Posted on 10/05/2022 9:55:02 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
The city of Kyiv has said it is handing out potassium iodine pills to evacuation centers in preparation for a possible Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine capital. Russia has been doing poorly since starting war-slash-conflict with Ukraine, so poorly in fact that one might be tempted to think Putin is taking a dive in his own war. Why would he do that? One reason might be because he’s really trying to bait the United States and NATO into it, the US has a foot-and-a-half in already, shouldn’t take too much more to seal the deal. Another reason might be because he’s just looking for an excuse to launch nuclear weapons. Sound crazy, you say? Yep, so crazy that the Ukraine city of Kyiv is at this moment handing our potassium iodide pills to its citizens they are anticipating will soon be living in bomb shelters.
“From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.” James 4:1,2 (KJB)
Maybe this whole thing will fizzle out as we discover that Putin has dementia, or end stage syphilis which is rotting his brain, rendering him unable to anything that is not off the wall insane. Or, we just might find out that Putin is crazy like a fox, and this whole thing was conceived to create a much larger military situation. Time will tell, meanwhile they are stocking up on potassium iodine in Ukraine “just in case”. Good idea.
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Might as well be handing out potassium cyanide pills in case of a nuclear attack.....................
I thought Trump was supposed to cause the earth to erupt in a nuclear conflagration. Bidung and the demonrats are peaceful and born diplomats and don’t insult fat obnoxious washed up actresses or send mean tweets and are not orange and thus bad
“What is potassium iodide? The drug is in demand as Russia’s invasion stokes radiation fears.”
https://archive.ph/2V6oc#selection-313.0-313.92
“Europeans are so scared of a nuclear attack they’re panic buying iodine tablets”
https://fortune.com/2022/03/08/europe-panic-buying-potassium-iodine-nuclear-fallout/
In the US:
“Why potassium iodide pills are suddenly in high demand”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/14/business/potassium-iodide-pills-demand-surge/index.html
So I’d like to actually hijack this thread into a useful topic. As a semi-prepper (meaning getting prepared just not wearing tinfoil), I know nothing about Potassium Iodine pills or how I would safely use them and not just poison myself in the event of a nuclear winter.
Any knowledgeable Freepers care to educate the rest of us on what we should have on hand, dosage and duration of usage, etc? Good references written for the average Joe, not doctors?
Like an idiot I didn’t have these already. Ordered from Amazon but won’t be here til next week. Hopefully nuclear war will wait til then
Few if any side effects, it is fairly harmless. Since it's a salt, I assume it would make you thirsty.
I don't have links, this is from my own research and reading on the subject. If there is incorrect info here, I hope someone will correct me!
Adults older than 40 years should not take KI (potassium iodide) unless public health or emergency management officials say that contamination with a very large dose of radioactive iodine is expected.
Adults older than 40 years have the lowest chance of developing thyroid cancer or thyroid injury after contamination with radioactive iodine.
Adults older than 40 are more likely to have allergic reactions to or adverse effects from KI.
So basically, I dont have a great need for it myself. Might be more useful for others in the family.
Second, let me tell you what I think is going on with the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine. Let me start with Captain Obvious–Russia is grudgingly giving up territory in Kharkov, Donetsk and Kherson, but is avoiding set piece battles. What do I mean? Consider what happened at Liman, for example. Five hundred Russian allied troops help off over 6000 Ukrainians for more than a week and then conducted a tactical retreat. It is true that Ukraine has deployed more forces to these areas than the Russians. But Russia, through its superior fire power with artillery and combat air, slows these attacks and inflicts heavy casualties on the Ukrainians in terms of men and equipment. At the same time, Russia is suffering minimal casualties. This certainly is a break with the sad tradition Soviet troops established in World War II. Millions of Soviet soldiers were killed and wounded in the battles of Kursk and Bagration, for example. Conserving force was not a priority then, but it is now.
The United States and NATO are having a field day with these events, touting these successes as “proof” that Russian troops are poorly led, poorly supplied and lacking motivation. But that is having little effect in rallying public support in the United States and Europe. That lackluster support among the general populace will fade even more in the coming months as inflation, unemployment and recession escalate in those nations. Ukraine capturing a city that most Americans cannot spell is not a recipe for whipping up public support among Americans for sending more billions of dollars to Kiev while prices at home soar and the economy grinds to a halt.
Ukraine’s so-called victories are illusory. Yes, they are occupying territory once held by Russia but they are doing so without the benefit of air support and minimal artillery fires. Ukraine is relying on attacking lightly manned Russian positions with a larger force. This comes at a great cost however, in the loss of men and material that Ukraine cannot easily nor quickly replace. Every country in a war suffers casualties. This means a country at war must have a system in place to call up reserves, train them, equip them and deploy them. Ukraine is outnumbered dramatically by Russia on this count. If (or when) the “Special Military Operation” is finally acknowledged as a war by Russia’s leaders, Putin and his generals have far greater human resources at their command. The current Russian special mobilization is calling back to duty experienced soldiers.
