[jonKranked]

They think the US is going to collapse and break up into 6 smaller nations.

http://www.drudgereport.com/flashrur.htm

RUSSIAN ANALYST PREDICTS DECLINE AND BREAKUP OF USA
Tue Nov 25 2008 09:04:22 ET

A leading Russian political analyst has said the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the country is heading for collapse, and will divide into separate parts.

Professor Igor Panarin said in an interview with the respected daily IZVESTIA published on Monday: "The dollar is not secured by anything. The country's foreign debt has grown like an avalanche, even though in the early 1980s there was no debt. By 1998, when I first made my prediction, it had exceeded $2 trillion. Now it is more than 11 trillion. This is a pyramid that can only collapse."

The paper said Panarin's dire predictions for the U.S. economy, initially made at an international conference in Australia 10 years ago at a time when the economy appeared strong, have been given more credence by this year's events.

When asked when the U.S. economy would collapse, Panarin said: "It is already collapsing. Due to the financial crisis, three of the largest and oldest five banks on Wall Street have already ceased to exist, and two are barely surviving. Their losses are the biggest in history. Now what we will see is a change in the regulatory system on a global financial scale: America will no longer be the world's financial regulator."

When asked who would replace the U.S. in regulating world markets, he said: "Two countries could assume this role: China, with its vast reserves, and Russia, which could play the role of a regulator in Eurasia."

Asked why he expected the U.S. to break up into separate parts, he said: "A whole range of reasons. Firstly, the financial problems in the U.S. will get worse. Millions of citizens there have lost their savings. Prices and unemployment are on the rise. General Motors and Ford are on the verge of collapse, and this means that whole cities will be left without work. Governors are already insistently demanding money from the federal center. Dissatisfaction is growing, and at the moment it is only being held back by the elections and the hope that Obama can work miracles. But by spring, it will be clear that there are no miracles."

He also cited the "vulnerable political setup", "lack of unified national laws", and "divisions among the elite, which have become clear in these crisis conditions."

He predicted that the U.S. will break up into six parts - the Pacific coast, with its growing Chinese population; the South, with its Hispanics; Texas, where independence movements are on the rise; the Atlantic coast, with its distinct and separate mentality; five of the poorer central states with their large Native American populations; and the northern states, where the influence from Canada is strong.

He even suggested that "we could claim Alaska - it was only granted on lease, after all." Panarin, 60, is a professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has authored several books on information warfare.

 

[Fool]

Pretty much every sci-fi book I've read predicts the same thing. This means flying cars and laser guns can't be far behind.

 

[sanjuro]

We got jets, nukes, carriers, and what's inside Fort Knox to back us up.

 

[Defenestrated]

I can dig the balkanization of North America. It would mean more democracy and less imperialism.

Behold!

I'm so ready to be a citizen of the nation of California.

Oregon looks sweet too, provided they get Vancouver.

 

[Arkayne]

 

[jonKranked]

I can dig the balkanization of North America. It would mean more democracy and less imperialism.

Behold!
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I'm so ready to be a citizen of the nation of California.

Oregon looks sweet too, provided they get Vancouver.

Not shown on the map is the Land Of Bacon, of which I will rule.

 

[Defenestrated]

If the right to bacon in the morning is a inalienable right guaranteed to all citizens in the Land of Bacon, I'll live there.

 

[$tinkle]

i'll make sausage out of your bacon

look me in the eye & tell me that wouldn't rule

 

[Damo]

I'm claiming 'Damoland'.

I will rule with an iron fist. All will yeild...













Free bacon for all inhabitants

 

[Westy]

Free bacon for all inhabitants

****ing Socialist!

 

[Damo]

What can I say? I like socialising!

 

[Samirol]

On the other hand, OUR leading political analysts thought that Iraq would welcome us with flowers.

 

[dante]

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!! I'm currently living in what'll be Flyoverstan. Although when the world economy crumbles and wars are launched over food, we'll be totally set...

 

[3D.]

It?ll be all right because the 12 lane super highway that connects it all, will bring millions of promised jobs with it!

 

[dejacky]

outer forces looking forward to the breakup of a nation to carve out a piece for themselves. It reminds me of the Allies attacking the Ottoman empire and using the disloyal Ottoman Armenians to shoot Ottoman Turks (& other fellow Ottomans w/ different backgrounds) in their backs as the Allies attacked from the fronts. We can learn a lot from WWI.

 

[DaveW]

****ing Socialist!

a product of too much time spent with those filthy commie french.