United States Invaded (2 page)

Steve looking thoughtful says, “Alvin, good idea, I’m going to step out for a minute to call him.” Steve steps out of the situation room, he speed dials the head of the secret service, “Bob, Steve here, we have a ‘Case White’ situation, yes I repeat, ’Case White,' timeline zero. He’s currently in the Situation Room with the entire cabinet. The first lady is in the East Wing, as are his dogs.”

Steve steps back into the meeting, nodding to the President.

President Brownstone says, “John, as Secretary of Defense, what are your thoughts?”

“Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I agree with Alvin we’re going to have issues in our relations with every other country. Mr. President, I suggest we increase our Defense Condition to ’Round House,’ DEFCON 3.”

“John, do you think us increasing our defense condition before Reid’s speech will tip him off that we know what he’s going to say tonight? I worry that he’ll see our change, as will Puten which may force them to advance their timeline.”

“Mr. President, that’s a very good point, I’ll alert the various commands that tonight during President Reid’s speech we are going to ’Round House.’ I’ll put every base on Threatcon Delta right now.”

“John, cancel all leaves and notify Admiral Zander I want everything he has flushed to sea by 9:30 PM, tell General Jackson to cancel all leaves and prepare to move the 101
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to Washington. Tell the Air Force to increase the number CAP (Combat Air Patrol) and Zulu fighters. (Air defense fighters kept armed, ready to launch within minutes). I pray we’re not going to need them, but, I’d rather have them and not need them than need and not have them.”

“Yes, Mr. President, most of those actions are part of Round House, may I be excused for a few minutes?”

“Good idea, I suggest we take a fifteen minute break. Steve, will you please wait to see me during the break?”

“Of course.”

As the meeting breaks, everyone pulls out their secure cellular phones giving instructions to their staffs.

“Steve, I think many of the countries will freeze our assets, you have three hours advance notice, see if you can move or protect as many of our assets as possible. Try to move everything out of and away from any potential country that is most likely going to condemn us. I think you should also reach out to our largest international companies - I don’t want them to have their assets frozen. They’ll start laying people off, killing our recovery in mid-step. Make sure you remind the CEO’s you take into your confidence this is top secret information. If they leak it, they’ll never get another heads-up from us again.”

“I’ll see what we can do about moving accounts around, would you like me to freeze the assets of our European and Russian friends?”

“Can you do so without letting them know we’re doing so? Am I right that Puten has left most of their assets in place?”

“Yes, Mr. President, he has.”

“Steve, I don’t want to tip off President Reid before he makes his announcement tonight. I’d like to see how we can confuse Reid and ensure our assets are protected. I would like you to notify the CEOs of the banks holding their assets that we’re going to be freezing them tonight. Ask them to notify you if they get a request to move assets before 9:00 PM tonight, under no circumstances do I want Puten to be able to move Russian assets out of the country.”

“Mr. President, I understand, I have a lot of work to do and not much time, I’ll return soon.”

“Steve, increase the secret service protection details on all of the cabinet Secretaries.”

“Sir, under case White and Round House it’s automatic.”

While the President and Steve are talking, the door to the Situation Room opens, and four heavily armed secret service agents enter, taking up positions at each corner of the room. Other agents take up positions through the White House and arm themselves with shoulder-fired anti-air missiles on the White House roof. Heavily armed agents and armored vehicles take up position all over the capital. 

The cabinet meeting continues with Rash standing next to the President. “Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, the President has given me permission to publish the Edison union’s letter to Mayor De Farco in New York City, which the mayor ignored, four minutes into President Reid’s speech, every social media site will be flooded with copies of the letters. We’re also going to flood the web with our side of the story before Reid gets midway through his speech, I’ll be holding a press conference within a minute of Reid’s speech ending, in fact, the White House press corps will be watching Reid’s address in the press room. That way we can watch their reaction and body language. You’ll be able to watch their reactions from here in the Situation Room; we’ve wired the press room with hidden cameras. We’re trying to get ahold of some of the people who lived in an abandoned tunnel with President Obsma; we’ve also got the manager of the New York power generation plant which will attend my press conference. He’s going to say we had nothing to do with the interruption of power. He’s also going to say the Mayor of New York used force to take the plant over; the Mayor nationalized the plant costing Edison power millions of dollars in losses. He’s going to mock the Mayor for not responding to their demands. My staff is monitoring all of the left-wing forums and all the social media sites.”

Ted, the Vice President, asks, “Rash, I know you’ll do very well, my concern is as you’ve labeled them the low informational voters, are any even going to be listening to you? Wouldn’t their minds already are made up against us simply because we’re not progressives?”

“Mr. Vice President, that’s why we’re going to be flooding the web. The NSA and the FBI have hundreds of hackers who act as various forum members. We have software scanning the web for anti-government, anti-President Brownstone remarks.  As soon as anyone makes a post, our people will respond with positive comments.”

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President Puten is meeting with his key advisors in the executive conference room. “Andredov, as Minister of Finance, where do we stand with respect to Reid’s announcement?”

“Mr. President, as soon as President Reid makes his accusation against President Brownstone, we’ll make an announcement we’re freezing all of the American assets in Europe. We’ve already placed short orders with our agents on Wall Street.  Before Reid completes his remarks, we’ll have dumped all of our remaining dollars and shares in any American companies. We’re also going to announce our oil and natural gas deal with Premier Xing.”

“General Voldodin?”

“Mr. President, our strategic forces will go on Red Banner 2 alert 5 minutes before Reid begins his remarks.  Our navy has attack submarines 2 miles outside Norfolk, Pearl Harbor and San Diego. If the USA Navy tries to surge their fleet, we’ll order them to stop, if they refuse we’ll sink one of their ships that will block the channel. Their fleet will be bottled up unable to respond. Once their fleet is bottled up in their ports, we’ll have control of the world’s oceans.”

