- Our government intervention in the economy and in the
private affairs of citizens, and the internal affairs of foreign countries,
leads to uncertainty and many unintended consequences. Here are some of
the consequences about which we should be concerned.
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- I predict U.S. taxpayers will pay to rebuild Palestine,
both the West Bank and the Gaza, as well as Afghanistan. U.S. taxpayers
paid to bomb these areas, so we will be expected to rebuild them.
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- Peace, of sorts, will come to the Middle East, but will
be short-lived. There will be big promises of more U.S. money and weapons
flowing to Israel and to Arab countries allied with the United States.
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- U.S. troops and others will be used to monitor the "peace."
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- In time, an oil boycott will be imposed, with oil prices
soaring to historic highs.
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- Current Israeli-United States policies will solidify
Arab Muslim nations in their efforts to avenge the humiliation of the Palestinians.
That will include those Muslim nations that in the past have fought against
each other.
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- Some of our moderate Arab allies will be overthrown by
Islamic fundamentalists.
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- The U.N. will continue to condemn, through resolutions,
Israeli-U.S. policies in the Middle East, and they will be ignored.
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- Some European countries will clandestinely support the
Muslim countries and their anti-Israel pursuits.
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- China, ironically assisted by American aid, much more
openly will sell to militant Muslims the weapons they want, and will align
herself with the Arab nations.
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- The United States, with Tony Blair as head cheerleader,
will attack Iraq without proper authority, and a major war, the largest
since World War II, will result.
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- Major moves will be made by China, India, Russia, and
Pakistan in Central Asia to take advantage of the chaos for the purpose
of grabbing land, resources, and strategic advantages sought after for
years.
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- The Karzai government will fail, and U.S. military presence
will end in Afghanistan.
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- An international dollar crisis will dramatically boost
interest rates in the United States.
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- Price inflation, with a major economic downturn, will
decimate U.S. Federal Government finances, with exploding deficits and
uncontrolled spending.
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- Federal Reserve policy will continue at an expanding
rate, with massive credit expansion, which will make the dollar crisis
worse. Gold will be seen as an alternative to paper money as it returns
to its historic role as money.
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- Erosion of civil liberties here at home will continue
as our government responds to political fear in dealing with the terrorist
threat by making generous use of the powers obtained with the Patriot Act.
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- The draft will be reinstated, causing domestic turmoil
and resentment.
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- Many American military personnel and civilians will be
killed in the coming conflict.
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- The leaders of whichever side loses the war will be hauled
into and tried before the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
The United States will not officially lose the war, but neither will we
win. Our military and political leaders will not be tried by the International
Criminal Court.
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- The Congress and the President will shift radically toward
expanding the size and scope of the Federal Government. This will satisfy
both the liberals and the conservatives.
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- Military and police powers will grow, satisfying the
conservatives. The welfare state, both domestic and international, will
expand, satisfying the liberals. Both sides will endorse military adventurism
overseas.
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- This is the most important of my predictions: Policy
changes could prevent all of the previous predictions from occurring. Unfortunately,
that will not occur. In due course, the Constitution will continue to be
steadily undermined and the American Republic further weakened.
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- During the next decade, the American people will become
poorer and less free, while they become more dependent on the government
for economic security.
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- The war will prove to be divisive, with emotions and
hatred growing between the various factions and special interests that
drive our policies in the Middle East.
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- Agitation from more class warfare will succeed in dividing
us domestically, and believe it or not, I expect lobbyists will thrive
more than ever during the dangerous period of chaos.
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- I have no timetable for these predictions, but just in
case, keep them around and look at them in 5 to 10 years. Let us hope and
pray that I am wrong on all accounts. If so, I will be very pleased.
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