Report: U.S. Dominance and Influence Predicted to Fade

[underpants]

Source: Fox News

The next two decades will see a world living with the daily threat of nuclear war, environmental catastrophe and the decline of America as the dominant global power, according to a frighteningly bleak assessment by the U.S. intelligence community.

"The world of the near future will be subject to an increased likelihood of conflict over resources, including food and water, and will be haunted by the persistence of rogue states and terrorist groups with greater access to nuclear weapons," said the report by the National Intelligence Council.

The analysts said that the report had been prepared in time for Barack Obama's entry into the Oval office on January 20, where he will be faced with some of the greatest challenges of any newly-elected president.

The report, a year in the making, said that global warming will aggravate the scarcity of water, food and energy resources. Citing a British study, it said that climate change could force up to 200 million people to migrate to more temperate zones. "Widening gaps in birth rates and wealth-to-poverty ratios, and the impact of climate change, could further exacerbate tensions," it said.

"The international system will be almost unrecognizable by 2025, owing to the rise of emerging powers, a globalizing economy, a transfer of wealth from West to East, and the growing influence of non-state actors. Although the United States is likely to remain the single most powerful actor, the United States' relative strength -- even in the military realm -- will decline and US leverage will become more strained."



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Actual report
http://www.dni.gov/nic/NIC_2025_project.html

[midnight]

1. It's kind of ironic that a man who came into office under the

auspices of "Compassionate Conservatism" has bankrupted our economy, destroyed our infrastructure, destroyed trust here and around the world. The effects will be remembered as a time of complete horror, and not "Compassion" by any stretch of the word.

[napoleon_in_rags]

2. Yep, there goes the Cassandra community again.

Did you hear something? I didn't hear anything. There's no reason for us to radically change quick, honest. :)