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Grok -> (9/27/2000 12:47:00 AM)
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Originally posted by Dan Cook:
Japan, SA and Mexico? Those are flashpoints?
Indeed, Japan has a growing number of mal-contents. I doubt that they will ever be a majority, but it doesn't take many to perform an act of terrorism in another country, all in the name of patriotism, for which Japan would be blamed. Japan already has many terrorist groups operating, its just a matter of time before they begin their "war".
South America and Mexico have always been a den of greed, envy and violence. It would be all too easy to send in terrorists into the US under the guise of migrant workers, and in a well coordinated avalanche of attacks, paralize industry, power, transportation and communication. The US never having been attacked on its own soil in such a manner, would have its citizens demanding protection and the local "unofficial" militias would readily take advantage of the situation. Politicians would be forced into quick action, spurring on the US military to restore order and eventual retaliation, while blaming it for its intial inability to protect US citizens. The military hampered as it is by this time, would be leaving other parts of the world vulnerable to open agression by its enemies.
Each of these possibilities could trigger WW III.
For years I have been postulation such events, and some military fiction authors have even written about such possibilities. It's no longer required for a nation to be a superpower with nuclear capability, for terrorism has become the great equalizer. In todays small world what happens in ones own backyard eventually ends up involving the neighbors.
Due to the nature of the forum its next to impossible to detail every possibilty or the reasoning behind it for the countries mentioned. What I have stated is just one of the many possibilities that the US government has condsidered in its numerious scenerios of chaos.
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understanding requires patience
Grok
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