Future Conflict Prediction Thread

[Kevin]

I'm starting a future conflict prediction thread, feel free to post your predictions. 

[Alcon]

I'm afraid I don't understand.

[Kevin]

Predictions of future military conflicts to clear that up for you.

[Platypus]

Maybe DPRK/the world, but most likely nothing major within the next 10 years except internal conflicts. Armenia/Azerbaijan mights spark up a bit.

[Bono]

Andorra vs Liechtenstein

[KEmperor]

I predict that the maples will rise up against the oak trees, and there will be massive conflict in the forests, causing massive refugee problems with regard to squirrels and other native wildlife.

[Bono]

I predict that the maples will rise up against the oak trees, and there will be massive conflict in the forests, causing massive refugee problems with regard to squirrels and other native wildlife.

Maple syndicalism?

[The Man From G.O.P.]

Nunavut and French Polynesia

[MasterJedi]

Sealand and the Vatican

[minionofmidas]

US airstrikes against Albania (why not Albania) if Bush's approval ratings sink any further.

[KEmperor]

US airstrikes against Albania (why not Albania) if Bush's approval ratings sink any further.

Now that's just stupid, Albania doesn't have that kind of oil.  Obviously as any whacked out left-winger will tell you (see: Shira) the Republican party and Bush in particular cannot go to war unless the country in question has massive amounts of oil.

[minionofmidas]

US airstrikes against Albania (why not Albania) if Bush's approval ratings sink any further.

Now that's just stupid, Albania doesn't have that kind of oil.  Obviously as any whacked out left-winger will tell you (see: Shira) the Republican party and Bush in particular cannot go to war unless the country in question has massive amounts of oil.

Never seen "Wag the Dog"? Of course the president it's modelled on was called Clinton...

Not to mention that Albania actually does have oil.

[MasterJedi]

Germany Vs. the rest of the World.

WWIII will happen and Germany will again start it.

[KEmperor]

US airstrikes against Albania (why not Albania) if Bush's approval ratings sink any further.

Now that's just stupid, Albania doesn't have that kind of oil.  Obviously as any whacked out left-winger will tell you (see: Shira) the Republican party and Bush in particular cannot go to war unless the country in question has massive amounts of oil.

Never seen "Wag the Dog"? Of course the president it's modelled on was called Clinton...

Not to mention that Albania actually does have oil.

Not enough of it, and yes I got the Wag the Dog reference.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

So then what does Albania do with its troops in Iraq after that? (all 12 of them, or whatever meaningless number they have)

[minionofmidas]

So then what does Albania do with its troops in Iraq after that? (all 12 of them, or whatever meaningless number they have)

Clearly they get the same treatment as the Italian soldiers who fought alongside the Germans - they'll discover that they have suddenly become POWs, or enemy combatants if that doesn't work.

[Kevin]

     I was wondering if it would be ok with you guys if we only had serious predictions here, please?

[KEmperor]

     I was wondering if it would be ok with you guys if we only had serious predictions here, please?

No, it's not ok.

[DanielX]

North Korea vs. Everyone else

Iran vs. US + maybe some allies
OR
Iran vs. Israel (not a 'war' per se)
OR
(worst case scenario)
Iran + Syria + Palestinians + Hezbollah vs. US + Israel + several allies

Armenia vs. Azerbaijian

Internal conflict in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Nigeria,  lesser extent in Cyprus, Northern Ireland, Thailand, Burma.

Possibility of internal conflict in Europe increasing as decade or so goes on. There is certain to be more France-like riots, outright civil war may happen but is unlikely before 2020.

The US may see some racial tensions in the Southwest.

Colombia vs. Venezuela is not impossible, either. The US would almost certainly provide at least covert aid on the Colombian side.

US vs. Cuba could happen when Fidel croaks.

Possible development of Anarchy in southern Africa. Zimbabwe is going to be worst hit; Mugabe's running the place to the ground and there's no guarantee his replacement (either after he dies or is otherwise deposed) will be any better.

Sudan vs. Chad is quite likely in the next few years. The US will likely outwardly recommend negotiations while quietly supporting Chad.

Somalia is going to remain in anarchy for the forseeable future. Somaliland (and perhaps Puntland) will make their de facto independence stick.

Lebanon and Syria are possible fountains of conflict, internal or with each other (Israel and the US are likely to support any anti-Syrian move by Lebanon).

[AkSaber]

In all seriousness, I believe the Romulan Empire will emerge from its isolationist period with fury. They will attack the Federation and Klingons. After a somewhat difficult conflict, Starfleet and the Klingon battlecruisers will provide to be too much for the Romulan warbirds to handle.

They go bye-bye.

[Psychic Octopus]

BUMP

Pakistan and India
Russia and Ukraine

[Hash]

Bretagne vs. "Pays de la Loire"

[Psychic Octopus]

Socially Conservative/Fiscally Conservative Republicans vs Socially Liberal/Fiscally Conservative Republicans.

[dead0man]

Don't we need to put some sort of time frame on these predictions?  Of course Pakistan and India will fight again in the future, that's not a prediction it's almost a certainty.  Picking when it happens is the challenging part.

Iran will have bombs dropped on it by somebody (Israel, US, other western powers) during Obama's first term.

Georgia and Russia will go at again in the next 2 years because Russia will once again refuse to leave Georgian soil.

Pakistan will colapse and will turn into a more complicated version of Afghanistan.  India will use this advantage to secure disputed territories, other Muslim nations will bitch about it but will fail to act.

Terrorist attacks will increase in Muslim nations as the Shia/Sunni shift grows uglier.  These attacks will slowly increase in frequency over the next decade culminating in several shifts of power on the Arabian peninsula.

2nd tier nations will finally come to the forefront.  Brazil and India specifically will replace Russia and Japan as world leaders.  This is already happening of course, but it will take 3 or 4 decades to fully transpire.

Iraq will stumble along it's current path.  I don't ever seeing it becoming a bastion of democracy in the Middle East, but I don't see it totally falling back into a cycle of dictatorships either.

Syria and Lebanon will once again start sh**t with Israel and the results will be like they always are.  They will get their asses kicked and the hard left and hard right in the west will bitch about "proportionality" and wish death on Jews.  In the next 18 months.

The UN will become more of a joke every year with the US and most Western nations leaving the organization by 2025.  It will be replaced by a new organization made up of only liberal democracies.

[big bad fab]

Civil wars in Guinea (2010), Gabon (2012) and Uzbekistan (2013).

I hope current (and stupid) projects of redrawing regions and departments in France won't turn into another civil war.... !