Revelation 19.5

It was late 2012. Most of the country was isolated in small pockets of survivors in rural areas that were not targeted. The major cities were dead. New York City, Baltimore, The entire Chesapeake Bay Area Savannah, Miami, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle were the first to go. It seemed that the terrorists had targeted all the major sea port areas in the country. The virus, R6Y82, Identified as the virus that wiped out the United Kingdom, and a virus for which there was no cure had moved inland slowly. Chicago, Phoenix, Pittsburg, Nashville, and all the state capitals were not far behind.
What we heard was that the jihadists were coming in by the boatload. The Democratic party, which took over in 2008 had eased restrictions and security safeguards for immigrants almost to the point where Immigrants were just allowed to walk into, fly into, and get off the ships by the millions. The new Jihadist was no longer a suicide bomber. Then they were suicide virus carriers.
The R6Y82 virus was slow acting. It took two weeks to incubate, which was plenty of time for the infected thousands to enter their target areas. When the virus had reached maturity it manifested as red and blue colored welts with fibrous strands growing out of them. The strands were like pollinating flowers that gave off pollen like substance that traveled on the winds and air currents in cities.
Not long after the welts came there was Pneumonia like illness that literally drowns the sufferer in 48 hours, but in that time each infected terrorist could infect hundreds of people. The virus spread exponentially. After the coastal cities were well on the way to crisis the virus started spreading to every city where there was a major international airport. No one escaped. Within a month a city could be totally depopulated.
The last report that was spread by two way Radio said that travel to and from any major city was prohibited. The report said that we were to stay home in our little communities until a cure for the virus was found.
In our community we were quickly organized by the local militia. At first they gathered us together by force and held us in the compounds at gunpoint. They set up loudspeaker systems and explained as much as they knew about the situation and said they would keep us alive and protected.
They told us of the trends of the Muslim movement. They started Islamic centers farther and farther away from the cities into the suburbs. They said they, the militias, had kept an eye on this trend because the main stream media ignored it as unimportant. All the intelligence services, after identifying these trends in the UK and watching what happened there, were also keeping an eye on what was going on.
That was another weak spot that formed after the Democrats took office. Communication and resources for intelligence and homeland security agencies were cut. The Democrats thought that if you were friends with everyone then they would not attack us. The Democrats, as usual, lived in that wonderful little piece of space where peace reigned. America was the cause of all the wars in the world and when we got our noses out of world affairs everything would be honkey dorey.
They were wrong. The Arab extremists had a deep hatred for white, European culture and Christianity. All they understood was violence. They were under the impression that we were imperialist crusaders who were out to kill Islamic religion.
The Democrats thought that withdrawing American troops from all Islamic conflicts would cause the extremists to leave us alone but they only grew stronger.
American Arms companies were still selling weapons to countries in conflict like India, Pakistan, and Israel, The myriad of small democracies in Africa, Indonesia, and the like where Islamic extremism posed a threat to the established or newly established order. What we were not doing was sending troops the conflict areas and the conflict areas fell one by one to the Islamic extremists.
The extremist ideology spread amongst the young and impressionable. The more conflicts that were won the more prolifically the movement spread. This was because the extremists viewed the withdrawal of American troops as a victory in the name of Allah, and that further revolution was the will of Allah.
In late 2009 Iranistan tried to Nuke Israel. The missiles were all intercepted over Iraq and Jordan causing wide nuclear fallout over the entire region. By 2010 Iraq was gone as well as Jordan. Iranistan moved into the countries and then set up a front against Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia fell quickly. They were no match for the war machine of the Iranistanians. Finally, Surrounded by enemies, Israel fell and the Middle East was given over to the extremists who were now focusing on the United States and the UK.
Then came R6Y82. The Democrats thought they had negotiated peace with the Iranians and the New Persian Empire. There were parities and state visits by Iranian officials. The Democrats were lost in this false sense of security. What was left of the intelligence services in the UK and America were warning against this new found peace but the Democrats were so caught up in their ego trip that they just denied anything was wrong.
Most of the United States Intelligence community had quit to form militia groups like the one that was now taking over this area. They had taken over leadership of the small militia movements by being conduits for advanced weapons systems and having military connections. The new leaders killed the dissenters and leaders who would not go along with the new command structures. The new militias worked together to form strong, well armed groups that were preparing for this day when there was another attack on American Soil.
The new Militias used their intelligence gathering skills to keep track of terrorist cells and wiped out all the cells they had identified over the past decade. They also kept track of new activity. As soon as the virus started to spread and anarchy prevailed the new militias went into action. They quickly centralized operations and gained the support of the military and police forces all over the country. The Government was toppled and Martial law ensued.
All those suspected of anti American Activity were rounded up and put in extermination camps. Most of the Democrats who had been in power were declared traitors and hunted down and sent to work camps where they made clothes and grew food for the loyal Americans. By November 2012 the nation was living hand to mouth. There was wide spread virus contamination and anyone suspected of carrying the virus was killed and their body burned.
There was an underground former military compound where the scientists who had escaped the virus were working on a cure. It was the cure that we were told we were waiting for.
The United States was at war again, a real war, a war on out homeland. It was doubtful that any extremist army would come to take over the America until a cure was found for the virus. That was the flaw in the extremist's plans.
We knew we had time now to regroup and re solidify our position in the world. We had to start all over again but this time we had a martial government of practically minded anti extremist intelligence officers. There was strict discipline imposed on all those who were not in the prison and extermination camps.
We were all started on exercise programs and put in training programs to serve a purpose according to our abilities, No person was wasted. North America was becoming very utilitarian again. No one was on a dole any more. Everyone contributed in whatever way they could even if that position was a redundancy. Food, medical supplies, and other necessities of life were strictly rationed. Weapons were given to everyone and we were trained to use them. America would not go quietly into the night.

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