>Friedman claims that around the year 2050 a Third World War will take place, between the United States, the "Polish Bloc," Britain, India, and China on one side, and Turkey and Japan on the other, with Germany and France entering the war in its late stages on the side of Turkey and Japan. The war will probably be started by a coordinated Turkish-Japanese sneak attack against the United States and its allies. In the book, Friedman predicts that the attack will take place at a time in which the Americans will be taken completely off guard, and hypothesizes 5:00 p.m. on November 24, 2050 (Thanksgiving Day) as a potential time.
What is his reasoning for a Japanese/Turkish alliance? Japan is literally an american bootlicker.
Brandon Peterson
>posts For the same reason Japan and Germany became allies: control of each end of Eurasia.
Nations only remain allies so long as it is politically expedient for them. Also, the US supports the growth of both nations since both of them are nominally American allies. Only objecting when it realizes that Eurasia won't remain as divided as it likes, even though neither of them have designs on the USA.
Also to be fair to him, his idea of Poland, Turkey, and Japan becoming major powers is predicated on the idea that Russia and China collapse, and they are the nations best able to exploit that. If neither of them do fall apart given the timetable he's made, it won't happen.
Cameron Diaz
The Stratfor guy isn't credible. If you must, read it like near-future SF.
Leo Turner
>US >New Great Power
I don't fucking understand
Gabriel Jackson
This
Jaxson Phillips
>impliying that glorious china will collapse dumb gweilos
Matthew Sullivan
Probably good food for thought, but anything that claims it can predict what will happen in 5 years, much less 100, is bunk. It's just impossible to account for all the different interactions events can have. Experts couldn't even predict who would be the next fucking president.
