The Russian Submarine Enigma
By Benjamin Baruch
While Americans are preparing for their Fourth of July holiday, rumors are swirling that the real fireworks may have already started. On July 2, DEBKA, an Israeli military intelligence website based in Jerusalem, reported that a “U.S. submarine intercepted a Russian nuclear sub in American waters opposite Alaska. The Russian sub escorting the nuclear submarine responded with a Balkan 2000 torpedo and scuttled the U.S. vessel.”
Reuters reported an accident involving a Russian submarine in which 14 sailors were killed from a fire. In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened a series of emergency meetings at the Kremlin with senior defense and military leaders, while in the United States, President Donald Trump recalled Vice President Mike Pence to Washington for urgent meetings.
Had the Russian Navy merely suffered an accident at sea, Trump would have likely called Putin to offer U.S. assistance rather than calling for emergency meetings in Washington, D.C. Whether an actual live fire incident occurred cannot yet be confirmed, but if you examine the facts, the reality of a looming war with Russia can no longer be dismissed, for the “lion has stood up from the thicket, and the destroyer of the gentiles is now on his way” (Jeremiah 4:7).
The average American views war with Russia as impossible and a nuclear war as unthinkable. Most Americans continue to believe that the United States is the lone superpower of the world and our only real challenge is from terrorists.
Everyone knows that the Cold War has long been over, and the West won. A majority of Americans still believe Russia is our ally, and any thought of a military conflict with the former Soviet Union is viewed as absurd.
‘Take Heed That No One Deceive You’ – Jesus (Matthew 24:4)
The Cold War officially ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The experts in the West were convinced that America’s economic might had exhausted the Soviets, and the firm resolve of the Reagan administration had broken their will to continue the fight. Capitalism proved to the world that both freedom and prosperity could be delivered. America withstood the challenge of Communism and prevailed. The lights of the shinning City on a Hill never glowed brighter.
The West was exuberant in those days; capitalism and the American way of life triumphed, and the spoils of war would be divided among all in the form of the “peace dividend.”
The media joined in the chorus, fanning the national celebration. It was the end of history, or so we were told, and the beginning of a new era of permanent prosperity. There were dissenting voices that warned, “all is not well,” but their warnings were marginalized by the mainstream media or simply ignored.
Soviet military defectors had warned America for years that the Soviet Union was planning a massive campaign of deception which would include a fake collapse of the Soviet Union, designed to fool the West into thinking the Cold War had ended but nobody in the West seemed to care.
The Communists had given up their rotten little empire, and that was all we needed to know. Any thought that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a clever chess move in a much larger strategic game seemed implausible, thus the idea was simply derided with its proponents ridiculed or completely ignored.
Educated opinion in the West accepted the collapse of the Soviet Union as spontaneous and authentic. The West embraced Russia’s new democracy and nothing could correct this misunderstanding. No criticism or warnings from abroad could break the fever of the West’s victory sickness. What was going to happen at the end of this chess game could not be prevented.
Russia’s Chess Game of Lies and Deception
Russia’s strategy was to eliminate Communism as a perceived threat, so that Americans would no longer see Russia as an enemy. The collapse of Communism brought down the Berlin Wall, but following its collapse a new Iron Curtain of denial was constructed in the West itself.
The “peace dividend” was promised to the American people, with intoxicating results; so, the left was satisfied while the right was triumphant and self-congratulatory. Thus, the deception was perfect. Everyone was bought off, emotionally and materially. The truth did not have one chance in a million.
Almost 30 years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The vacuum of power that was created by the collapse of Soviet Union has led the world, rather than to an era of permanent prosperity, to the brink of actual war.
Russia Has Armed Itself to the Teeth
Russia merely appeared to embrace democracy and a consumer-based economy, but nothing of the sort ever really occurred. Instead, Russia has developed entirely new classes of 5th generation weapons (such as the Sunburn missile, SS-27 ICBM, the S-500 ABM and the Armada tank), which no other nation possesses and has armed itself to the teeth.
The early reports of the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the communist threat now appear at best, to have been greatly exaggerated, or at worst, an intentional deception.
Although the intelligence service of the Soviet Era, the KGB, was renamed the Federal Security Service (FSB), it facilitated the rise of Putin, a former KGB officer, proving the security service remains very much in power within the “new” Russia.
Unfortunately, most Americans are about to discover this truth the hard way.
The “new” Russia is the former Soviet Union in every way but for its name, and its leaders only feigned friendship with the West while never once abandoning their grand strategy of deception as a precursor to war.
And the men who rule this communist nation, who sold themselves as allies of the west, they have merely been playing a very clever chess game of lies and deception, hiding their true intentions which were birthed within the mind of a beast.
