USA vs. the World, page 6

There are many forms of warfare. One of the most potent, is of course, economic warfare. Right now with the state of the U.S. economy (rise of Euro, fall of dollar, deficits, unhappy OPEC), it wouldn't really take a whole lot to bring the U.S. to its knees.

Our two greatest threats are joining forces:

China, Russia Will Hold First War Games

By JOE McDONALD
The Associated Press All Rights Reserved
Dec 13, 11:27 AM (ET)

BEIJING (AP) - China and Russia will hold their first joint military exercise next year, the Chinese government said Monday, as President Hu Jintao called for an expansion of the rapidly growing alliance between the former Cold War rivals.

The announcement came during a visit to Beijing by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, who was expected to discuss expanding the Kremlin's multibillion-dollar annual arms sales to China.

The exercises are to take place on Chinese territory, the official China News Service said. But that report and other government statements didn't say when they would take place or what forces would be involved.
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Shaky economy:

"Japan Threatens Huge Dollar Sell-Off"

Heather Stewart,
The London Observer
Sunday December 5, 2004

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Japan is warning the White House that there will be 'enormous capital flight' from the dollar if the Bush administration maintains its laissez-faire approach to the mounting currency crisis.
Tokyo fears that Japan's strongest economic recovery in a decade could be derailed by the sudden appreciation in the yen against the greenback.

The criticism of President Bush's inaction, by a senior member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will be taken as a veiled threat that Japan could start to sell off its multi-billion-dollar holdings of US Treasuries. 'The Japanese government is going to ask for a strong dollar policy; if it continues to fall, there would be enormous capital flight from the dollar,' said Kaoru Yosano, chairman of the LDP's policy council, adding that Japan would be calling on its fellow G7 governments to demand the US deal with the massive fiscal deficit that has helped to prompt the dollar's decline.
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The petro dollar in danger:

Opec sharply reduces dollar exposure

By Steve Johnson and Javier Blas in London
The Financial Times

Published: December 6 2004 21:12
Last updated: December 6 2004 21:12

Oil exporters have sharply reduced their exposure to the US dollar over the past three years, according to data from the Bank for International Settlements.

Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries have cut the proportion of deposits held in dollars from 75 per cent in the third quarter of 2001 to 61.5 per cent.

Middle Eastern central banks have reportedly switched reserves from dollars to euros and sterling to avoid incurring losses as the dollar has fallen and prepare for a shift away from pricing oil exports in dollars alone.
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Things to Come:

As The World Burns

By
Michael C. Ruppert

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-- But when the run on the dollar begins, OPEC will inevitably at some point switch its pricing to the Euro, which the entire world is wrangling - much to Europe's chagrin - into not only a safe-haven currency, but a profitable one. The next house is being built before the old one is abandoned. When the run on the dollar begins, it will be as if the rest of the world declared war on the United States of America by launching a missile, dropping a bomb, or landing an army at Bethany Beach, Delaware. That this will lead ultimately to widespread global warfare seems certain. This is exactly the way the administration is setting it up to appear to the American people. Think of 9/11 times fifty.

The rest of the world is merely defending itself with non-violent means - for the moment. But it will be portrayed as an attack upon the US. "Why?" George Bush will ask, rhetorically. "They hate us because of our freedom."

And, barring a miracle, the end results will be exactly the same as from a physical attack: devastation so complete and unthinkable - magnified by the brutal impacts of Peak Oil - that only a few will even try to prepare for it. That is sad because preparation will make all the difference (barring luck or divine intervention) in who survives and to what extent they remain intact and functioning afterwards.

Run on the Dollar Imminent - The American People and Economy Will Be Among the First Casualties

The World Draws a Line in the Sand Around Iran - There will be No Invasion

Ukraine Possible Sarajevo for Global Conflict; Africa Ready to Explode in Proxy Wars; Latin America Heats Up; More

US Strategic Abandonment of the Korean Peninsula Inevitable; Taiwan Likely

Permanent Blackouts in Industrialized Nations Possible by 2008
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If the countries and organizations BushCo. has pissed off and thrown aside decide to work together to cripple the U.S. economically, it can do great harm to us. They have the ability to bring on an economic Armaggedon here. If, for example, OPEC made the switch to Euros for their trading currency, our economy would go tits up.

Strange to ponder: One thing analysts are looking at is that the Bush administration is actually ok with our economy being wiped out. Think about it - those biggies have all of their assets safely tucked away offshore, so it wouldn't hurt them AND.. if our economy went bust, and tons of people were out of work, they'd be much more willing to join the military. They wouldn't need a draft. How machiavellian is that?

All that aside, the bottom line is this: The United States of America, no matter how big, bad and beautiful it is, cannot take on the world and win. If our country was ever invaded after the softening of said economic meltdown, it would make Iraq look like a playground. With all the personal weapons and vast territory, Americans would put up a fight unlike anything the world has ever seen. (Much as today's Iraqis are.) Essentially though, the U.S.A. would fall from greatness and become a third-rate power mired in a hellish Revolution.