Domestically, we shall see shackles placed upon the First Amendment, aimed particularly towards talk radio, but possibly also bloggers, seeking to silence the voices of political conservatism and Classical Liberalism. This will be called “Fairness”.
We shall see thorough subversion of the Second Amendment, the failure of each assault upon this Constitutional right to reduce violent crime used as justification for further assault. This will be called “Progress”.
We shall see widespread increases in taxation, crippling our industries and increasing unemployment, but little will be said of them by major media outlets. What we shall instead hear of, loud and clear, will be the various tax-credit schemes put into place, and how these will benefit us. The true result of this will never be spoken of: That our money is no longer our money, it is the State’s, which will grant us the privilege of borrowing an amount after we have answered to them. Taxed according to our ability to produce, credited according to our ability to grovel, this will be called “Justice”.
The blame for all ills will be shamelessly, self-righteously redirected upon the Bush administration and political conservatives in general, as was the case with the late economic crisis, which was an innevitable product of the Marxist policies (and the corruption they gave rise to) born of the Carter administration.
In foreign affairs, the best interests of our citizenry shall take a back seat to the mandates of the unelected bureaucrats of the United Nations.
The Far East will be at the mercy of China and their frothing puppet, North Korea. This may fair poorly for our ally, Taiwan.
In the Middle East, Afghanistan will likely, short of someone such as Gen. Patraeus being given a free hand over operations, be transformed from a difficult yet tenable battleground into the stagnant quagmire the mainstream media has for so long attempted to portray it as.
Israel will no longer be able to afford the risk of placing any trust in their sole military ally to assist them with either pen or sword, as it is now administrated by a man who spent twenty years quietly attending the anti-Semitic tirades of a mad preacher, a man who has shown nothing but sympathy for some of their most pernicious enemies. They will strike to destroy Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and if any neighbor is seen mobilizing for invasion, they may answer with the first atomic weapons fired in anger since World War II. If they are to survive, if they do not wish to see their women and children at the mercy of those who have none, they will have little other choice.
Iraq, now all but won, may see a sudden and dramatic increase in cassualties with the result of our new Commander in Chief surrendering all and pulling our forces out as quickly as possible. Alternatively, we may see a period of unexpected peace, lulling our aforementioned commander into withdrawing our fighting men en masse. This will be followed by absolute bedlam, as the Iranian-backed jihadis commit to a renewed and vigorous effort to make the people of Iraq pay for their audacity and apostasy in believing they could live by any law other than a tyrant’s will or an Imam’s decrees.
If Iraq does fall, Iran, possibly even Russia, will invade under the auspice of establishing peace, placing puppets into the seats of power and slaughtering all who oppose them. No serious move will be made on our part to prevent this, and our new-found allies will be left to the wolves.
The long held dream of Middle-East oil state autocrats and theocrats, that of shutting off all oil supplies to the West, shall become attainable. America, though we possess enough crude to last for the next two centuries will, by having left these resources untapped due to pressure from environmentalist lobbies and the obstinacy of the political left, be forced to scramble for self-sufficiency as our economy approaches the brink of total collapse.
Europe, completely dependent upon foreign oil and stripped of our protection, will have but two choices: kowtow to Russia, or beggar themselves to Iran. Numerous European states may in desperation turn to seizing their neighbor’s supplies and resources, if only to buy themselves a little time. Warfare unlike any seen since World War II will tear the European Union to pieces, and leave even the victors in dire straights.
There will be no Marshall Plan this time, and the wolves will be waiting with promises of Peace, and Order.
