PDA

View Full Version : The BIG Ones - predictions 2003.


Ytown Tribe fan
01-28-2003, 07:40 PM
What will be the most significant (non-baseball) events of this calendar year?

I'd really like to hear what everyone thinks will happen around the globe. What will be the biggest news stories of this year? Nothing is off limits, since these are just opinionated forecasts (if that's okay with you, NS Creator).

Okay, okay -- I'll start.

1) The U.S. will NOT attack Iraq in 2003. UN weapons inspectors will remain, forming an effective human shield throughout the Summer. The U.N. inspectors will pull out during the Summer, but the U.S. still will not attack through December.

1A) Iraq WILL knock down at least one of our carrier-based fighter aircraft this Fall. This will result in much name-calling in the U.N. but will not immediately result in a "Gulf of Tonkin" type resolution.

2) North Korea will partially succeed in having sanctions against it lifted. The U.N. will send a partial inspection team into North Korea by year's end.

SmedIndy
01-28-2003, 07:58 PM
Just be careful this doesn't get political.

I read enough opinion pages to know that "Commie" and un-American are being thrown around again, and that can get hostile.

Just behave....thanks.

Gosfgiants
01-28-2003, 09:43 PM
Originally posted by Ytown Tribe fan
1A) Iraq WILL knock down at least one of our carrier-based fighter aircraft this Fall. This will result in much name-calling in the U.N. but will not immediately result in a "Gulf of Tonkin" type resolution.

I believe the War Powers Act passed by congress a few months ago covers this. At this point I think the big question is whether the administration is going to incur international comdenation by several allies to follow through on this.

I predict that there will be more anti-war voices to be heard as this thing develops.

Max Power
01-28-2003, 10:20 PM
Sorry guys.

http://www.netshrine.com/vbulletin2/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8145

See the above. This is a forum to discuss things in the news - not personal predictions.

The Nostradamus and Miss Cleo stuff is pushing it.