[Rhodes22-list] Breakup of USA predicted

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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. 

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