by Bob Butler » Tue Feb 03, 2026 11:11 am
I'm figuring on something like the normal crisis - high boundary. While Putin is trying a war of expansion, Israel is practicing racism, Iran is short on water and dealing with a secular revolution against religious rule, and Trump is active in Venezuela and maybe Greenland and Canada, we'll have something almost approximating crisis conflicts. Not a big one like last time. A bunch of more local things. Come the high, people get tired of it. Russia is in economic trouble and running out of tanks. China is in economic trouble. The Democrats are doing very well in the few special elections. The local troubles are nothing to ignore, but seem to be moving towards climax and decent resolution.
So I'm mildly content waiting for the High. China could get desperate. Trump isn't predictable. Still the Democrats will likely want to return to something like the old status quo after the next election cycle or two.
I'm figuring on something like the normal crisis - high boundary. While Putin is trying a war of expansion, Israel is practicing racism, Iran is short on water and dealing with a secular revolution against religious rule, and Trump is active in Venezuela and maybe Greenland and Canada, we'll have something almost approximating crisis conflicts. Not a big one like last time. A bunch of more local things. Come the high, people get tired of it. Russia is in economic trouble and running out of tanks. China is in economic trouble. The Democrats are doing very well in the few special elections. The local troubles are nothing to ignore, but seem to be moving towards climax and decent resolution.
So I'm mildly content waiting for the High. China could get desperate. Trump isn't predictable. Still the Democrats will likely want to return to something like the old status quo after the next election cycle or two.