Thursday, December 8, 2011

Pentagon's 3 Nightmare Scenarios

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (r.) and his son Kim Jong-un (l.) pose for photographs with the visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang during their meeting in Pyongyang Oct. 24. (REUTERS)

Doomsday War Games: Pentagon's 3 Nightmare Scenarios -- Christian Science Monitor

Pentagon planners have plenty to deal with these days – Iran in search of nuclear-weapons technology, suicide bombings in Afghanistan, and the final pullout of US troops in Iraq potentially leaving behind a security vacuum in the Middle East. But in war games in Washington this week, US Army officials and their advisers debated three nightmare scenarios in particular. Here are the doomsday visions that Pentagon planners have been poring over:

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My Comment: I would also add Iranian nuclear proliferation and the providing such weapons to terrorist organizations.

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