As if Things Weren't Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S.

WSJ ^ | DECEMBER 29, 2008 | By ANDREW OSBORN

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MOSCOW -- For a decade, Russian academic Igor Panarin has been predicting the U.S. will fall apart in 2010. For most of that time, he admits, few took his argument -- that an economic and moral collapse will trigger a civil war and the eventual breakup of the U.S. -- very seriously. Now he's found an eager audience: Russian state media.

Igor Panarin In recent weeks, he's been interviewed as much as twice a day about his predictions. "It's a record," says Prof. Panarin. "But I think the attention is going to grow even stronger."

Prof. Panarin, 50 years old, is not a fringe figure. A former KGB analyst, he is dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry's academy for future diplomats. He is invited to Kremlin receptions, lectures students, publishes books, and appears in the media as an expert on U.S.-Russia relations.

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Wishfull thinking.

[Tax-chick]

predicting the U.S. will fall apart

Fine, lop off the blue parts and let them join ... Canada or Mexico. CSA and Republic of Greater Texas can be free countries.

[SolidWood]

Prof. Panarin, 50 years old, is not a fringe figure. A former KGB analyst

LOL! LOL! LOL!

[EyeGuy]

“In recent weeks, he’s been interviewed as much as twice a day about his predictions.”

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Of course he has.

The International Left and their Socialist Media, are ALSO pulling hard for the demise of the unprecedented freedom and personal responsibility and reward opportunities, represented by America.

[yankeedame]

Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S.

"Noted"

[the invisib1e hand]

propaganda in support of a very long and ambitious strategy.

[wendy1946]

The guy could easily be right. I used to think the dem party could be reformed or gotten rid of at some point; I no longer believe that. Democracy is a good system for governing a fairly homogeneous people with shared ideals and values, but that's all it is. It cannot be made to work as a system for sharing power between two or more groups with nothing in common at all who basically just despise eachother. At that point, all you have left is a contest to see who can do the better job of gaming the system, which is what we have now.

[demshateGod]

I welcome a breakup of the States. Let California and Mass’ politicians keep their crud in their own states. We’d have to get rid of our governor but that shouldn’t be too hard.

[Perseverando]

For a decade, Russian academic Igor Panarin has been predicting the U.S. will fall apart in 2010.

So the truth comes out. Obama is a KGB plot to destroy America.

[headstamp 2]

Excellent analysis.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Electile failure envy, er, something like that.

[Tax Government]

It’s far more likely that Russia will disintegrate.

[seatrout]

Hammer, meet nail.

[rabscuttle385]

propaganda in support of a very long and ambitious strategy.

Yup...the total destruction of the United States and the integration of its remnants into a single, global Government.

[stockpirate]

Sad to say most of what he is saying is true.

It can be stopped by the voterd but most are to stupid to understand what is going on.

To make matters worse most republicans think Bush was a good president.

[BenLurkin]

Wishful thinking that is shared by Barak Hussein Obama.

[HD1200]

Russia again keeping its own crap system going by convincing its people everybody else has it worse.

I recall during the seventies the Soviet Union had its people convinced Americans were starving in the streets and gangs would soon rule America.

[TLI]

Republic of Greater Texas can be free countries.

Texas + Oklahoma?

[wewereright]

I agree - most people would call this thinking a heresy but really why should we stay together? The opportunity to escape most federal taxes should be incentive enough for most thinking people.

[alloysteel]

If mapped out county by county, there is a clear division of “RED” and “BLUE” country, with the red segment being more or less contiguous, and the blue segment badly fragmented.

The fragmentation may not fall the way the good professor seems to believe. But he has pinpointed the reasons it could, and probably shall, happen.