Comments by "charles womack" (@charleswomack2166) on "Zeihan on Geopolitics" channel.

  1. I for reasons not fully clear to me, always cheer on India. Perhaps it is because it is a democracy and is beholden to no one?
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  2. The Israeli missile defense system(s) is a layered situation as Peter started to say, the long-term defense(used mainly for ballistic missiles from Iran is an anti-missile kind of missile and is very expensive/round launched/used. Then it goes all the way down to directed energy weapons. NONE of the entire arsenal(from David's sling to directed energy weapons will fire if the Israeli AI system determines that the round fired towards them is going to land out in the Negev somewhere, away from population centers and/or military bases
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  3. The main issue as I see it in ALL of Africa, but particularly in the sub saharan countries is rampant corruption. This includes Nigeria.
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  4. Your lung capacity has got to be excellent to have a conversation at 14,000 feet. I remember running at 5,000 feet when I was at Fort Huachuca, AZ. Here in Fairfield, CA the windmills for electricity were always here because of the funnel shaped delta made wind power make economic sense. After Obama, we tripled the number of windmills and solar panels started popping up everywhere, which makes sense for us in the summer time only. We are at the 38th parallel here. Outstanding videos Peter! Always informative.
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  5. Are you suggesting that politicians actually grandstand rather than do their jobs?! Unbelievable! sarcasm
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  6. It's basically an indirect tax. Except if you do not want to pay the tax, you simply do not purchase anything new.
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  7. The Viet Namese are very strong people. They were able to repel us(the US) from their country(more or less) and they certainly have plenty of manpower. And if the US wanted to stop the spread of communism they should have asked the French to politely leave Viet Nam, things would have turned out differently.
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  8. This reminds me of our national attitude prior to WW2.
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  9. Thank you for the explanation from the ground! Any general worth his salt knows that the situation on the ground can be one thing, whilst in DC, it is a completely different ballgame.
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  10. I am a 47 year old who took an early retirement from the federal government and I am currently being trained to become an electrician trainee and I would estimate the average age is about 27
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  11. I assume that the NSA has staff members assisting him... At least, I would assume...
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  12. I prefer to "Blame Canada! Blame Canada! With all their beady little eyes their flopping heads so full of lies!" This is a reference to the Southpark movie.
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  13. Hahaha! That made my day. Thank you!
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  14. I remember back when we actually used to talk with the Russians. I was in the US Air Force Reserves and had said to the Russian generals whom were at Travis AFB, Ca. to basically do a precursor walk through a C-17 in a hangar "Hello, comrade!" or "privyet tovarish!" and they got all excited and gave me a small metal hammer & sickle... This was circa 2008! I said to them "spaciba, tovarish" in near perfect Russian. They then inquired as to where I had learned to speak Russian so well. As I began to state DLI, Monterey, Ca. the major who was guiding them(US) put his phone away and took the Russian General off to the next plane and sort of "mean-mugged" me.
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  15.  @kurt1391  false equivalency. The point I was trying to make is that we ignore current affairs at our own peril.
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  16. Here in California, we have been having decent winter rainfall, mostly because of the volcano that erupted underwater in 2022 and has been gurgling ever since, causing the evaporation/vaporization of a million gallons of seawater a minute. This is the Tongan or Samaoan underwater volcano, primarily affecting the Pineapple Express.
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  17.  @GreenMachine0990  Did you know that the US actually gave military aide to the Soviet's in WW2? When this stopped, I do not know.
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  18. The Chinese (PRC) are becoming less and less of an economic and therefore less militarily of a superpower, if they ever were. MBS would be wise to recognize Taiwan(ROC) if he wants international prestige. Of course, MBS would never do this as they(Saudis) do not respect human rights.
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  19. "I don't want to suggest that this is the end, but this is how ends begin". Well put sir!
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  20. I consider myself a Libertarian. And I always vote for my party, when it's available. If it is not, then I have to do research the candidates.
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  21. I am 45 years old and have served for 16 years as a reservist in the US Army for 6 years and the US Air Force Reserves and for medical reasons I was forced to leave for having to take both a benzodiazepene along with an antidepressants. If I would have kept my mouth shut I would have been fine. However, if China(PRC) ever attempts to invade Taiwan(ROC) I will suddenly heal and re-enlist in either the Air Force Reserves or possibly the US Army National Guard in order to help preserve a democratic country. I believe that this would be a justified military operation, unlike the Iraq War which I had begrudgingly participated in. I would also serve in any military operation in order to defend the state of Israel which is also a democracy.
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  22. Awesome to see you are back Peter! The particular separatists really pose no real threats to the Delhi government. They are from the Punjab state/area of India. Their religion, Sikhism, is a monotheistic non-Abrahamic religion. The UK is rumored to have been involved in supporting these Sikh/Punjab separatists, or at least they were back in the 70's/80's. Again, without the UK supporting these guys anymore, they pose zero threat to Old or New Delhi. One more thing, be very careful if they have given you opioids for pain relief! Those things will get you hooked in a matter of weeks, in my case. Take them exactly as prescribed. Don't become an addict like me!
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  23. Paying off your mortgage. Because you can always "borrow" money from your home value.
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  24. I was thinking along the same lines only with social, or more accurately anti-socialist deprogramming taking about 2 full generations. Although with a sample size that small, anything is possible. But just think how we here in a free society are shaped by our media, school system and parents. But the average Han Chinese is smarter than the average bear, so again, who knows. The only comparable situation was the division of Nazi Germany into communist East and the free west. It is eery how so many people's knee jerk reaction is to self sensor because your neighbor, wife and coworkers could be cooperating with the Stasi.
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  25.  @AnAn___  I am not an expert on educational systems, but I would say that the Indian system has an advantage in that everyone learns English. The Vietnamese educational system is good in that something like 1/3rd or more of their graduates are STEM majors. I have little knowledge of the Thai educational system,at least not from the past 20 years! One thing I should add is that the Indian government has placed special emphasis on computers about 30 years ago. This, along with the ability to speak English is why we have so many Indian software engineers here in the US.
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  26.  @JonnyCobra  OH yeah. I forgot they talk Mexican in Angola. J/k!
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  27. He is an analyst. We get things wrong sometimes, myself included.
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  28. Soleimani was the IRGC Commander. The IRGC would provide weapons, training and funding for the various groups around the region(mostly Shia, but not always) they would also pay the Shia Afghans to basically be cannon fodder for Bashar Al Assad's forces in Syria. Everything else that Peter has mentioned is factually accurate.
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  29. Do you get along with Kurds? Or do you at least seperate the PKK from the vast majority of Kurds?
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  30. If you paid closer attention to what Peter said, he used the word delay not renege(d). You may be correct regarding TSMC and Foxconn being somewhat apart in technological expertise. My not dumb phone is an Android. Android paid attention to the politics in the PRC, and thus got out ahead of time and relocated the majority of it's supply chain. Since Android is as much ahead of Apple as they are ahead of the impending collapse of the PRC, I would imagine that my phone has at least 1 chip made by TSMC; would that not make them an entity that at the very least a client of TSMC? You are correct that Peter has made one big mistake, but that is that he carries an IPhone instead of the technologically superior Android cell phone!
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  31. Isn't it Constantinople? Istanbul is it's occupied name... The Turks have a large military and some VERY high quality drones, but under Erdogan, their financial issues under Erdogan(pronounced how it is spelled not Er-do-whan! At least, that's what I tell my Turkish-American friends, but they disagree) especially inflation may limit their potential.
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  32. The problem is that Mr Erdogan uses the Kurds as a way to deflect from his failings on the economy.
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  33. I personally believe that the Israeli-US partnership is very strong. Even without AIPAC. The Israeli-Saudi partnership is mostly via the Intelligence services, so most of their populaces are "blissfully?" Unaware unless they are with the Saudi Mukhabarat or the Israeli equivalent. As with anything in the middle east, this is a very complicated issue. I believe that Peter may underestimate the intelligence of his audience, and perhaps may have OVER-simplified this normally complex issue.
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  34. This actually sounds kind of like standard Chinese operating procedure, except for the place where it took place raises some questions, to say the least. Outstanding analysis Peter. Don't take off during the holidays! No, I am kidding of course.
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  35. He said that if they did not pay, he would not defend them from the Russians. I love the hat. It is emblematic of how you are able to look at things through different "eyes" or viewpoints and give us the most accurate outcome.
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  36. I was going to ask if the CCP had asked you to do propaganda videos for them...
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  37. Peter has an amazing ability to "dumb down" geopolitics to the point where people like myself can understand it. This is why he has exploded in popularity in the last 1.5-2years.
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  38. And this explains why the government has grown to be WAY bigger than it needs to be. I recommend that we all vote for the Libertarian candidate!
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  39. @lynxlecher9547  He should be elected as a Nobel Prize winner, but in the category of world peace. I served as an intelligence analyst and good intelligence saves lives. Just think how many lives could have been saved if Putin knew how fierce the Ukrainians would resist him. The same could be said about Xi.
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  40. I believe that Peter tends to oversimplify things. With ANYTHING middle east this very complicated issue of just Israel alone( the Jews, Druze, Muslims and Xtians are all kinda living together).
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  41. Peter sh*ts gold, lol.
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  42. What about tornados? I suppose that is like earthquakes in California.
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  43. Silicon is a semiconductor. In the "doping" process, a conductor such as copper is mixed in with the Silicon on one side of a chip and a non-conducter on the other side. Because of the free electrons in the copper, current can only flow one way through the transister. About every 24 months or so, we here in the West are able to reduce the size of the chips by about one half for a good 25-30 years. By that I mean that the number of transistors in a given chip. This is known as Moore's law. It is more of an observation rather than a law. Another interpretation is the cost to make a chip of a certain size is cut in half every 18-24 months.
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  44. I think that you were trying to say coercion.
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  45.  @dallysinghson5569  It was a very hush hushed kind of thing, as foreign intelligence operations usually are. It was in their interest to divide India internally during the Cold War, due to Delhi's close ties with Moscow. They wanted you to think that way.
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  46. Indonesia is a lot like the Philippines. Both are archipelagos, with some high value(but not easily accessible) natural resources like gold, silver, etc. They both have many different national languages. The difference as I see it is that in Indonesia, the educational system is far behind the Philippines. Indonesia needs another Suharto(not to be confused with Sukarno-who was a communist of sorts) in my opinion. The Indonesians export coal to China and palm oil to Europe and the US.
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  47. My youngest daughter was lucky enough to get about 1 half of the cost of her education at UC Riverside. She is a STEM major(physics), and the other half is coming from her grandmother's house in SF was sold by my Baby Momma in order to fund her education. I like to think that I am intelligent, but both my daughters are utterly brilliant. In math and spoken languages!
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  48. Do they even have hospitals in Yemen? I imagine there is one in Sanaa, I know that Nigeria has hospitals in both Abuja(capital city) and Lagos(largest population city).
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  49.  @farnarkleboy  Excellent explanation. Thank you!
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  50. ​ @master2002h Are you Filipino? Indian?
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  51. This democratization of warfare cannot, by definition apply to the PLA. The ROC however will absolutely excel at this.
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  52. As a Libertarian, I shudder to suggest this, but price bottoms? Sort of like the US government used to do with cheese? Reagen eventually started to give away cheese.
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  53. Holodomor anyone?
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  54. Zimbabwe?? Doesn't Peter mean Rhodesia?
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  55. Are you referring to Turkish defense spending? Because that is how the Turks under. Erdogan! But after the Ottoman empire fell, the Armenian genocide occurred Peter! The Kurds see themselves as owning about the Eastern 1/5th of the geography of Turkey.
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  56. Do you have nostalgic feelings for Nicolae Ceaucescu? The Romanians I have spoken to all claim that the prices were better in those times...
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  57. Dear Leader Comrade Chairman of the most gloriously and loved by every Chinese citizenship do never do nothing wrong. Peter Zeihan are lied to we!
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  58. He was saying in Canadian terms, she was smart.
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  59. The Chinese(or more accurately the CCP) education system/culture does NOT promote and/or encourage innovation. Contrast this with the Taiwanese, Japanese, South Korean culture that are not stifled by the collectivist mentality. The Western European countries may be socialist to some extent but there are checks and balances in place.
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  60. You have described Justin Trudeau to a "T". Regarding the lady you mentioned, she may be intelligent on Canadian terms, but here in the US the bar is a bit higher. The main problem in Canada is lack of affordable housing. I would suggest Kruchevskas.
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  61.  @alimurreza  Or is it British India?
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  62. And the Russians could trade oil for warm male bodies with the Chinese.
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  63. The plan to fight Manbearpig by Greasy Gavin Newsom is to lower demand for fossil fuels is to make them more expensive, so people will even just have to take the bus and not turn on their heaters or air conditioners. Supply and demand California style
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  64. What about Alaska? Fairbanks only has 4 hours of dark time in the summer, I think. But that's just a wild guess!
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  65. @AnAn___  I said that the Indonesian education system is BEHIND the Filipino one, because they do not teach English. English is sort of the lingua franca in business and other ways as well.
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  66. The best way to prevent delusion is intense physical exercise, as Peter as an example is showing us. I am voting for the Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver. He seems to have great policy examples.
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  67. Falling from a hospital window...
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  68. He means smart by Canadian standards!
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  69. Have a good time, responsibly. That applies to àll areas of life. Enjoy Your life, afterall it's the only one you got. But if you see your neighbor/coworker struggling, help them out. It feels good and gives your life meaniing.
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  70. Didn't the Iraqi's try to bomb Khargh Island back in the Iran-Iraq war??
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  71.  @MacDKB  well, they talk Portuguese in Angola as a lingua franca. It's one of the few countries where you have black(ethnically speaking) skinned native Mexican talking people. The others are Brazil and a smattering of other countries where this occurs. If that doesn't grab your attention, then your initial point is correct! Really exciting stuff.
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  72. Are you referring to Haiti? But that brings up a different issue-social stability/having a functioning government.
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  73. Having traveled to Poland, and having a Polish-American friend, I can say that the Polish people are stubborn, in a good way. And they absolutely hate being mistaken for Russians, because during communist times, it was seen as an occupation by the Russians. And they did not like them one bit.
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  74. ​ @PerversePoster 100% spot on. I was an Intelligence Analyst in the US Army Reserves(circa 1998-2006) who(m) was called to active duty for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi freedom, and I tried to get to the level that Mr. Zeihan is at and never got close, save for a couple of fleeting moments of brilliance! And, as far as I know, all of his information is derived from open source(non-classified) information. And despite having a TS/SCI security clearance only strengthens your point about his utterly brilliant analysis compared myself. It should be noted that in the field of Intelligence Analysis, a LOT of what we did was a best guess! I do appreciate the physicist's comment from his area of expertise.
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  75.  @davidionescu2103  I personally love eating turkey!
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  76. The wine in the Napa area(about 20 minutes where I live) may or may not be-since it's in California. Either way, my parents grew up in Napa. And they told me that I the Napa valley wineries went to France sometime in the 70's and they won all sorts of rewards. Regarding Argentina, Javier Milei is changing EVERYTHING in that formerl y socialist economy around. My money is going to Argentina!
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  77. What does New Zealand import I wonder? When you pass through US Customs and Border Protection, they will ask what kind of food you are carrying with you. Just say cheese only. Only if you plan to resell it in the US would you need to pay duties. When they ask or if they ask how much in souvenirs you are bringing back say about $800. I used to work at SFO for the CBP. I used to read the Economist in order to keep up on happenings around the world, but if you want to grow your viewership, simply write down your name on a piece of paper and tell them you are on YouTube, and that a former CBPO has highly recommended your channel.
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  78. The Chinese have already occupied half of Mongolia! They call it Nei Mongol or inner Mongolia. And the ethnic Mongolians living there have had the culture, language and identity heavily suppressed by the CCP under Chairman( of the CMC at least, if not more) Xi Jinping!
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  79. Come to the US. Especially if you are young and well educated. Or if you're willing to flip burgers.
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  80. This is a current PRC Psyop. Ever since partnering with the Russians(whom are subject matter experts), the Chinese have significantly upped their game.
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  81. I would watch/listen to Peter regardless of his background. Nonetheless, I do appreciate the variety of backgrounds!
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  82. Viktor Orban(prime minister of Hungary) was a member of the communist youth league. And despite his master's thesis on the Polish Solidarity Movement (Solidarmosc), he seems to have inherited the general authoritarianism of the communists.
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  83. The Viet Namese were brought to Czechoslovakia during the cold War. I wonder, do they inter-marry with the Czechoslovakian people? Or Czech people if you prefer. Our tour guide claimed that back in 1994 the Czechoslovakian's had a divorce.
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  84. Wumaos in the house!
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  85. I had assumed that was only affecting the railway connection to China, but I do not really know.
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  86. @u2beuser714  The gulf countries have money. China does not. Not anymore at least
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  87. It should be noted that the Israelis, much like the Americans, are democratic countries. The Israelis AND the Americans should put this as a higher priority than they do.
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  88. Do you reminisce about Nicolae Ceaucescu?
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  89. I ran a CMC machine for over a year, and the code used was Python, which I became fairly literate in. If you need someone who knows how to run 5 machines at a time, hit me up! This particular use of the CMC machine was cutting plywood to manufacture furniture, so either myself or my colleague would have to manually remove the parts at the end of the 10-15 minutes cutting cycle. But my machines rarely broke down. This was most likely due to how clean I kept the area. Or so I like to think
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  90. South Korea turned out to be like North Korea for 2 hours.
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  91. Whatever happened to the tension between Greece and the Germans?
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  92. It is unseasonably cold here in California as well(assuming that you have filmed this within the last 3-4 days). I thought that May was supposed to be warm! Is it possible that the climate is actually cooling? You travel frequently Peter, has the weather around the world been unseasonably cold?
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  93. What about the Viet Namese and Indians who are now moving into the middle/upper middle class? Are they all going to travel to Nashville? I think that these people will be going to NYC, Vegas, LA(while it is still alive and safe to travel to. I foresee the Vietnamese traveling in large tourist groups and the Indians traveling as families. And yes, some of them might do a Nashville to DC trip.
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  94. The other problem in the PRC is that a large number of children are dying from H1N1 of all things.
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  95. Thank God we have moved most of our supply chains out of the PRC! At least in India the levels of corruption are much lower than China. That means higher quality lithium batteries. About the only thing that comes out of China is the crazy strong rare earth magnets. And the prices have dropped to crazy low prices! I bought a pack of 8 neodymium magnets to play with as well as locate studs in the walls for $5.00 USD on Amazon!
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  96. It should also be noted that the French their intelligence agencies are well-funded, and as Peter has hinted at, are given significant "legal leeway". This is because of the French history of vive la revolucion.
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  97. Peter should attend a Trump rally and ask his followers if they think being a convicted felon disqualifies him. A lot of Russian oligarchs have their cash in London. And CCP officials too.
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  98. My question is whether the Chinese might egg on the N Koreans, as they are both about to collapse. My prediction on the Ukraine war was that Kiev would fall within 2 months. This was taking into account that the Ukrainians would put up a fierce resistance and because I saw how Russian involvement in the Syrian war really did turn the odds in Bashar Al Assad's favor.
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  99. This is precisely what would happen if the. PLA was/ were to ever invade, or attempt to invade Taiwan! Or India for that matter. The whole culture of corruption has a lot bigger impact than what people would consider.
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  100. A total expletive psychopath is the best way I have heard for Kadyrov. This was the guy who went around kidnapping and disappearing gay people after all!
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  101. El ciudad de Mexico?
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  102. HIV was produced at Fort Detrick to reduce blacks and gas was another Soviet disinformation that was rather successful
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  103. I was just at the DEN airport(2 days ago). And so far as I could tell, the snow level was at least 6,000 feet. This leads me to believe that Peter lives up around 8,500 feet above sea level or higher. But that's just an uneducated guess!
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  104. East Pakistan? Isn't that the name of the country??
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  105. It should be noted that the Russians are(or were) experts in the art of propaganda. Since they have teamed up with the CCP, the Chinese have upped their ability to propagandize significantly or noticeably gogotten better.
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  106. Kadyrov tried to disappear anyone suspected of being a homosexual back in 2016 2017 that time period. I think that he said that the families had thanked him for ridding them of their gay sons!
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  107. @davidnelsen9971  I think that you are correct. What is normally used?
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  108. Are you in East Germany? If so, tell them "Ich bin ein Stasi"!
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  109. Yeah, the Europeans are getting much poorer and slowly dying out. With the exception of the UK, I don't foresee them being a big part of international travel.
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  110. I still laugh when I recall Sasha Baron Cohen's character in the movie The Dictator, Colonel-General XYZ of the fictional country in North Africa called Wadiya when he said to a passers-by whom happened to be African-American, and he said "You there. The Sub-Saharan!"! It seems that South Africa post Apartheid was doing well under Mandela, until Mr. Shower prevents the transmission of HIV, Jacob Zuma's uber-corrupt administration took over and has since ran a country that had such potential to be a great country. sigh Peter seems more upbeat on S. Africa. I hope he is right.
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  111. Is this a federal trial?if not, can he, if elected, pardon himself? Or can Joe Biden pardon him(Trump)? This would not surprise me me, as former POTUS's do NOT want want to be convicted themselves, despite having AMPLE evidence that they have committed crimes, executive privilege not withstanding.
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  112. @MS-ii1sv  This on the surface appears to be a valid point, however the State of Israel only has 9 million citizens, along with limited natural resources. Here in the US, we have at least 300 million people of which about 200 million are not geriatric. We also have an almost unlimited supply of coal, natural gas and oil, therefore it makes sense that we should assist the state of Israel. Plus they have the world's finest intelligence services and they do share some with us.
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  113. The Ukrainians have proven my point of how critical the ability to think outside the box is in warfare. This is why despite seemingly endless amounts of money, the Saudis are militararialy inept. Their education system is only based upon memorization of the Q'uran. The CCP educational system is based upon memorization of Xi Jinping Thought. I never thought of jetski bombs and it was on ly because of the need to do so that the Ukrainians continue to defy expectations.
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  114. Build more power plants! Natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar, whatever. And the Alamo and history not withstanding, they may need to reconsider being the "Lone Star" state
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  115. What about India? Up until very recently, their fertility rate was above 2 children /woman. Although the British built infrastructure is a bit aged; the British built railways were from colonial times.
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  116. Never underestimate the morale of an opponent. That and international friends. These two factors had made me originally estimate just prior to the invasion that Kiev would fall within two months. Even I had underestimated the will of the Ukrainians to defend their country. I am curious if anyone knows the total # of non-Ukrainian nationals fighting to defend the country of Ukraine? And does anyone know how involved Iran has become in the Russians side? I am talking about the # of IRGC personnel and their Shia proxies.
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  117.  @EskayDuro  I believe that he is a Libertarian. Whether he is registered to vote in the mountain town called the county of Southpark is another question. I believe that he is registered independent.
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  118.  @MrCrazygrape  I believe if it an Asian person who is physically fit, it's Korean or Taiwanese.
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  119.  @fatfeline1086  If you're going to Wumao don't be so transparent
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  120. Did they have elections in the 60's or 70's in Poland?
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  121. ​@Yakuzachris10 If he had remembered the name of the documentary, I imagine that he would have provided it. Nonetheless, I will do Duckduckgo search and see what I can find.
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  122.  @anitagorse9204  It is not everything, but if a country's population were to drop to zero, well, it would lose some "prestige" amongst investors!
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  123. Both of my daughters are super smart at math and science as well as English. They are currently in college 1 at UC San Diego and the other 1 at UC San Bernardino. These are my only two kids, at least that I am aware of. I have been doing my job of procreating, how about the rest of you? This is the only way that we are going to divert a demographic crisis. And the vast majority of Peter's audience seems to be of above average intelligence. So get busy!
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  124. So long as the British empire(including Canada, Australia and a few other countries) is part of the '5 eyes' intelligence network, and if they can successfully supplant German manufacturing(a tall order I know), they should be fine. And the US can always supply them with coal, LNG and oil(along with the Norwegians and some other countries) they should be just fine. They may have to transition to a Canada style immigration system eventually, but for now they simply have to keep attracting more people from HK.
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  125.  @farnarkleboy  But is not the British crown the head of state? That makes it a monarchy, much like Saudi Arabia.
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  126. The problem with this is that it ignores how disingenuous some people can be. Case in point Tucker Carlson!
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  127.  @t.i.o.l.u  I really need to watch game of thrones. It has been mentioned many times on topics such as this series/ movie/ TV show.
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  128. Unless you count all of the Chinese fishing vessels as pirates, nowhere outside of the middle-East/North Africa has pirates anymore. I could be wrong though!
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  129. Believe it or not, many Iranian citizens want Israel and/or the US to attack the regime. This is because they are so tired of the IRGC/the Mullahs stifling their personal and economic freedoms.
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  130. Maybe the US will start condemning the Saudis on human rights.
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  131. ​. They have been exchanging intelligence with each other long before that. And to the best of my knowledge, are we not still there? Maybe not as an occupation force, but certainly a train and advise
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  132.  @master2002h  How did you learn to speak English so well?
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  133. Shill?
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  134.  @iankclark  he's referring to Cucker Carlson
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  135. Peter, I wonder what effect the opioid epidemic has had on our demographic(s) profile. Or have the boomers been oding just like the younger generations?
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  136. The Bengaladeshi's will have to move farther inland than Dakka if the global warming is to become true. I think.
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  137. Any video about Romania without mention of Nicolae Ceaucescu and his cult of personality is just missing something.
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  138. I am reminded of the modern day movie, The Dictator, where Colonel-general whatever the guys name was, it was a Sasha Boren-Cohen movie, when he said "you there, the Sub-Saharan!"! That was a funny movie. In all seriousness, I personally believe that the US and the French will keep spec ops guys to assassinate terrorists/train the local military to do so. We sure did make a gigantic mess out of Libya, did we not? The Turks have somewhat cleaned up the mess, mostly by deploying their spec ops guys along with the unemployed Syrian male refugees. They use these same guys to do their dirty work when it comes to the Kurds. Do not the Egyptians already import most of their food from outside? So long as the Egyptian government keeps summarily executing any terrorists and anyone else they think may be involved in terrorism, they still have a decent tourism industry. I personally considered traveling to Egypt to see the pyramids, but I settled for a trip to Vegas instead!
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  139. The East Germans are f*cking crazy. My dad took me to East Berlin for like 15 minutes and I could have sworn that the Stasi were following us! Was this realpolitik you mentioned the East Germans or the West Germans?
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  140. Iran& Afghanistan, Turkey and Iraq, and as someone else has mentioned earlier, the Tibetan plateau not only affects India, but Viet Nam and possibly Bangladesh. Then there are the Southern Californian's and the Arizonians, both fed from Peter's backyard, the Colorado River! And not to forget the possibility of civil war between the Northern & Southern Californians.
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  141. Haven't the Chinese(PRC) been building ties with the Cuban government?
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  142. And any US flagged ships, of which there are very few(most ships that would be US ships are flagged as Panamaniac ships for the cost factor of having an all US crew would be 10 times what were if they used Filipino seaman) although I think that some ships may switch to US flagged for protection(ist?) Reasons. I imagine that it would be much cheaper for ships to be Panamaniac flagged and go the long route.
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  143. What about planned economies? IE North Korea, Cuba and soon to be China.
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  144. When going from a RAMjet to a SCRAMjet, there's bound to be failures. Awesome video Peter! It sounds like you follow all of this fairly closely. Question: Do you think that Javier Milie of Argentina is going to turn around Argentina's economy in about 2 years? Or do you think that it will take more or less time? 2 years time is my guess. I took into account only events from about circa 1970 up until today.
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  145. For those of you who are unaware, YouTube has been demonetizing anyone who speaks ill of Chairman Xi. This is not a joke I have heard this from 2 other YouTubers. This is why Peter, and other YouTubers have set up Patreon accounts. The comments sections are the best. It is if we took the top 10% of people on YouTube.
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  146. I don't worry about the US power grid, but I do worry about the Republic of Texas power grid. Does anyone remember when the global warming came to Texas 3-4 years ago? It was so hot that their entire power grid failed!
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  147. Does Germany have some geographical advantages? I suppose that the mountains in the south of Bavaria make a decent buffer.. But is that not Switzerland and Austria and perhaps a bit of France?
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  148.  @3three3  The same argument could be applied to the "occupied" territories in Israel! Or the Southwestern United States! This was exactly the point I was hoping to bring up. Thank you!
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  149. What about my last word??
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  150. China plays a huge role in helping to soften the blow of western sanctions.
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  151. What year were you in, shipmate? What was your rating? Were you a commissioned officer or a Petty Officer? Or just a semen?
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  152. ​ @Denime It makes it easier for dummies like myself to understand it!
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  153. ​@mntlblok Only the French, British, Soviets, Chinese and India have carriers. And I think that we here in the US had one at one point.
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  154. Whenever I hear the term "misspoke" it brings to mind serial liars like HRC. I wish Peter would read and answer to the comments section, but I know that he does because he has specifically addressed a lot of my questions, such as what elevation he is currently at.
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  155.  @Tailspin80  God save the Queen! Or is it King Charles now?
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  156. North Cyprus would be defended by Turkey. They have a decent military.
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  157. Isn't this what Trump said? Of course, I trust what Peter says a bit more. I have been completely incapable of determining his personal politics. BBC used to be good and WSJ has always seemed unbiased. What about the Global Times & CGTN??J/K!
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  158. The Russians are set to gain from climate change by having longer growing seasons. I knew they were behind this! Regarding the midwest gaining by having stronger weather fronts, is that not how tornadoes are formed?
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  159. They basically said to each other we are all dictators right? Can't we oppress and kill and otherwise make life miserable for our own people without having a cold war? This way, we can spend less of our countries' resources on our militaries and more upon ourselves.
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  160. Well, that is what you get when your entire system, to include education is focused on obedience to the party above all else. I am not saying that in certain subjects, like math and science(for me at least) do not require self discipline;rather I am referring to COLLECT DISCIPLINE, such as how the CCP defines it when it comes to educating your populace.
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  161. @ibtaba  How is that possible? We publish ours!
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  162. @gorkyd7912  Sad but totally correct. Look up Operation Condor in South America. It was so obviously coordinated by the CIA, but with plausible deniability. I learned a lot about plausible deniability when I was in the l Was in the US Army intelligence field, I learned all about plausibility
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  163. And the 1967 war
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  164. Hahaha! I love the humorous ending!
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  165. Peter are you a Zionist?
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  166. It is quite simple. Either your country has oil or you import it. This forces the Europeans to play nice with regimes that do not respect human rights. If I was a young European person, I would emigrate to the US. Either legally or illegally.
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  167. @JonySmith-bb4gx  That's not what I meant, lol! Perhaps the last sentence should have been a second paragraph.
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  168. Are these the West Germans or the East Germans that we are supposed to be worried about? Personally, I think that the Germans, if they pair up with the US and South Korea, can and will come up with a solution(s) to most of our high end manufacturing problems/ bottlenecks.
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  169. Sanaa, the Khat capital of the world is a proxy battleground between the Saudis and the Iraniacs, and for the past 15 years or so and has a rather temperate climate due to it's elevation. That is about it!
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  170. We have all 5 of those things(including the 3 components of the fertilizer) here in CAFTA ruled North America. Peter, you should do an entire segment on Argentina's new president Javier Milie. He has, in 6 months turned around Argentina's decline!
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  171. Awesome. My question was simply what elevation you were at and it was answered right away!
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  172. That's where I learned how to speak Russian! Or rather about less than 2 miles away from the post-grad school. The DLI institute is there still, I believe, but the Presidio has been closed for a couple years... Or the CSU stole it I should say.
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  173. I remember riding on the tour bus going up through the mountains. There were gigantic loudspeakers everywhere that were used to blair communist propaganda back in the 80's. Now they are used to announce goods for trade and barter. At least, that was what our tour guide told us.
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  174. Peter has generally been 100% spot on in all of his analysis. Just my opinion though!
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  175. Italy is going back to the hard right? Like Mussolini? And I assume that when you say Germany you mean West Germany. And in France can Lepen win?
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  176.  @Boitaoutix  politics aside, it was an awesome policy.
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  177. @someoneanonymous3173  I would most likely get altitude at 10,000 feet! Even though I do stay physically fit through running, riding my bicycle and doing push-ups.
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  178. Fairly solid analysis for what we know!
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  179. I would think that the targets that the Iraniacs would have struck inside Pakistan would be the Baluchi's. I know that in Pakistan they are seperatists(terrorists) inside Pakistan, but that they only made up 2% of the Iranian population, unless it was a missile, which the Iraniacs have...I don't know the details of the attack...
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  180. I vehemently disagree with the pro-terrorist leftists here in the US. The state of Israel has a right to defend itself! And our tax dollars should go to supporting this right
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  181. @markpukey8  This is why we need prices bottoms, so that the "absolute(ly) poor" myself included can benefit from the free food!
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  182. Fairfield, Ca also sits on the funnel-shaped delta. It works here, as well as certain parts of SoCal. The Santa Ana winds blow. In Fact wind energy blows!
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  183. Well said! You have articulated my thoughts!
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  184. Peter Zeihan are not any good at RUSSIA analysts ! Her are no good being human! Him should not be listening to ! I much prefer RT, Pravda and the Global times. Far gooder on analysts of Russia and the CCP.
