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Predictions By Congressman Ron Paul
Predictions By Congressman Ron Paul Canada NewsWire Canadian Union Of Public Employees www.cupe.ca 4-26-2002
Our government intervention in the economy and in the private affairs of
citizens, and the internal affairs of foreign countries, leads to uncertainty and
many unintended consequences. Here are some of the consequences about which we
should be concerned.
I predict U.S. taxpayers will pay to rebuild Palestine, both the West Bank and
the Gaza, as well as Afghanistan. U.S. taxpayers paid to bomb these areas, so we
will be expected to rebuild them.
Peace, of sorts, will come to the Middle East, but will be short-lived. There
will be big promises of more U.S. money and weapons flowing to Israel and to Arab
countries allied with the United States.
U.S. troops and others will be used to monitor the 'peace.'
In time, an oil boycott will be imposed, with oil prices soaring to historic
highs.
Current Israeli-United States policies will solidify Arab Muslim nations in
their efforts to avenge the humiliation of the Palestinians. That will include
those Muslim nations that in the past have fought against each other.
Some of our moderate Arab allies will be overthrown by Islamic fundamentalists.
The U.N. will continue to condemn, through resolutions, Israeli-U.S. policies in
the Middle East, and they will be ignored.
Some European countries will clandestinely support the Muslim countries and their
anti-Israel pursuits.
China, ironically assisted by American aid, much more openly will sell to
militant Muslims the weapons they want, and will align herself with the Arab
nations.
The United States, with Tony Blair as head cheerleader, will attack Iraq without
proper authority, and a major war, the largest since World War II, will result.
Major moves will be made by China, India, Russia, and Pakistan in Central Asia to
take advantage of the chaos for the purpose of grabbing land, resources, and
strategic advantages sought after for years.
The Karzai government will fail, and U.S. military presence will end in
Afghanistan.
An international dollar crisis will dramatically boost interest rates in the
United States.
Price inflation, with a major economic downturn, will decimate U.S. Federal
Government finances, with exploding deficits and uncontrolled spending.
Federal Reserve policy will continue at an expanding rate, with massive credit
expansion, which will make the dollar crisis worse. Gold will be seen as an
alternative to paper money as it returns to its historic role as money.
Erosion of civil liberties here at home will continue as our government responds
to political fear in dealing with the terrorist threat by making generous use of
the powers obtained with the Patriot Act.
The draft will be reinstated, causing domestic turmoil and resentment.
Many American military personnel and civilians will be killed in the coming
conflict.
The leaders of whichever side loses the war will be hauled into and tried before
the International Criminal Court for war crimes. The United States will not
officially lose the war, but neither will we win. Our military and political
leaders will not be tried by the International Criminal Court.
The Congress and the President will shift radically toward expanding the size and
scope of the Federal Government. This will satisfy both the liberals and the
conservatives.
Military and police powers will grow, satisfying the conservatives. The welfare
state, both domestic and international, will expand, satisfying the liberals.
Both sides will endorse military adventurism overseas.
This is the most important of my predictions: Policy changes could prevent all of
the previous predictions from occurring. Unfortunately, that will not occur. In
due course, the Constitution will continue to be steadily undermined and the
American Republic further weakened.
During the next decade, the American people will become poorer and less free,
while they become more dependent on the government for economic security.
The war will prove to be divisive, with emotions and hatred growing between the
various factions and special interests that drive our policies in the Middle
East.
Agitation from more class warfare will succeed in dividing us domestically, and
believe it or not, I expect lobbyists will thrive more than ever during the
dangerous period of chaos.
I have no timetable for these predictions, but just in case, keep them around and
look at them in 5 to 10 years. Let us hope and pray that I am wrong on all
accounts. If so, I will be very pleased.
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