2009 Flashback - "Intelligence: Mexico Will Be World Power, China Faces Chaos" & Obama/Biden Afghanistan War
Geopolitical Future stated that "in the first half of 2019 Mexico replaced China as the United States’ top trade partner" as well as "Mexico ranks as the 11th largest economy in the world" and we all know how the 2009 Obama/Biden war ended. Below are some fun predictions made in 2009 to Newsmax that may come true in the near future:
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/friedman_next_100_years/2009/02/15/182237.html
Intelligence Expert: China Faces Chaos in Coming Decades While Mexico Will Be World Power
Sunday, February 15, 2009 6:00 PM
Political
scientist and author George Friedman tells Newsmax that Mexico will
emerge later in this century as a major world power — while China could
face “social chaos.”
He also warns that the U.S. will encounter
increasing difficulties in supplying troops in Afghanistan who are
fighting the Taliban...
... “Mexico is already the world's 13th largest economy,” Friedman told Newsmax’s Ashley Martella...
... “China depends on exports. It is an extension of the American economy.
When the Americans catch cold, China catches pneumonia. And when China
catches pneumonia, when exports slow down, people are thrown out of
work.
“In the United States, that means your 401(k) and your
retirement is in trouble. In China that could very rapidly mean
malnutrition."...
...
“We have 30,000 troops in Afghanistan. NATO has more. All of them
are dependent on this extraordinarily long supply line, and the Taliban
has demonstrated that it can destroy it or interrupt it as it wishes.
“The
U.S. has no troops in Pakistan to protect the supply line. Therefore
Obama’s plan to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan raises
the question of how he plans to supply those troops.”