And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. (Daniel 7:5)
When you examine Russia’s actions over the last few years – their war propaganda media blitz portrayed America and NATO as a military threat, alongside their development of new 5th generation weapons and recent military preparations and mobilizations – a clear picture emerges. Russia is actually preparing for war.
When you contrast this reality with the terrible lack of readiness on the part of U.S. forces, the window of America’s vulnerability is at or near its maximum.
During the time of the ABM Treaty, Russia developed dual purpose anti-aircraft missiles which also serve as anti-ballistic missiles (ABM). Russia has close to 12,000 such missiles today. In the United States, we have basically none, unless you count 100 or so outdated Nike interceptors from the 1960’s.
Trump’s efforts to refurbish our aging nuclear arsenal and strengthen our military forces emasculated by eight years of Obama’s social engineering and intentional disarmament, only serves to compel our enemies to attack us before their window of opportunity closes.
Most Americans are also unaware that our nuclear deterrent is for the most part over 25 years old and can no longer be assumed reliable given the obsolescence of aging warheads. Coupled with Russia’s state of art anti-missile defenses, our enemies can now attack us with impunity.
Russia-China Alliance and ‘Pearl Harbor 2.0’ Plan
A recent report by the National Defense Strategy Commission stated, “The U.S. military could suffer unacceptably high casualties and loss of major capital assets in its next conflict. It might struggle to win, or perhaps lose, a war against China or Russia. The United States is particularly at risk of being overwhelmed should its military be forced to fight on two or more fronts simultaneously. In conclusion, we wish to be crystal clear about one thing. The costs of failing to meet America’s crisis of national defense and national security will not be measured in abstract concepts like ‘international stability’ and ‘global order.’ They will be measured in American lives, American treasure, and American security and prosperity lost. U.S. military superiority is no longer assured and the implications for American interests and American security are severe.”
The Center for Security Policy published an article by Mary Fanning and Alan Jones on October 24th, 2018, in which they discussed information obtained from Russian Defense Journals and secret Iranian military documents, stating, “Russia and Iran have developed a Pearl Harbor 2.0 plan to sink the entire U.S. Navy fleet as part of coordinated asymmetrical attacks against the United States and U.S. military bases around the world. The plan is to launch Russian Kalibr cruise missiles from submarines, freighter ships, and Trojan Horse Club-K Container Missile System intermodal cargo ‘containers’ that can be smuggled into U.S. ports and moved into the U.S. interior aboard trains and semi-trucks.”
In 2015, the Russian journal ‘Natsionalnaya Oborona’ (translation: National Defense) outlined a plan to “hit them in their ports” with Kalibr cruise missiles that could sink entire U.S. Navy fleets docked in ports across the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.”
Similar reports by scores of other experts confirm this grim reality; the next world war is indeed truly coming upon us.
Destruction of America Babylon?
The destruction of America Babylon will be a surprise to the American people, and it will also surprise the sleeping American church, for the Lord has commanded a perpetual sleep upon them, from which only a remnant shall awaken.
“In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!” (Jeremiah 51:39-41).
Benjamin Baruch is a professional financial advisor, author and public speaker. Benjamin is the author of the best-selling book, The Day of the LORD is at Hand. First released in 1998, it immediately became an underground best-seller, with over 20,000 copies sold. The 7th Edition was updated in 2019 and includes insight into the today’s major news headlines including the crisis in the Ukraine, and the growing wars of the Middle East. Benjamin also uncovers what has been occurring behind the closed doors of power in the United States offering the reader a clear view of what our rulers are doing in the dark. Benjamin has recently released a new seven volume series titled,Search the Scriptures Volume One: Out of the Darkness, which is now available at Amazon.com. Benjamin and J.R. Nyquist are the co-authors of The New Tactics of Global War – Reflections on the changing Balance of Power in the Final Days of Peace, which reveals the long range plans of the Communist Party Soviet Union to destroy the United States in a surprise nuclear attack starting World War III which is described in the Bible as the war of Ezekiel 38. New Tactics presents a detailed a look into the minds of the men who rule this empire of lies, and reveals the truth of what really happened following the end of the Cold War, and in so doing, reveals the mind of the beast. “And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh” (Daniel 7:5). Benjamin is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Public Accountant and is a financial advisor to some of the largest privately held real estate companies in America. His academic background includes studies in International Finance and Economics at UCLA and graduate studies in the Middle East conflict at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. Benjamin is a recognized expert in real estate taxation and his professional experience includes the management of institutional investment portfolios. For more information, or to book Benjamin for a speaking or media appearance, please contact him through his website: www.benjaminbaruch.net.
