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Peter Zeihan on Fort Trump Poland.
2018-09-22




Posted by:3dc

#8  The word slave does not come from Slav. it comes from sclavus.

Actually…the word Slav comes from Sclavus.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-09-22 17:07  

#7  Because that's what's in their History books.

Why is Slavic and Slave so close linguistically?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-09-22 16:45  

#6  Russians are paranoid & xenophobic: they think everybody wants to invade and enslave them - I wonder why?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-09-22 12:05  

#5  Putin wants a new Russia like the old USSR’s grandeur. Only he has some issues to deal with.
*an economy the size of Italy.
*a collapsing demographic.
*China looking at Siberia.
*Institutions are corrupt.

Putin could win the battle while his country collapses.

All he has in his toolkit are nuclear weapons. So he in some ways is acting like Iran and North Korea.

I think President Trump must have read Peter’s Book.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2018-09-22 11:50  

#4  Putin respects power. You have to deal with him from a position of strength.

Peter Zeihan wrote a book that has a section about a possible conflict with Russia in the Baltic. He wrote an intriguing book called “The Absent Superpower: the Shale Revolution and a World without America.” A read worth the time.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2018-09-22 11:29  

#3  Keep your head in the sand , Herb
Posted by: Frank G   2018-09-22 06:50  

#2  So we're doing Operation Barbarossa Part II: Only We Make It To Moscow This Time?

I'm just not seeing the benefit to the American people. Starting a major war with a nuclear power seems quite likely to kill millions of us, and fail to boot. Remember how well they did in Iraq?
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2018-09-22 06:26  

#1  Nice work, 3DC!

Bless You! And all of you providing this captivating content:)
Posted by: newc   2018-09-22 01:10  

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