THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume VII, Issue # 281, Secember 30, 2005
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
GLOBAL PREDICTIONS FOR 2006
By Alan Caruba
EVENTS & DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE WORLD DURING OR SOON AFTER THE YEAR 2006 & HOW
CONDITIONS OF WAR & PEACE ARE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THOSE EVENTS & DEVELOPMENTS: A CLOUDY
GLIMPSE OF THE NEAR FUTURE, BASED ON HISTORY & SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD
FULL STORY:
Everyone thinks they can predict the future. No one really can except in the most general way, but that will not deter me from
making mine!
History and some knowledge of the world give us a cloudy glimpse of the future. Here are some predictions with which to
conjure.
Both Israel and the United States of America will be compelled to launch a preemptive strike against the network of Iranian
nuclear weapons and missile manufacturing facilities, either in 2006 or 2007 at the latest.
The Palestinians will fail to elect any kind of widely accepted new government and civil war will break out among Hamas,
Al Fatah, and whatever other terrorist gang has weapons. That’s assuming, of course, they even manage to hold elections.
Lebanon will continue its struggle to break free of Syria’s grip and will be aided in this effort by the U.N., the U.S.A., and the
European Union. This may lead to the destabilization of the Assad regime.
Turkey will transition from the only successful secular state in the Middle East to one in the control of Islamic fundamentalists.
Whereas previously, Turkey's military insured against this occurring, it may have too many Islamists in its ranks to prevent it.
Admission to the European Union will be put on permanent hold and Turkey’s economy will plummet. Foreign investment will
disappear.
Despite naysayers, Iraq will continue to make progress toward establishing a functioning government and making adjustments
to its constitution to avoid splitting apart.
Depending on the level of dissatisfaction among Venezuelans, the assassination or overthrow of President Hugo Chavez may
occur. South American nations will continue to elect Far Left Socialists, i.e., Communists, to rule. Expect widespread social
discord and unrest. The only winners will be the drug cartels.
The Bush administration will engineer and push through Congress some sort of “guest worker” program that will enable
Mexicans to enter the United States legally. The alternative would be the potential economic collapse of Mexico.
China, while bellicose and building its military, will continue to seek accommodation with the U.S.A. and world trade partners.
Internal problems with growing peasant and worker rebellions will continue to occupy the attention of China's political cadres.
Japan will begin to rearm in a big way.
Saddam Hussein will be found guilty of crimes against his nation and executed.
Worldwide, al-Qa'ida will continue to be steadily degraded in its ability to launch major terrorist attacks. Some kind of
catastrophic attack, however, should be anticipated against the U.S.A.
The Republican Party will retain control of Congress, but just barely.
2006 will see another, totally predictable succession of powerful hurricanes. There is no connection between the number or
intensity of hurricanes and the socalled “global warming” theory.
A major earthquake causing extensive damage and loss of life is overdue in California.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
War & Peace in the Real World
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U.S. National Security Strategy
Alan Caruba is a veteran business and science writer, a Public Relations Counselor, and Founder of the National Anxiety Center, a
clearinghouse for information about media-driven scare campaigns. Caruba writes a weekly commentary, "Warning Signs," posted
on the Internet website of the National Anxiety Center, which is located at
www.anxietycenter.com.
© Alan Caruba 2006
Published with Permission of Alan Caruba
ACaruba@AOL.Com
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