Fun Stuff to Look Forward To

Leslie Gelb looks at some perfectly dreadful possibilities in the coming year.

I have to disagree with him on the Yankees: In a truly just world, the Yankees will lose Again and again and again. However, this is apt:

Mexico could fall into further turmoil and control by drug dealers, thus compelling Washington to make much greater commitments to “the Mexican problem”. Americans have been underplaying this one for decades, especially given the immigration and drug issues plus mutual trade and investment. The one good result of this would be that Americans finally realize that Mexico is far more important to their national security than Afghanistan.