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Russian scholar says US will collapse next year (Martial Law, Six-Way Split, etc.)
The Rock Hill Herald / The Associated Press ^ | March 4, 2009 | Mike Eckel

Posted on 03/04/2009 1:04:33 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

MOSCOW -- If you're inclined to believe Igor Panarin, and the Kremlin wouldn't mind if you did, then President Barack Obama will order martial law this year, the U.S. will split into six rump-states before 2011, and Russia and China will become the backbones of a new world order.

Panarin might be easy to ignore but for the fact that he is a dean at the Foreign Ministry's school for future diplomats and a regular on Russia's state-guided TV channels. And his predictions fit into the anti-American story line of the Kremlin leadership.

"There is a high probability that the collapse of the United States will occur by 2010," Panarin told dozens of students, professors and diplomats Tuesday at the Diplomatic Academy - a lecture the ministry pointedly invited The Associated Press and other foreign media to attend.

The prediction from Panarin, a former spokesman for Russia's Federal Space Agency and reportedly an ex-KGB analyst, meshes with the negative view of the U.S. that has been flowing from the Kremlin in recent years, in particular from Vladimir Putin.

Putin, the former president who is now prime minister, has likened the United States to Nazi Germany's Third Reich and blames Washington for the global financial crisis that has pounded the Russian economy.

Panarin didn't give many specifics on what underlies his analysis, mostly citing newspapers, magazines and other open sources.

He also noted he had been predicting the demise of the world's wealthiest country for more than a decade now.

But he said the recent economic turmoil in the U.S. and other "social and cultural phenomena" led him to nail down a specific timeframe for "The End" - when the United States will break up into six autonomous regions and Alaska will revert to Russian control.

(Excerpt) Read more at heraldonline.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; Russia; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: bailout; bho44; bhorussia; birthcertificate; certifigate; civilwar2; cw2; economy; financialcrisis; igorpanarin; obama; teaparty; wallstreet
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To: seoul62
THIS YANKEE COMES IN PEACE AND I AM NOT A LIBERAL, KOOL-AID-DRINKING-LAPDOG, YOU WILL OVERTURN YOUR WAY OF LIFE!!!!

Welcome to Texas then. Buy some weapons, DON'T vote democrat, get a hat, and enjoy ... but be prepared to study BBQ for about 10 years before offering any critiques.

101 posted on 03/04/2009 9:28:22 AM PST by Centurion2000 (01-20-2009 : The end of the PAX AMERICANA.)
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To: Centurion2000

Again, the future technology isn’t coming out of A&M etc.


102 posted on 03/04/2009 10:01:33 AM PST by durasell
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To: Centurion2000

I like Texas and was there with the YAF in 1984 for the Republican Convention. I had a wonderful time, the gentleman were extremely well mannered but the heat did me in: I had a heat stroke attack and thought that was the end for me. The Texas heat is brutal. I will vote for the party that best preserves Western Civilization. As for the part on firearms, this New Yorker, only went to a firing range once and I tried but when I fired a handgun, the sound almost gave me a heart-attack. Please no laughter, it is just that I did not grow up in a hunting or firearms culture. Other than the one time experience on the firing range, the only exposure to hunting and firearms were shows on television./Just Asking - seoul62.......


103 posted on 03/04/2009 10:31:55 AM PST by seoul62
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To: durasell

May not between MIT and UT, but I know several people that opted for Rice over MIT.


104 posted on 03/04/2009 12:59:45 PM PST by mouse_35
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To: durasell

All great schools, but I have some insight to this.

The problem with the elite schools is that they often train the young engineer or scientist to be an academic. We recently hired a new engineer from an “elite” school, one with great grades, and it has been very interesting. After six months she admitted that her whole schooling was focused on going grad school, as opposed to real engineering.

I have seen that many times. In fact, one company I have worked with specifically avoids said schools because of that. Not that the grads aren’t very well educated, but they are more tooled to doing things other than working with actual everyday engineering problems.


106 posted on 03/04/2009 3:38:09 PM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: WakeUpAndVote; 2ndDivisionVet

Here is a bit of reality. IF Russia made a real effort to take Alaska, they could. We simply could not move the men, supplies, or equipment up there to hold it.

Of course, the flip side is that the supply chain for any Russian invader would be worse, and while they could very easily over run the state, they would have the very devil of a time holding it.


107 posted on 03/04/2009 3:40:01 PM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum

What the great schools produce are those 50 or 75 guys/gals out of a thousand with original ideas. Most will go on to teach or blossom at a later date. For work-a-day-engineers, I’d go with the second-string schools.


108 posted on 03/04/2009 3:53:19 PM PST by durasell
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Perdogg; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
If you're inclined to believe Igor Panarin, and the Kremlin wouldn't mind if you did, then President Barack Obama will order martial law this year, the U.S. will split into six rump-states before 2011, and Russia and China will become the backbones of a new world order.
None just kicked slim's ass right down an elevator shaft. Thanks 2ndDivisionVet. Perdogg -- for your predictions thread?
109 posted on 03/04/2009 5:54:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Brucifer; Allegra; Behind Liberal Lines; uamadan

Bump for the Binghamton, Whitney Point crowd ...


110 posted on 03/04/2009 8:25:57 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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To: Liberty Valance

Liberty, I think the Binghamton, Whitney Point crowd is up to their butts in snow. LOL!


111 posted on 03/05/2009 4:17:42 AM PST by Brucifer (Proud member of the Double Secret Reloading Underground.)
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