> My core prediction is that the U.S. will
> kill about 10,000 people in the short run,
> doom another million or so to death by
> disease and hunger in the medium or medium
> short run, and then they will (without ever
> damaging any terror network) declare a
> victory and call the whole thing off.
How did you come up with this figure? Why not 10 million? Or 1,000? I mean, would you share with us -- mere mortals with no access to divine revelation -- the formula(e) you use to make your predictions? I'm really curious.