The year 2025: Oil, dollar out; Russia, Islam in

The year 2025: Oil, dollar out; Russia, Islam in

news.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON – Global warming could be a boon to Russia, a European country could be overrun by organized crime and the U.S. and its dollar could further decline in importance during the next two decades, says a U.S. intelligence report with predictions for the world in 2025.

The potential for conflict will be greater in 2025 than it is now, as the world's population competes for declining and shifting food, water and energy resources.

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This is a weird truth,

I don't know exactly if it will happen as it says in the article, but the fact that it has the capability of it happening is scary enough, the power shift I don't think would ever happen as stated in the article.

But the fact that it talks about a New Wold Power, and a population boom of 1.4 billion would be interesting to see.

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The title is very misleading, from the article:

The report, a year in the making, also suggests the world may complete its move away from its dependence on oil, and that the U.S. dollar, while remaining important, will decline to "first among equals" among other national currencies. U.S. global power also will likely decline, as Americans' concerns about putting resources into solving domestic problems may cause the United States to pull resources from foreign and global problems.

This doesn't say anything about the U.S. declining a super power, but rather it will be more interested in domestic affairs than in foreign affairs. It also says the Russia will likely not become a superpower again because of it's corruption, then goes on to say that Islam will reject terrorism...it never really says there will be a rise of Islam.

[edit on 25-11-2008 by yellowcard]

Wow... there's an un-winnable war going on, and the best thing they've got their intelligence agents doing is writing their predictions for 2025?
What... is their next source of revenue going to come from fictional paperbacks?

These military intelligence agents have better things to be doing than sitting around pondering what 2025 will be like.

Maybe if we cut off their pot supply, they might get back to work.

Originally posted by johnsky
Wow... there's an un-winnable war going on, and the best thing they've got their intelligence agents doing is writing their predictions for 2025?
What... is their next source of revenue going to come from fictional paperbacks?

These military intelligence agents have better things to be doing than sitting around pondering what 2025 will be like.

Maybe if we cut off their pot supply, they might get back to work.

lmao.... thought the same damn thing.

Am worried about the population boom

Population boom? LOL more like mass cull with ww3 impending, think ww1 and 2 combined was anything in terms of people lost to the war? Imagine what modern day weapons will do to the worlds populace! More like 1.4 billion decrease in world population is what will be seen.

I agree, there is no certanties of what the future holds, so for the intelligence nubs to be fantasing about it, makes you laugh at the levels they stoop to, just to divert attention away from current affairs.

This is precisely the reason why we need to nuke Iran, Russia, and China to preserve the freedom that America provides the world. Our culture is the best, others are just weird.

Originally posted by pluckynoonez
This is precisely the reason why we need to nuke Iran, Russia, and China to preserve the freedom that America provides the world. Our culture is the best, others are just weird.

If anyone needs be nuked it should be the fat ass USA, seriously, the average American consumes so much, four regular people could be sustained by the wasteful use of one American!

Not to mention your the major problem in this world with your American dream, everything should be yours, for little to nothing in return! Well I am glad your dream is dying under the current financial turmoil. Maybe your nation will fade away from the global scene real soon, faced with domestic issues that are eventually deemed more serious that raiding third world nations for their natural resources.

wow , nuke russia?
This is the most idiotic answer I have ever heard, if you nuke Russia, your family will be slaughtered as well. Just like everyone else alive.