Could Chicago become the new capitol of the breakaway 'Central North-American Republic'? This might be our only consolation if the (crack-pot) predictions of Igor Panarin, former KGB analyst and current dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry's academy for future diplomats, comes true:
Mr. Panarin posits, in brief, that mass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation will trigger a civil war next fall and the collapse of the dollar. Around the end of June 2010, or early July, he says, the U.S. will break into six pieces -- with Alaska reverting to Russian control. [Andrew Osborn, "As if Things Weren't Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S.", Wall St Journal, 12/29/08]
On the other hand, if this is typical of what passes for critical thinking at the KGB and the state academy for future diplomats, maybe it's the Rooskies who are going to be having problems.
[h/t Steve Benen]
