Nightmare Scenarios for Future Conflicts

As seen by defense anaylst John Arquilla

The second Korean War

A nuclear blast shuts down U.S. communications, and North Korean conventional forces move in for the kill.

War in the Taiwan Strait

China uses advanced technology to sink the U.S. fleet in nothing flat.

Terrorist attack on San Francisco

Fires and explosions break out simultaneously across the Bay Area.

It's an excellent piece, told in the fashion of "A Christmas Carol," and highlights how the incompetence of the Bush administration will have a long term effect on the security and defense of the United States. You can read the entire essay here.