United States Invaded (7 page)

“My friends, we also have to keep an eye on President Puten, by taking over Europe he has gained their offshore oil fields, he too is expanding their domestic production. We think that both Russia and America will be energy independent within two years. We have picked up rumors that both Russia and America are offering to supply China and Japan with all of the oil and gas they may require. My friends, Russia and America, are at the point where they have committed an act of war against us. We must act before it’s too late.”

The other members of OPEC agree with the statements of both the Venezuela minister and Saudi prince, however, they can’t agree on a focused course of action. The minister from Qatar stands to address the group, “My friends, we in Qatar also agree with the view Russia and America are on their way to not only cease buying our production, but to compete with us. Yes, we agree; our concern is what to do about it. Can any of us forget the reactions of both Russia and America if they are threatened? Can any of us forget how first Russia and then America spent years in Afghanistan? Can the minister from Iraq ever forget about the Americans crushing their country? We fear that anything we do to step on the American’s or Russian’s toes will see our skies filled with their guided bombs destroying our infrastructure. We are too small to survive if one or the other sends hundreds or thousands of their warplanes to attack us. They don’t even have to use a single manned airplane; they can send their damned cruise missiles and drones to kill us while we can do nothing. If the Americans complete their next generation of weapons, we may not even know we’re under attack until we pick our heads up from the rubble of our countries. Qatar agrees; something must be done. However, we’re not in agreement to directly or indirectly attacking either or both Russia or America. Supporting President Reid against President Brownstone is taking sides in their civil war which is a dangerous path for us to go down, even after the split of the country, the USA is too strong to fight. We do agree to approach Premier Xing to see if we can reach an agreement to sell China oil on a long term agreement. We’ll be in better shape to have a long-term sales agreement than have a future of certain economic collapse.”

The meeting delegates couldn’t agree on a path forward; they broke the meeting with an agreement to meet again in 60 days.

Prince Azaid decided to seek out the delegate from Venezuela; Azaid thought he might be able to get the Venezuelans to push a mass of illegal immigrants north into America putting pressure on their systems. Azaid also decided to fly to Los Angeles to meet with a few Hollywood producers; he decided to fund them to create anti-fracking movies quickly to sway the American’s minds. He laughed, knowing that in Hollywood money talked, the producers would sell their own daughters for a large enough bag of cash. He instructed his aide to prepare a large suitcase filled with gold back American dollars and Russian Rubles which were accepted in the LSA.

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“Honey, have you see the signs on some of our neighbor’s front lawns?” Brad asked.

“Yea, I saw them this afternoon, I’m shocked these people are falling for the pile of crap the media is pushing out. I think most of the country, if not the world, forgot how to read and reason for themselves. They live in a world of sound bites and movie stars who have fewer brains than a groundhog. Everyone wants their fifteen minutes of fame.”

“Honey, they want their fifteen minutes to go on forever. It’s like that poor college boy who killed all of those people because the girls he dated wouldn’t sleep with him. He made YouTube videos crying about how sadly his poor life was, 22, no job, no skills, except for being born into a well to do family. He grew up expecting everything. When he didn’t get what he wanted, he went crazy.” 

“Kath, he was crazy to start with. This is what happens when kids grow up without any losers; everyone is a winner, everyone makes the team, everyone gets an award, and everyone is a star. I blame the parents for not accepting the fact that taking a belt to the rear end doesn’t break the child, it makes them realize some things are just wrong. I look at our granddaughters; at least our girls are smart enough to let their girls be kids, they can go outside to play, if they fall, they’re told it’s just a scratch. I worry about the next generation. “Common Core” is going to produce a generation of simple minded morons. None will learn how to think through a problem. They think comedy shows and the program “E” is real news.”

“But those signs, calling the President a murderer, and a child killer for turning off the electricity, none of it makes any sense. Why would he turn off the power? He and the country had nothing to gain from it. The signs are so disgusting, the language so bad, one house is covered in the signs and its right in front of the school bus stop. When I was young, we’d get our mouth washed out with soap for using the F-BOMB plus, I’d be punished and grounded for weeks.  These people paint it on bed sheets and large plywood signs in front of their house. If they don’t like it here, why don’t they move to the LSA and leave us in peace?”

“Good question, next time I run into one of them, I’ll ask them.”

Laughing, Kathy says, “You’ll probably be called a racist.”

“You’re right; I will be, I don’t mind, I’ve been called a lot worse. By the way, where’s our permanent dinner quest? It’s almost time to grill the meat; he’s usually here by 6:30.”

“I forgot to tell you; he called an hour ago to say he was going to be late, something about a mass demonstration at one of the colleges. It seems the students have decided to take over the school administration building until President Brownstone gives himself up to the World Court.”

“Man, history does repeat itself, this sounds the late 1960s again. As if those doing a ‘sit-in’ in a college building is going to change anything. All of the money being spent on their college education is being wasted.”

“They think the world revolves around them, the entire world is going to pause to listen to them because they have something to say.”

“Did Ron say if he was going to be late or not make it at all? I’m getting hungry.”

“Why don’t you call him?”

“I don’t want to bother him at work; he’s most likely having a good time arresting the students.”

“Hey, I seem to remember you said when you went to college, you protested the Vietnam War.”

“I only protested because I didn’t want to go, plus it was a great way to meet girls.”

Kathy laughed and threw an oven mitt at me saying, “Make yourself useful, put the potatoes in the oven.”

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Most of the US Military bases are surrounded by angry screaming people demanding the US dismantle and disarm all of their weapons of mass destruction. Unions brought in thousands of people on buses. They wore color matched T-shirts so the media could see the different unions supporting the anti-nuclear movement.

