[Rhodes22-list] Breakup of USA predicted

[Ben Cittadino]

Ed;

Maybe we could organize by athletic conferences. I want to live in ACC-land. 

Happy Thanksgiving,

Ben C.



Tootle wrote:
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Developing... 
> 
> See map attached:
>  http://www.nabble.com/file/p20691917/six%2Bcountries.gif
> six+countries.gif 
> 

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