In this episode of STARRS & Stripes podcast, host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, talks with cybersecurity leader Casey Fleming, author of the new bestseller, “Red Tsunami” which warns America faces “unrestricted warfare” from the Communist People’s Republic of China that is designed to erode our freedom without a conventional fight.
- Casey Fleming’s background in IBM cybersecurity, global risk consulting, and threat research
- The Chinese Communist Party framed as the central actor behind a long-term “unrestricted warfare” strategy
- COVID discussed as an example of engineered chaos and narrative control
- Domestic division and emotion-driven politics discussed through “useful idiots” and activist movements
- Schools, Confucius programs, and ideological influence in education
- TikTok and social media described as cognitive warfare and a data and influence weapon
- Biological and drug warfare claims, including DNA targeting concerns and fentanyl as a mass casualty issue
- Consumer supply chain risks, from electronics to vaping devices, tied to privacy and health
- America 2.0 as a civic reset built on the Constitution and individual responsibility
- Why the book is a practical survival guide for all citizens and what to do to fight back
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The Red Tsunami: The Silent Storm Killing Your Freedom by T. Casey Fleming
Continuous chaos. Unexplained madness. This is the survival guide you’ve been demanding. It connects the dots for every citizen in the world – above politics. A war has been waged against you – coordinated, ongoing, and deliberate. The chaos and division in society are all by design. You and your family are targets of a silent, unrestricted, unconventional, and relentless war. This war is the largest, most sinisterly orchestrated global assault on freedom in history. Governments won’t talk about it. Legacy media won’t touch it. But it’s very real. And you are on the front lines. Not the military. Top intelligence officials from the FBI, DNI, MI5, and allied agencies have sounded alarms about this threat for years, but they left out the specifics. This guide gives you what they won’t. A no-nonsense exposé and survival guide, The world will be won or lost in the next ten years – or less. If you don’t act now, you will lose your freedom to act at all. Share proudly with those you care for.
“The Red Tsunami” is a crucial survival guide for the world we’re living in right now. Casey lays out the evidence piece by piece, revealing the deliberate, whole-of-society assault being carried out against every American – and every citizen of the free world by an adversary unlike anything we’ve faced before.” —Brigadier General Rob Spalding III, PhD, U.S. Air Force (ret.), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Senior Director of Strategic Planning, U.S. National Security Council, CEO of Sempre, Author of “Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept,” and “War Without Rules.”
“The Red Tsunami” is not just a book – it is a wake-up siren every American desperately needs to hear… Every American should read this. Every parent should read this. And every elected official MUST read this. We are running out of valuable time. This book connects all the dots – and once you see it, you can’t un-see it.”—April Babcock Founder and President, Lost Voices of Fentanyl
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AI Summary
This is an episode of STARRS and Stripes hosted by Commander Alan Palmer (US Navy, retired), focused on issues affecting the military, society, and American freedoms. The guest is Casey Fleming, author of The Red Tsunami: The Silent Storm Killing Your Freedom. Fleming, a technology and management consultant who founded IBM’s Cyber Division and led global risk units at Deloitte, discusses the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as the primary long-term threat to the United States.
Guest Background
Fleming explains that after an FBI briefing in 2011 on intellectual property theft targeting Fortune 500 companies, he investigated further and concluded that the CCP was behind most major cyber and economic threats. He founded a research and intelligence group to focus specifically on the CCP rather than generic cybersecurity. The book, which he describes as a “whistleblower’s exposé and survival guide,” has received endorsements from intelligence experts including Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt.
Core Thesis: Unrestricted Warfare
Fleming argues that the CCP is conducting “Unrestricted Warfare” (detailed in a 1999 book by two Chinese Air Force colonels) against the United States and the free world. This is a comprehensive, non-kinetic strategy involving every domain of society—economic, biological, cognitive, informational, drug-related, and cultural—designed to weaken America without firing a shot.
- The goal is to replace the US as the world’s dominant power by the CCP’s 100th anniversary in 2049 (possibly as early as 2035).
- This approach follows “death by a thousand cuts,” creating incremental damage that is hard to notice until it’s too late.
- The CCP views this as a “people’s war” and operates with a zero-sum mentality: “We must live. You must die.”
After the fall of the Soviet Union, the CCP filled the ideological and strategic vacuum. They studied the US success in Desert Storm and concluded they could not win a conventional war, so they shifted to asymmetric, civilian-targeted strategies.
Key Examples of Threats
1. Biological Warfare
- COVID-19 is described as an engineered bioweapon from the Wuhan lab. Fleming warns of future variants (COVID-2, COVID-3) potentially designed for ethnic targeting based on stolen DNA data. He cites Bill Evanina’s 60 Minutes appearance on CCP theft of DNA databases.
2. Drug Warfare (Fentanyl)
- The CCP produces fentanyl precursors and equipment, partnering with Mexican cartels. Fleming claims the true death toll is roughly double official figures (~150,000 Americans per year), exceeding annual US deaths in World War II. This is compared to multiple plane crashes daily and is destroying families and military-aged youth.
3. Cognitive and Information Warfare
- TikTok is called a “weaponized military application” and “Trojan horse” controlled by ByteDance. It delivers propaganda, influences youth behavior (e.g., promoting Chinese culture), and harvests data. Chinese students in the US (hundreds of thousands) are required to spy.
- Over 500 Confucius Institutes/Classrooms in US schools and universities spread influence.
- Social media and mainstream media amplify division, especially on race.
4. Economic and Supply Chain Warfare
- The US has become dangerously dependent on China. Products (electronics, vaping devices, cookware, fertilizers, etc.) are often weaponized with malware, toxins, or carcinogens. Buying Chinese goods funds the enemy.
5. Political and Social Subversion
- Movements like Black Lives Matter are described as Marxist operations (founded by trained Marxists) designed to create chaos and undermine institutions. The “radical left” is portrayed as “useful idiots” being manipulated. Politicians and institutions are compromised by CCP influence.
Domestic Enablers and Societal Weaknesses
Fleming argues that American freedoms (speech, openness) are being exploited. The education system has been infiltrated with Marxist ideas, leaving younger generations (especially Gen Z) vulnerable to utopian promises. Chaos (pandemics, protests, economic issues) distracts from the loss of freedoms. Mainstream media is seen as compromised and failing to report the scale of threats like fentanyl.
Solutions and Call to Action
Fleming emphasizes that this is World War III already underway, targeting every American. Government alone won’t solve it—Americans must act:
- Become Informed: Read The Red Tsunami (described as essential reading for high schools and universities).
- Stop Funding the Enemy: Boycott Chinese goods and services; stop investing in companies tied to China.
- Unite: Join or support freedomforever.global — a planned platform for truth, consumer guidance, and collective action.
- Take Action: Vote with wallets and ballots; elect uncompromised leaders; fly the American flag; push back against foreign influence.
- Revitalize America: Move toward “America 2.0” by reclaiming constitutional principles—power resides with the people, not government.
He stresses individual responsibility and the American spirit of self-reliance, risk-taking, and freedom, contrasting it with dependence on government.
Closing
Al Palmer endorses the book and the need for individual awakening. The interview ends with encouragement to spread the message, buy and distribute copies of the book, and prepare for future discussions featuring people who have lived under communism.
Fleming presents the CCP as an existential, sophisticated adversary executing a multi-decade plan. The book and movement aim to connect the dots for average Americans and mobilize a grassroots response before it’s too late.
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