Uh oh

Vern1961 said:
Well our Fallout games and post-apocalyptic TV shows have been gradually preparing us for "something" for a while now.

Hard to see that it's going to kick off soon, if you believe the MSM, IS now on the backfoot and it's gone relatively quiet over NK. Can't see Russia or China wanting to kick off as they rely on trade from the west and then there's MAD.

Perhaps the curve ball will be some unstoppable virus or disease that comes out of nowhere and turns 75% of the population into ghouls or zombies.
Click to expand...

NK is a bumpy road - the US is currently putting pressure on some Chinese banks, etc. which could have some um fallout. One thing that potentially could have implications with NK is that IMO they are in that kind of in a pre-WW2 use of nukes environment while the rest of the world is existing in a post use of nukes environment and that shouldn't be under-estimated. (That said I think we are at a point now where even China wouldn't defend them - if it looked like they'd actually deploy nukes the Chinese would probably throw a few hundred thousand troops over the border - none the less they don't want the US responding to stuff like that in their backyard).

The Qatar crisis could also go either direction at the moment its gently simmering but there is potential for it to go sideways dramatically especially with the criss-crossed mismatch of allegiances and alliances and investment in the region. Saudi's new crown prince who now effectively wields power also seems to have some tendency towards conflict - people write off his efforts with Yemen as foolhardy rash acts of youth and inexperience but it could be a way to give troops experience and as a measure of where their military capabilities are and how they need to improve before engaging in something more serious with other players in the region like Iran. Not sure whether that would really effect us that much or not though - we have some tentative defensive pacts with Qatar but beyond that not so much involvement these days.

Still potential for escalation in Ukraine - its become somewhat forgotten about but still tensions ongoing - Ukraine has now had long enough to rebuild their forces to a point where any direct offensive by Russia would likely be beyond anything they could economically justify or sustain without going to an all out war front but sooner or later Ukraine is going to be strong enough to start looking at addressing those pockets holding out or turn their eyes to Crimea which could ignite things in unpredictable ways.
 
Not worried about politics particularly. Trump is a useful idiot to many people at the moment, he'll be got rid of if he becomes dangerous.

This little right-wing movement that kicked off with Brexit is dying a death. I think there's a good chance it will ultimately lead to the UK becoming more like the progressive social democracies in the rest of Europe over time. Going to be a whole lot of misery and finger pointing before that happens though. Nothing cataclysmic mind.

Hasn't been a really destructive natural disaster in a while. Tokyo and California are 'overdue' a big rumble aren't they?
 
mid_gen said:
Hasn't been a really destructive natural disaster in a while. Tokyo and California are 'overdue' a big rumble aren't they?
Click to expand...

The US is "due" a few natural disasters that could be towards the cataclysmic end of the scale worst case but most estimates put them as fairly low in the next ~70 years - still if something happened at the bigger end of the predicted scale around the California fault lines or Yellowstone, etc. the global repercussions could be huge - the US might be forced to almost entirely withdraw from world affairs with all hands on dealing with the disaster and to recover domestically which would result in unpredictable rebalance of power around the globe.
 
Rroff said:
The US is "due" a few natural disasters that could be towards the cataclysmic end of the scale worst case but most estimates put them as fairly low in the next ~70 years - still if something happened at the bigger end of the predicted scale around the California fault lines or Yellowstone, etc. the global repercussions could be huge - the US might be forced to almost entirely withdraw from world affairs with all hands on dealing with the disaster and to recover domestically which would result in unpredictable rebalance of power around the globe.
Click to expand...

Yeah Yellowstone going pop would be a global event, probably the end of the US as a major power.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
OP is the same one that started his that Euro-tunnel thread where he anticipates and predicts getting mobbed by a ton of immigrants.

Either OP is some sorta precognitive or easily stirred by fear mongering media.
Click to expand...
The Eurotunnel thing is nothing to do with the media, I've experienced those things first hand!
 
Stop reading the papers OP, basically avoid news.

It has served its purpose, mainly through greed. All they are bothered about is selling to make money.
 
If war broke out the political left would probably stand with whoever we're fighting against, unless we declared war on the US in which case they'd probably claim neutrality.
 
Last edited:
Avenged7Fold said:
Something you failed to mention in your own euro-tunnel thread... yeah i don't think anyone believes you :p

Lay off the DM and telegraph and you should be just fine
Click to expand...
'We have a nightmare every year' - I mentioned it, you just chose not to see it; bit like how you choose to ignore and deny any problem as soon as someone uses the word 'migrant'.

Try to develop your arguments beyond 'this newspaper said it so it can't be true'. Intelligence is forming opinions and making judgements based on various sources and types of evidence, rather than immediately denying it on the basis that a particular source said it.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom