re: Peter Zeihan - what is your take on his analysis on the world

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Peter Zeihan - what is your take on his analysis on the world

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He's an over-confident "predictor" who has been wrong about the most important things already - including his prediction about 8 months before the election that it was literally impossible for Trump to win.

The stridency of his China predictions is absurd.

I would call him an articulate incompetent.

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Who would be their soldiers?

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Germans. While Germany only has about 60% of Russia's population, in a battle of 600,000 Germans vs 1,000,000 Russians, my money would be on the Germans all day.....especially if Russia were the aggressor and had to have long-range logistical support and protect supply lines. Throughout Russian military history, their best 3 weapons have always been distance, winter, and bodies. They've never been particularly effective against a technological peer without overwhelming numbers in their favor. Just look at the Winter War. Despite Russia having a vastly superior number of troops and equipment, Finland still put 4:1 casualties on them. Sure, Russia won, but they walked away from that war with tiny little Finland with a bloody nose and severe limp.