The Empire in the Year 2005 by James Petras

Elite conflicts within the US will intensify on an unprecedented scale. The "new militarists" (liberal Democrats, neo-Conservatives and Zionists) will confront the Bush/Rumsfeld "weakness" in the Middle East. The professional military and security forces (FBI) will challenge Zionist/Neo-Conservative control o9f Pentagon policy. Arrests and trials of leaders of the major Israeli lobby, AIPEC, accused of spying for Israel will take place and may provoke divisions among the major Jewish organizations. Equally important, there will be heightened conflict between the Neo-Conservative ideologues in the Pentagon and major US multinationals and bankers over China policy in 2005.