Many weblogs picked up Tom's WWIII is the wrong metaphor.

• Zenpundit in Recommended Reading. And Mark agrees, besides.
  
  
• Coming Anarchy
  
  
• Clinton Blog
  
  
• Hootsbuddy's Place
  
  
• Making a long story longer
  
  
• Valley Jew
  
  
• Outside the Beltway
  
  
• ka1ogm who writes 'Barnett's stuff is worth reading, regardless of your politics (which I often find difficult to agree with). He's an in depth futurist and his credentials carry a lot of weight.'
  
  
• Amendment Nine who writes:

  I took a little heat for a post of mine which criticised aspects of the Barnett hypothesis. All well and good, and from my view, enjoyable.

  
  

  But let me laud Dr. Barnett as well from time to time. There is a "better" side of him in my opinion, one which sometimes gets lost in the seemingly frenetic shuffle he makes day to day.

  
  

  This post of his is the better Barnett. Indeed, it is Barnett at his best.