is not required. Such attack will create civil mayhem, neuter our military response, and is expected to result in the death of 90% of our population with a year of such attack. The source may never be known for certain, even if we were capable of a counter-strike.
Try Googling the words “electromagnetic pulse” or “EMP weapons" for a few eye-openers.
Even attacks against just nine key major transformer substations by embedded terror cells using readily available non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse weapons could do similar damage.
Such attacks, whether regional or nationwide have the ability to cripple the US for months or years and at the very least drain our economy of trillions of dollars in lost productivity and recovery.
Do you find these vulnerabilities hard to believe? Think again.
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