Folks, I have to say here that we are where we are at in the sequence of events that will likely bring the demise of America that I was talking about in posts back in 2009.
The first person I had to "de-friend" on FB due to toxicity of the relationship was a fellow that I knew from high school days. He dated a gal from my stake who I really liked (not romantically). Because I liked her, I kept an interest in how she was doing - and by default, he was also friended on FB. Well, he was still active duty at the time that I posted something on FB along the lines of a coming civil war in the USA. He challenged me on it at the time (back in 2009). I said it not to make waves, but as a gentle reminder that the house of cards we currently are in MUST come tumbling down; as an inevitability of circumstance, not as a hope to see the nation/Constitution perish.
Being a lower-ranking brass in the military, he took exception to me quoting Joseph Smith talking about us getting our arses handed to us to the point that half of the military would give up and the rest be to the point of despair of almost giving in. This, after we had already spent our "strength and means warring in foreign lands" and weakened to the point (financially) and so spread thin (troops and materiel over-seas - and not able to defend the homeland properly), that we were ripe for invasion after succombing to a general disaster on the homefront of plague, natural disaster, EMP, or simple civil breakdown that we are currently seeing occur in super slo-mo technicolor.
So..... my FB buddy started into me - and rather viciously for stating that the military could actually be vanquished. I then told him that it gets worse and that his home town on Olympia, WA would be virtually leveled due to EQ as multiple MAJOR faults criss-cross that location (the site of many pieces of legislation in gross opposition to God's economy). I further warned him that this EQ would come AFTER we had engaged NK once again and we then had to deal with the Chinese on our W. Coasts and the Russians on our E. Coasts. He went ballistic (as many people do that I call out or state the truth to) and I removed my address from FB and de-friended him. He was basically making threats against myself and my family. I was actually close to getting a restraining order against him, had it continued to escalate beyond where it did.
So, my point being - that this current set of events has been on my horizon for quite some time - and I am in no way surprised by the developments. Here is the article I found on Drudge:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/world/asia/north-korea-military-options-trump.html
At various times, I go into Wood Zone defcon 4 (where I keep the gas tanks no less than half full, the Wood pile zone filled to capacity and the pantry filled to capacity) - and this is one of them. I would do the same. Not to be paranoid - but just prudent, given the fact that Trump is talking big again, and he generally likes to back up his chest thumping with real, meaningful actions.....
America needs to sorely repent, but when I think of countries like North Korea, proud and opposed to freedom of religion among other things, I often remember President Hinckley's words in his talk "Look to the Future":
ReplyDelete"Doors now closed to the preaching of the gospel will be opened. The Almighty, if necessary, may have to shake the nations to humble them and cause them to listen to the servants of the living God. Whatever is needed will come to pass."
Perhaps Trump is flawed, but perhaps he will also be part of what it takes to open those doors.
I agree....are we not ALL flawed.
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