History of the Future
I am now a ripe old 62, writing to all of you from the not-as-distant-as-you-think future of 2048. Here is a timeline of sorts, begining in two years:
2008: Hillary Rhodam Clinton becomes president of the United States, in large part to nostalgic memories of her husband's administration and gross infighting in the GOP between social conservatives and libertarians. Bill Clinton becomes Secretary of State, which allows him to fulfill the dreams of Jimmy Carter, with the second most post-presidential power (after William Howard Taft), and also makes Hillary happy by keeping him mostly out of the country.
October 10, 2009: Dirty bomb attack on New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Detroit, and Dallas. Detonated by the NIJA (New Islamic Jihad ofAllah) Initial casualites in number in the hundred thousands, but radiation poison will kill close to 100 million in the next 30 years. After the bomb, Hillary maintains control of the government, and vows to renew the now mostly lapsed Global War On Terror.
October 11, 2009 The European Union halts all further immigration from Islamic nations.
October 18, 2009 A full military draft, including women (mostly justified because the Commander-In-Chief is a woman) is instated, and mobilization for war begins. American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan pull in to military bases in Baghdad and Kabul.
February 2010 The countries that once constituted Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Turkey, Sudan, fearing threat from the United States and Europe, form The Islamic People's Republic (IPR). Political capital is Istanbul. It has the most oil of any country in the world, and is also one of the largest by population, with a very low median age.
April 2010 The Global War on Terror is renewed on the ground after air strikes across the IPR do not force a peace treaty. War is officially declared by Congress. A formal treaty is forged between the US, EU and Israel. Thus begins World War III, the conflict that gives Hillary the destinction by some to be the "greatest wartime President since Lincoln."
October 2011 By this time, Indonesia, Malaysia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Djbouti, have joined the IPR, and local riots and violence have erupted across Europe and in India.
November 2012 Hillary is reelected, and only faces minor opposition from the Republican and Libertarian Parties. By this time, the USA PATRIOT Act is brought back and expanded as never before. The ACLU and the Libertarians are the only ones who cry out.
April 2013 The tide turns as India and Russia formally join the Allies after three years of war.
July 2014 WWIII finally ends, the IPR to be ruled by an administrative coalition.
November 2016 Jeb Bush-John Kyl ticked is elected, thus ensuring the House of Bush a third presidential administration. Jeb promises to restore normalcy to the United States as much as possible, as well as continue the Clintons' New Marshall Plan for Europe, which had seen the heaviest urban fighting outside the Middle East.
November 2020 Jeb relected, first referrendum for secession voted on in California. The proposition is voted down 70-30. Pundits are shocked that there were 30% that voted for it.
November 2024 Chelsea Clinton elected President of the United States as a Democrat. The Bush-Clinton alternating dynasty enters its 36th year. Referrendums for secession appear on the ballot in California, Arizona, and New Mexico, and get an average of 40% in favor.
November 2028 Chelsea reelected. California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas pass referrendums leaving the United States.
January 2029 After a grace period in which US citizens are free to leave, Phoenix becomes the capital of Nuevo Mexico. Because they were three of the five most populous states in the Union, the United States is powerless to stop them.
November 2032 George P. Bush is elected President of the United States.
September 2033 The old IPR beings to mobilize and invades Israel. Israel falls inside of three months because the median population of Jews in Israel is 60. The IPR reforms and begins mobilizing towards the Balkans.
January 2034 The Allies send troops to halt the IPR's advance. A EU-wide draft generates a fraction of the toops needed to halt the advance.
September 2034 Seige of Vienna begins. IPR forces are halted, and the Allies are able to hold the line.
May 2035 Neuvo Mexico consolidated into Mexico, Pheonix becmoes capital of Mexico. Fence along the Missippi River/Oklahoma/Colorado/Utah/Nexada/Oregon border is completed
November 2036 George P. Bush relelected President.
July 2037 E-mail surfaces from Istanbul to Pheonix urging Mexico to enter the war on the side of the IPR. In order to disuade Mexico, and to prove that the tide can be turned, Medina is nuked by the United States. Latin American states are outraged and delcare war against the Allies.
July 2037-?? Allies try to hold on to whatever they have left. China becomes economic world leader, and is generally regarded as the most stable nation on earth.
November 2048 Laura Walker Bush, granddaughter of both Laura Bush and Chelsea Clinton, is elected President of the United States as a Democratic-Republican. Bush won in a landslide against 85-year old Libertarian Party candidate and former Apple CEO Steve Jobs. It is the closest election in over thirty years.