President Puten smiles saying, “This is our time to take down Brownstone. The entire world will turn on the USA; they will demand Brownstone’s head. Of course, we, the peace loving people of the Russian Federation, will help bring him to justice. The world will see Russia as the ‘good guys.'  Since he will certainly be found guilty, in fact, President Reid, and I have spread out enough gold to ensure he will be found guilty no matter what is said inside the courtroom. The Russian Federation will provide military support to Reid’s LSA to bring the murderer to face his sentence. We’ll have control of the world except for China, which we’ll get soon enough. The world’s financial markets are going to blackball the American dollar, which will close America’s markets to China, causing China’s economy to implode, when it does; we’ll be ready to step in. We’ll help them by taking them over.

“Mr. President, won’t President Brownstone respond in kind to each of our actions?”

“General, yes he will, however, he’ll be responding to us versus being able to be proactive to the problems. Just think of the confusion the average American is going to feel when their President is found guilty of murder. At the same time, they will wake up to learn their dollar is worthless. They’ll turn on Brownstone very quickly. They’ll turn on his entire administration. Many will feel sorry for the LSA; they may even request to join the LSA making our task even easier. I suggest we watch Reid’s performance together. I’ll have a few bottles of our best vodka chilled for our celebration.”

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Sitting across from me, my best friend and police lieutenant Ron asks, “Brad, are you planning on watching President Reid’s speech tonight?”

“Do I have a choice? Anything he says is carried as real news by the LSA loving press. Even after the country’s break up the press is still on his side. I thought they would have been able to look at the results of both of the countries. I thought they would see whose made progress and who’s going backwards. The press is still the liberal propaganda department it’s been for fifty years. The truth means nothing to them if it debunks what they KNOW to be the truth. They will lie even if the truth helps them. God, I hate all of the so-called talking head experts on TV. None of them can find their own ass.”

“At least Wolf News is back on the air, they got their broadcast license back. They must be driving the LSA crazy.”

“Ron, are you asking to join Kathy and I this evening to watch the announcement?”

“Sure took you long enough to catch on, I assume you’ll be serving snacks and beer?”

“Of course Officer, we wouldn’t want to upset our local police lieutenant would we?”

“Make sure the beer is cold, last night we ran out and had to drink the last can warm, this isn’t the United Kingdom. I don’t like warm beer. Do it again, and I’ll have to arrest you for crimes against mankind for serving warm beer.”

I threw a handful of nuts at him.

“That’s assaulting a police officer.”

We both laugh agreeing to see each other later.

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In the People’s great hall, the People’s Republic of China ministers are meeting with the Premier, who is also the Chairman of the Communist Party. “Premier Xing what do you propose we do about President Reid’s address?”

“Minister, nothing, nothing at all, we’re going to sit on the sidelines and watch the events unfold. We will publicly condemn President Brownstone and privately support him. We’ll continue trading as if nothing has happened. I don’t want to impact our economy. I don’t believe President Brownstone had anything to do with President Obsma’s death. I’ve held many discussions with President Brownstone; I’ve learned he’s not a normal American politician.”

The commanding general of the People’s military, General Tao asks, “Mr. Premier, should we place our forces on a higher state of alert?”  

“General Tao I believe the Russians are pulling Reid’s strings backstage. I believe Puten is controlling these events. I’m sure President Puten is assisting President Reid in taking the USA down so that Reid can take control of all of America, putting Puten in defacto control. We’re not going to be part of their plan. I don’t trust the Russians. When President Reid begins his speech you may place our forces on the second highest level, ’Great Wall.' What forces do we have near the American coasts?” Premier

“Mr. Premier, we have two type 093 nuclear attack submarines ten kilometers off of the US Navy San Diego base and one type 093 six kilometers off their base in Norfolk Virginia.”

“General Tao have they reported anything out of the ordinary? “ 

“Mr. Premier, please allow me to have communications forward their last few reports to us.”

“General Tao, I want them to break radio silence to report anything unusual.” 

“Premier Xing, are you expecting them to spot something unusual? Their last report said they are holding track on Russian attack submarines moving to block the Americans from leaving their naval bases. Sir, we’ve received numerous coded signals between the American ships and their command base. We think the Americans are going to flush their fleet. They might be able to get their warships out of port before the Russian attack boats are in position.

“Premier Xing, Sir, what are your orders? Should we move to block the American ships or block the Russian boats?”

“For now, just observe, if anyone takes action against our boats, they can defend themselves.”

Chapter 2

In the new LSA Gray House, (white is considered racist, President Obsma ordered the 30,000 square foot house in Los Angeles painted gray), at 6:00 PM PST, President of the LSA, Harold Reid, wearing a black arm band, walks to the podium to address the world. He’s practiced his speech many times; he’s made some minor changes each time he practiced it. He takes a sip of water, looks into the camera and begins, “My fellow citizens of the LSA, I address my remarks tonight to you and all of the peace-loving people of the world.  This is one address I wish I didn’t have to give, to even consider the recent events pains me as I’m sure it does every peace loving person. I’m sure by now everyone knows the LSA’s founder and our first President, President Obsma received very serious head injuries during the recent blackout in New York City. I’m sorry to have to inform the world that President Obsma has passed away. His injuries were too severe for the best-medical minds to overcome. The poor man didn’t even regain consciousness. He peacefully drifted off in his sleep. I’d like to pause for a minute of silence for the passing of our founder.”