As the U.S. economy tanks, Bush will pursue his oil-hegemony dreams in Iraq, creating a bloodbath for both Iraqi civilians and U.S. service members, not to mention burning up hundreds of billions in taxpayer dollars in the process. Meanwhile, the Putins and Sharons of the world will see fit to continue oppressing their chosen targets, with full knowledge the US will turn a blind eye to their crimes against humanity in return for their own tacit approval of similar U.S. actions. The Middle Eastern region will predictably destabilize, with dangerous political/economic consequences accompanied by untold human costs.

And the U.S. will be subjected to further terrorist attacks - that is, if Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has his way. According to a little-discussed classified document prepared for Rumsfeld by the Defense Science Board, a group of private industry executives advising the Pentagon, new counter-terrorism measures will include "cover and deception" and secret military missions to stimulate terrorists into making attacks, thereby leaving them open to counterattacks by U.S. forces. Plainly put, the so-called "Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group (P2OG)" aims to save citizens from terrorist attacks by actively provoking terrorist attacks against citizens. Got that?