Author's note: Though I don't think any of this will happen, an interesting exercise nonetheless.
2008: Hillary Rhodam Clinton becomes president of the United States, in large part to nostalgic memories of her husband's administration and gross infighting in the GOP between social conservatives and libertarians. Bill Clinton becomes Secretary of State, which allows him to fulfill the dreams of Jimmy Carter, with the second most post-presidential power (after William Howard Taft), and also makes Hillary happy by keeping him mostly out of the country.
October 10, 2009: Dirty bomb attack on New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Detroit, and Dallas. Detonated by the NIJA (New Islamic Jihad ofAllah) Initial casualites in number in the hundred thousands, but radiation poison will kill close to 100 million in the next 30 years. After the bomb, Hillary maintains control of the government, and vows to renew the now mostly lapsed Global War On Terror.
October 11, 2009 The European Union halts all further immigration from Islamic nations.
October 18, 2009 A full military draft, including women (mostly justified because the Commander-In-Chief is a woman) is instated, and mobilization for war begins. American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan pull in to military bases in Baghdad and Kabul.
February 2010 The countries that once constituted Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Turkey, Sudan, fearing threat from the United States and Europe, form The Islamic People's Republic (IPR). Political capital is Istanbul. It has the most oil of any country in the world, and is also one of the largest by population, with a very low median age.
April 2010 The Global War on Terror is renewed on the ground after air strikes across the IPR do not force a peace treaty. War is officially declared by Congress. A formal treaty is forged between the US, EU and Israel. Thus begins World War III, the conflict that gives Hillary the destinction by some to be the "greatest wartime President since Lincoln."
October 2011 By this time, Indonesia, Malaysia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Djbouti, have joined the IPR, and local riots and violence have erupted across Europe and in India.
November 2012 Hillary is reelected, and only faces minor opposition from the Republican and Libertarian Parties. By this time, the USA PATRIOT Act is brought back and expanded as never before. The ACLU and the Libertarians are the only ones who cry out.
April 2013 The tide turns as India and Russia formally join the Allies after three years of war.
July 2014 WWIII finally ends, the IPR to be ruled by an administrative coalition.
November 2016 Jeb Bush-John Kyl ticked is elected, thus ensuring the House of Bush a third presidential administration. Jeb promises to restore normalcy to the United States as much as possible, as well as continue the Clintons' New Marshall Plan for Europe, which had seen the heaviest urban fighting outside the Middle East.
November 2020 Jeb relected, first referrendum for secession voted on in California. The proposition is voted down 70-30. Pundits are shocked that there were 30% that voted for it.
November 2024 Chelsea Clinton elected President of the United States as a Democrat. The Bush-Clinton alternating dynasty enters its 36th year. Referrendums for secession appear on the ballot in California, Arizona, and New Mexico, and get an average of 40% in favor.
November 2028 Chelsea reelected. California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas pass referrendums leaving the United States.
January 2029 After a grace period in which US citizens are free to leave, Phoenix becomes the capital of Nuevo Mexico. Because they were three of the five most populous states in the Union, the United States is powerless to stop them.
November 2032 George P. Bush is elected President of the United States.
September 2033 The old IPR beings to mobilize and invades Israel. Israel falls inside of three months because the median population of Jews in Israel is 60. The IPR reforms and begins mobilizing towards the Balkans.
January 2034 The Allies send troops to halt the IPR's advance. A EU-wide draft generates a fraction of the toops needed to halt the advance.
September 2034 Seige of Vienna begins. IPR forces are halted, and the Allies are able to hold the line.
May 2035 Neuvo Mexico consolidated into Mexico, Pheonix becmoes capital of Mexico. Fence along the Missippi River/Oklahoma/Colorado/Utah/Nexada/Oregon border is completed
November 2036 George P. Bush relelected President.
July 2037 E-mail surfaces from Istanbul to Pheonix urging Mexico to enter the war on the side of the IPR. In order to disuade Mexico, and to prove that the tide can be turned, Medina is nuked by the United States. Latin American states are outraged and delcare war against the Allies.
July 2037-?? Allies try to hold on to whatever they have left. China becomes economic world leader, and is generally regarded as the most stable nation on earth.
November 2048 Laura Walker Bush, granddaughter of both Laura Bush and Chelsea Clinton, is elected President of the United States as a Democratic-Republican. Bush won in a landslide against 85-year old Libertarian Party candidate and former Apple CEO Steve Jobs. It is the closest election in over thirty years.
Author's note: Though I don't think any of this will happen, an interesting exercise nonetheless.
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