Appropriate timing!
I just got on, just saw oceanview's first post, and I had to post the diary.
Oceanview, I owe you an apology. Now that I've read more of what you've had to say, I shouldn't have been so short and sarcastic with you.
Things are bad, and they're going to get worse. If you haven't had a chance, read Clancy's Tail (or was it Teeth?) of the Tiger. An AQ team comes in through New Mexico and shoots up 4 malls spread out across the U.S. His intel for his WWIII (US/Sov) novels was very accurate. I suspect his intel for this book is also good.