Ukraine does not have a secure training facility where it can assemble and train new recruits because Russia has demonstrated repeatedly over the last 7 months the ability and willingness to attack and destroy those centers. That means Ukraine must rely on one or more NATO countries to host a training base. Even with a secure training base someplace in Europe, new Ukrainian recruits will need a minimum of three months of instruction before they are minimally prepared to go to the front to replace lost personnel. I do not believe that Europe has the capability or the will to host 200,000 new Ukrainian recruits. In short, Ukraine has no real chance of replacing the troops already lost in the front lines.
The training requirements for the Russian reservists called back to duty is far less daunting. The Russian soldiers already know how to wear a uniform, march in formation, maneuver as a unit, clean and operate their weapons, and communicate within a chain of command.
The biggest disadvantage for Ukraine is its lack of an economic base to fund the war and to produce the weapons, vehicles, food and medical supplies required to sustain an army in the field. Ukraine is now entirely dependent on the United States and NATO. Those lines of communication must remain open and flowing. Otherwise, their soldiers will be left defenseless in the field.
Russia, by contrast, has a robust economy that is producing all that its army and air force requires to operate. Its factories are operating 24-7 and it is quite competent, despite western propaganda stating otherwise, to move needed troops, tanks, munitions and vehicles to the front.
The west is betting all on the belief that Russia–its leaders, its government bureaucracy and its economy–is a paper tiger that will crumble if only enough pressure is applied. That is a dangerous and risky wager. While Russia is not a utopia, it has invested its capital over the last 20 years in building up its infrastructure, developing modern, cost effective weapons systems and educating its population to a standard that surpasses anything offered by the United States or Europe. Most importantly, it has vast natural resources and minerals and the industrial capability to extract them and manufacture what it needs to fight.
The United States, by contrast, has burned up billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars in fruitless military adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan while American infrastructure deteriorates, its industrial capacity is hollowed out, it is dependent on foreign imports of critical materials to produce key weapon systems and its educational system is in shambles. More time is devoted in U.S. schools, it appears, to learning proper pronouns rather than learning math, biology, chemistry, physics and foreign languages. The recently announced failure of the U.S. Army to meet its recruitment goals (25% below the target) is not an aberration. It is a symptom of societal failure in the west.
So what is Russia waiting for? On paper, it has the full capability to crush Ukraine. I am certain that the events of the last seven months have convinced the Russian leaders and civilians that they face an existential crisis from the west. I believe that Putin’s decision to return the four Ukrainian oblasts to the Russian Federation was not made in desperation. Putin, so far, has shown no sign of panic or alarm. I have seen no evidence to suggest that he is out of touch with reality. Instead, he has worked methodically to shore up relations with China, India and the Gulf States. He realizes he can no longer rely on any hope of a working relationship with the United States and Europe. it appears that the referenda process, which culminated on Tuesday with the acceptance of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporhyzhia as new members of the Russian Federation, now paves the way for Russia to invoke the defense protocols of the CSTO. That means additional troops from allied countries like Belarusia can join the fight if needed.
It very much reminds me of a game of chess. Russia is now sacrificing pawns in the form of strategically useless territory, while Ukraine is rushing forward to seize symbolic territory without having the necessary reserves in terms of trained soldiers and equipment to sustain the attack and defeat Russia. Russia, meanwhile, is moving its Knights, Rooks and Bishops into position for checkmate. The question remains–what is Putin’s gambit?
Please do more research. Don’t just go by one link or post.
Many other opinions are out there that might offer an alternate view.
KI is serious business if you do decide to take it.
Drama Queens
Yeah, I take all non-natural meds as serious. Its why I took a back row seat on all the ivermectin arguments. I have no idea how a de-wormer helps with a virus. That, and the fact you cant get it now except by prescription from your dogs vet.
Yeah, I take all non-natural meds as serious. Its why I took a back row seat on all the ivermectin arguments. I have no idea how a de-wormer helps with a virus. That, and the fact you cant get it now except by prescription from your dogs vet.
Good to know - I hadn’t seen that before.
I may be the world’s biggest dummy, but ...
If I see a mushroom cloud, I’ll be running to it and not away from it, and y’all can call me “gone.”
Instead of keep ingesting KI pills, since we do not know the date of nuclear attack, why not build a rediation resistant secure area inside a medium size closet?
Buy bunch of concrete pavers and line all walls and door of closet with those? 3” thick concrete can be useful in preventing radiation.
Dont take ANY advice from ANYONE on this forum or any other forum.
Simple go and do your own research online.
Gotta feel sorry for the Ukes. Abused by both Russia and the cynical crooks who run the Kiev regime..
Not saying I wouldnt do my own research or, better yet, get expert advice. But why stifle a discussion online, and on Free Republic for that matter?
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