Prepping For War

Just after January 2020 I had one of the most unique rides. It was early spring several months passed. The waves I caught and surfed that day took me to the busy, bad roads, no tips part of town. I pull up near some of the Baltimore style brown brick row homes and a tall slender African American waves and proceeds to hop in the back seat. "Im finally going back to work" he exclaimed loudly with a sigh of relief. "Ive been 60 hours a week for the last few months"he continued, "it will be nice to get back to my old job" Wow, that sounds exhausting, what where you doing? It was late afternoon as we headed towards an Autozone where he was a manager. It was busy on the roads as endless vehicles bobed and weaved as I drove on my invisible track growing more curious to my passengers night job. "Well I work in (some kind of HR)for the National Gaurd, we are getting ready for war." he said that calmly, as if already knew. My heart sank as Ive already seen years of government sponsered hate for people in favor of law , order, the constitution slandered as monsters. When he said this my first thought was all out war civil in nature. " wow," i acted surprised,"with who?" he paused for a second. "China" before I could question him more like the soldier he was, he was more interested in getting into his day job and putting in his pushups. He was out the door with his military style camo backpack. His dissapearing appearance was tight and tucked. Remember this was 2020-first part of 2021. No Russian-China alliance was known in my world, and as much as all the pitfalls of capital corruption in Washington was, it was all blamed on Russia, its amazing we where not and currently not in a physical war with them. I'd wager China if they attempt an Invasion, California is the soft, ripe, landing spot. But as much as America is full of hate, and division by design, maybe they will wate till we collapse our entitled corrupt selves.