November 20. 2008

The National Intelligence Council today predicted that America’s influence and clout in the world will fade by 2025. After what Bush did, is there any wonder such reports are being released. However, it has items inconsistent with other studies of its kind.

For instance, it greatly underestimates China’s place in the world and its rate of growth. Russia is a nation that should not be underestimated either. There are other underestimations and oversights as well.

On America’s current path, it is going to be further weakened, due to the financial mismanagement and poor political policies of the last few years.

The current U.S. economic crisis is changing the American way of life. How the nation chooses to go forth will be up to the government, if the people are not successful in getting their will across.

I think everyone should strive towards world peace. It's sounds naive, but it is the best course of action. It would avert a lot of chaos, disaster, suffering, pain and loss of life.

Report: U.S. Influence Will Fade By 2025

Analysts gazing into what amounts to an intelligence-based crystal ball see a future world marked by dwindling resources, more people and diminished power for the United States, as CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports.

The grim assessment, entitled "Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World", comes from the National Intelligence Council, an independent government body. The report concludes that by 2025, "The U.S. will remain the single most important actor but will be less dominant." ...

"China will have the world's second largest economy," the report says, "and will be a leading military power."

But conventional military strength will be less important. The new threats will come from hackers and cyber-terrorists, criminal gangs and other rogue groups...

China will have the world's second largest economy and will be a leading military power.

http://www.cbsnews.com