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  185. Luckily for Italy, there is no shortage of young African migrants who would love to emigrate!
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  186. Trump used to get along with Netanyahu, until he refused to recognize Donald Trump as POTUS after January 20th, 2021. A lot of Filipino/as are the imported slaves... along with Indians, Pakistanis, etc.
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  187. @talatguneyli13  If that were true then we could not blame "the Turks" as a state for having carried out a genocide. And actual genocides rarely take longer than 7 years. I will use the Uyghur genocide as an example of the longer-taking genocides. And really this is just to account for all of the information to flow out of the PRC. Before the actual genocide there were of course murderous policies, but I would not label them an actual genocide.
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  188. The Ukrainians need a super-sized Israeli Iron Dome. But this is designed for a small country, such as Israel.
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  189.  @rohan8015  I thought that was in Brazil and Portugal? I guess that was Equatorial Guinea I was thinking of. It was one of those African countries with a human rights situation bordering only China.
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  190. I had honestly thought that Australia was completely dependent upon the PRC for their raw commodities exports, but since South Korea, Japan and India had stepped up to buy the coal that Chairman(of the CMC, at least) Xi said no more coal, I have hope for our allies down under.
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  191. Chairman Xi is a genuine megalomaniac totalitarian.
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  192. The one consequence of this attack is that EVERYONE is going to be interested in stealing/ buying Israeli air defense systems!
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  193. Libyan dictator Muammar Khadafi learned the hard way what Kim Jong Un has observed via observation: that if you have weapons of mass destruction(nukes- per Soviet definition), you are a bit more complicated when it comes to regime change. And I thought that the Turks had taken control of Libya?
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  194. One would think that the Panamaiacs would have built a gigantic salt water pump for the canal, particularly if they have had a history of droughts and the fees charged are a vital part of the economy...
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  195. The Ukrainians continue to surprise me by their sheer will power and ingenuity. My original prediction was that Kiev would fall within 2 months; I have been happy to admit that I was wrong.
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  196. I spent the better part of a year at Guantanamo Bay Cuba as interrogator/analyst. The weather was constantly hot. The Chinese have quietly set up shop shortly after the Russians left.
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  197. @guru47pi  Like gas taxes here in California.
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  198.  @ClownCarCoup  Exactly! I myself don't mind paying this tax and I therefore do not bother to make my own clothes, but if I don't want to pay the tax, I do not have to!
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  199. Propane, butane, methane, just give me the ethanol and I will be happy!
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  200.  @drrtfm  They can't afford food in China! People have literally been starving to death there.
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  201. Higher interest rates are good for my savings account!
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  202.  @steen_is_adrift  Do you own an Apple or Android phone?
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  203. My take on the Ukraine war? Ukraine will win this; the only remaining question is what will it take for the Russians to quit going on the "offensive"? They may continue attacking the Ukraine indefinitely.
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  204.  @cmanlovespancakes  Wumao much?
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  205. How can they have a revolution when all of the young people have been sent to Ukraine..
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  206. I recently had COVID and I mostly felt tired for 5 days, but the most notable part of my experience was how it messed with my mind. For a period of about 36 hours I could not stop thinking about my own demise. It makes me wonder if the Chinese were trying to create a virus that would mess with people's minds. From my time in the intelligence community (I was an intelligence analyst from 1998-2004. I had witnessed first hand the changes. In the intelligence community that Peter has elaborated on in previous videos. Peter, hit me up if you ever want to do a collaboration video about the change in the mindset in the community post 9-11.
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  207. The US CAN handle two conflicts at the same time. We have over 320,000 National Guardsmen and 205,000 Army Reserves. These were the Last time I checked but there has been a recruiting crisis lately
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  208. People of advanced age, lol. I will start calling my parents this! Orthodox means Russia, Romania perhaps. Although it's not alcohol that has killed the working age population, it's paint fumes(huffing or inhalants) that is killing them.
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  209. That is a loooonng trail. I myself have hiked it in it's entirety, but not all at once like Peter is doing...
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  210. Can't the Russians get some of the Iranian funded Shia militias from Iraq and Afghanistan??
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  211. Looks like the Chinese are going to implode eventually. I appreciate Peter naming the peaks he is transversing!
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  212. Lazy lawmakers...
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  213. ​@raiden72 You sound like an antisemite, write like an antizionist but would probably admit to being pro-Palestinian rights( Which I consider myself to be as well) and if you are truly honest with us and yourself that you are pro Hamas. I don't know why it is, but about 1/3rd of the left( the far-left) has had their brains broken permanently by Trump's 2016 presidential election just like the far right had their brains broken Obama's election. Personally, I have come to the conclusion that foreign states can indirectly interfere in our elections and their is not much that we can do about it. For example, if it is going to Joe Biden or any other Democratic candidate for POTUS who is not pro MBS, then the Saudis will simply take 2,3 perhaps 4 million barrels/day offline, causing gas prices to double here in the US. A lot of people will straight up tell you that they will vote for anyone who can make staple commodities(food, fuel, etc) prices go down, then they will vote for that candidate.
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  214. As an analyst, I understand why you say there's no smoking gun. Any biologist will tell you that this DEFINITELY came from a lab. Brett weinstein said that he was very certain that it came from a lab. He gives 2 reasons that I cannot recall for why he is so certain of this. The US government has a vested interest in the Wuhan lab, and they partially fund it. This would explain the low confidence in their answer. One last thing, and this goes for everybody: Can we start saying anti-CCP instead of anti-China? The people and country of China are both awesome.
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  215. Geert Wilders is actually pronounced heert vilders. The w is halfway between w and v and Peter has been pronouncing it more or less correctly
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  216. Finally, I think Peter is beginning to understand how American voters work! He has been spot on everywhere overseas, and he is also correct about the domestic economy. If only he would have listened to me. Coincidentally, Peter, I am looking for a part-time work from home job. Hint hint!