A few of the military remarked the different colored T-shirts reminded them of the “Hands-around-DC” march that didn’t end well for the peaceful protesters. Another remarked it looked like a fruit basket, which caused a sergeant to give them a stern look. “Get back to work, we have to make sure the perimeter is secure. Unless you’d like to invite them to dinner.”

“No Sarge, we’re checking the fence line and making sure all of the base defenses are in place, do you really think they’re dumb enough to try to break in?”

“It doesn’t matter what I think; we have our orders.”

The media set up broadcast vans to live broadcast from the bases with the largest demonstrations. Some of the older reporters remarked that this was more fun than reporting the anti-war movement in the early 1970s when people chained themselves to the fences around military bases and people held hands and wrapped themselves around the bases.

On the inside of the fence line, the military patrols are in full combat gear with live rounds in their M4 and M16 rifles. HUMVEES and LAVs patrolled the fence line 24/7.

Some protesters, who tried to climb the fences, quickly learn barb wire on the fence top, isn’t easily climbed without tearing skin and clothing apart. Those trying to climb the fence all falloff with their hands and clothing cut to shreds, many yells to the military on the other side of the fence, “We’re going to sue you! You’ll pay for this!”

The troops ignored the protesters until some tried to cut the chain link fence. A captain approached the area where the protesters are cutting the links; he bent down on one knee, looking across the fence line saying, “You know I can turn on the electricity to the fence, if I do, you’re all going to get badly injured. If you do manage to cut through and enter the base, we’ll consider you terrorists, and we’ll open fire on you. Why don’t you stay on your side and sing your songs and we’ll stay on our side? It’s not going to end well for you if you enter the base.”

One of the protesters threw a handful of dirt at the captain, “You wouldn’t dare harm us, the press is here. They’ll record everything; you’ll be shown as the baby killing maniacs you really are.”

“If you noticed the signs, you'd see the warning notices that this is government property, access requires a permit; deadly force can be used to meet any non-authorized entry; that is if you can read. To help you, it’s printed in nice bright white letters on a red sign in three languages. If you can’t read it, please let me know so I can hand you a sign in a language you can read.”

“Go to hell! We can go anywhere; we’re the people you work for.”

“OK, if that’s the way you want it, here’s your final warning. STAY OFF OF THE BASE. DEADLY FORCE WILL BE USED.”

“Fuck you!”

“Have it your way. Sergeant, you have permission to open fire if these people break through the fence line, you have permission to turn the electricity on.”

“Sir, I understand, we are weapons free if these people break through, we have permission to make the fence live.”

With that, the Sergeant picks up his radio handset saying, “turn the juice on, give them a two minute warning siren.”

A siren sounds which drowns out anyone trying to speak, it’s heard across the base; red strobe lights on top of the fence poles flash. A loudspeaker repeats, “Warning this fence will be electrified in two minutes. Warning do not touch the fence. Touching the fence will result in your potential death. Do not touch the fence.”

The protesters trying to break into the base, laughed, thinking the lights and siren were all effects for the press. The ones trying to cut the fence soon got the ‘shock’ of their lives; eight are holding the fence or metal tools when the energy flowed through the fence, all suffer third-degree burns; three suffer heart attacks and die. People touching those touching the fence when the electricity is turned on also get shocked. Electricity flows through those touching the fence into any who are touching them.

The screams from those in contact with the fence cut through the protesters and the media.

The protesters are shocked by the screaming and smell of burning flesh. As they recover, they pick up rocks and water bottles throwing them at the troops on the other side of the fence. The troops are pelted with eggs and tomatoes. The troops are ordered to back up from the fence, hopefully taking them out of range of the protesters.

Military troops going about their business off of their bases are soon pelted with rocks and eggs, they are cursed at and called baby killers. Their vehicles are stopped and pounded on. The protesters try to rock the vehicles; they try to turn them over with the people in them. One sergeant pulled his side arm; he fired three rounds into the sky, the shock of the gun firing drove the protesters away from his pickup. The military guards think the firing is coming their way. They charge their weapons and point them at those on the other side of the fence. It finally dawns on the protesters they went too far. They realize this is different from the history books that talked about how the peaceful protesters got the government to withdraw from Vietnam ending the war. These soldiers have spent time in Iraq and Afghanistan; they don’t trust protesters, they’ve been hurt by peaceful looking civilians who used IEDs against the American troops. If ordered to, these troops will fire on the protesters.

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“Mr. President, Doctor Rayson, the one who took Steve to the hospital, is on line 1, he would like to speak with you.”

“Doctor Rayson, how’s Steve? I’m planning on visiting him in twenty minutes.”

“Mr. President, we have the results from his blood work, sir, it was poison, someone placed it in the coffee. The poison caused him to have a massive heart attack. Whoever did it was most likely trying to get to you. Sir, I’ve alerted the Director of the Secret Service.”

Before they continue the discussion, the doors to the Oval Office open, four heavily armed agents enter the office, their leader looks at the President, “Sorry for the interruption, sir, we got a call from Doctor Rayson…”

“Yes I know, I have him holding on the phone, do the four of you plan to remain in my office all of he time?’

“Sir, two of us, will, at least one will be in the Situation Room and one in the waiting room on either side of the Oval Office. We’re also having all of your food and refreshments tested before you touch them, from now on, only an agent from my crew will be bringing you anything. You’ll know my team from the different label pins they’re wearing. Please tell me if you recognize the difference?”