To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (20054 ) 5/22/2007 9:52:54 AM From: one_less Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 71588 "Can you say "T-R-O-U-B-L=E"?" With a capital T Iran representing Shia Islam and Pakistan representing Sunni will each acquire superpower military status. China and India will acquire economic superpower status and will change from being the most passive cultures to the most violent. They will initially seem to be a threat to world powers but will collapse under internal corruption and domestic turmoil. They will, however, continue to thrive economically. Russia, on the other hand, will once again rise as a dominating force on the Eastern Hemisphere. Russia will attempt a new type of United grouping of nations under it’s wing for military and economic strength, but will be careful not to topple other nations in the process USSR style. European countries that were once allied with the USA will cooperate. In the Western Hemisphere Brazil will lead the South American countries in economic development. South America will do well for a while but they will have the same corruption and domestic problems China and India face. Brazil will lead South America in renewing friendly relations with North American Countries. Mubarak of Egypt is wearing a bullseye for the Islamic Brotherhood assassin. The whole world including Palestine seems bent on making it the modern day Alamo, mean while we are missing the rise of Pakistan as the real threat to the world’s stability. Dopey, I know, but that's what we are fixed on. Land locked nations of history were left out of contention for power. In the future that will be an advantage. Over all there will be more wars fought over unstable regions, but the USA wont be taking unilateral movements like in Iraq.”What's YOUR solution? Eh?” The wealth and organization of the modern world lies in the cities, setting on the coast lines of super power nations. Climatic change could bring them down in short order. World wide plague is long over due. The birds are setting up to give us a nice whack. Let’s not forget the Nuke_em_all solution often proposed by the Western extremists. Or, you can of course request the presence of a messiah to show up and sort things out for us.