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  217. "Livestream the abortion of his trans- lover" That had me rolling! But I actually disagree with the whole Biden being a shoe-in. The independents IMHO will largely vote for a third party and because of the electoral college, Trump will get a decisive # of electoral college votes and will be the first POTUS to make executive orders behind bars. The only thing I am not taking into account is the fentanyl epidemic, which may kill off sufficient # of voters to make a difference. Whom they vote for is anybody's guess.
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  218. North Korea has threatened to blow us up and the Soviet Union had set out to "bury" us. And the Canadians(UK) has burned down our White House. "Sunshine and tacos" is an awesome phrase that I am hereby Stealing from Peter!
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  219. The CCP style of governance is. Precisely why I tend to take a Libertarian view on things. The government should be limited only to serving the people and ensuring their safety. Xi is Mao 2.0.
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  220. End the Fed! I have to agree with Ron Paul on this issue. If we had never gotten rid of the gold standard, we would not have all of these mountains of debt. I say let the market determine the value of currency. Or maybe that is a bit too Libertarian of me? What elevation are you at Peter? Just curious.
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  221. We gave Argentina a very decent president, Salvador Allende? Or was it Pinochet? I can't remember. The point is that Argentina needed us to intervene in their internal politics! And does not the UK have at least 1 or 2 aircraft carriers? They can project power, just not as well as we can.
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  222.  josemercado3063  Jorge Videla. He was the guy I was thinking of.
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  223. I believe that state actors, or people who are paid by foreign states should be banned from social media. Don't we have the FCC?
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  224. Left and right? Or West and east?
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  225. I don't know about that, I have worked 70+ hours/ a single week and could still get it up. Just sayin
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  226. It should be noted that the Iranian government refers colloquially to the US as the great Satan. Israel is the little Satan. This is the government not the
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  227. Wasn't electricity in homes uncommon back when the Republic of Texas disbanded or joined the Union or whatever?
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  228. What about Operation Condor? Operation Condor for those who do not know was a short period(about 6 months) in the greater Southern Americas sometime around 1973 where all of right-wing dictators got together and gave all of their collective leftists a free one way trip to the middle of the ocean. Jorge Videla? There was a giant conspiracy theory that the CIA had backed all of these well-intentioned presidents or Caudillos in a greater global cold war against the Russians. Thank you for finally answering my question Peter! A few other commonalities between Trump and Milei, a very pro Israel foreign policy. I believe that Milei'-s was the 3rd government to move it's Diplomatic Mission to Jerusalem after Donald Trump had done so. The other thing not mentioned was the recent discovery of natural gas in Argentina.
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  229. For the first time in at least 20 years, there are more registered Republicans voting in the election than Democrats. I follow politics in the US fairly closely and the only point Peter did not make clear that he understood was just how much the baby boomers are beginning to not matter in the US elections. Personally, I thought that more people would think like myself and vote Libertarian, but I suppose that not everyone could be as enlightened as myself!
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  230. Weren't they part of a gigantic country at 1 time?
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  231. I think that India is the country to invest in for long-term investments. And because they have the rule of law, you will not get your money stolen, like in China. I disagree with Peter on on his final analysis of India. He fails to recognize the growing number of Indian-Americans and how they do have a democracy. And they do have some sway on the Indian politics back home. And, of they were to invest their money back home like the Chinese expats did in Guangdong region, this WILL affect the path the Indians go. Everything else was spot on. And I have yet to meet a single Indian-American person I have met is a good, hard working person. Except for the old people of course, but old people of all ethnicities tend to be lazy!
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  232. What about the foreigners who are fighting for the Ukrainians?
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  233. Import a bunch of Filipinos! They are a highly skilled population ththat's cheap and spaks English Fluently across the board. India may be a 2nd option.
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  234. Neocon Hippie! It fits you very well, IMHO. It suggests that you take information from all sources and offer your most unbiased opinion possible.
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  235. Can't the Mexicans import from oil from Venezuela? Or would that go against the rules of CAFTA?
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  236. The Ukrainians have successfully grown their pre-war(2022 invasion) to about 1 million men. Early on in the war, Vladimir Zolenski( Ukrainian president) said that all men aged 18-50* were not allowed to leave the country. So regarding the #'s of men, I believe that Peter may be incorrect. As far as equipment is concerned, yes they are dependent upon 3rd nations to supply them, not to mention the ability to maintain said equipment. This is probably the Ukrainians' biggest challenge. The one factor that Peter is not taking into account is troop morale. Nothing lowers morale quite like battlefield losses, and this will take its toll upon the Russkies, assuming that it has not already. I believe that this will be the deciding factor in this war. The only other factor that Peter has not mentioned in this video, at least, is third country support. Although the Ukrainians have the edge here, we are just now seeing the effects of North Korean missiles upon this war. Ultimately, although wars are VERY difficult to predict, I believe that the Ukrainians will beat them out. But it will be a long hard slog. * https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-military-asks-additional-450000-500000-people-be-mobilised-zelenskiy-2023-12-19/
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  237. How is what the Chileans did with lithium different from what Hugo Chavez did with the oil in Venezuela? Anyone can answer this.
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  238. This is why I only support more government credit as a last resort. Damn baby boomers!
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  239. Peter- clear your land of flammable material. And I still say that the largest organized crime syndicate or rather organization is the CCP. The Russian government led by Putin is the second largest now that the Sinaloa is broken up.
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  240. What about the water situation in California? Has this not affected the agricultural and. Indirectly, their kids? Or has mechanization made this obsolete? And what about the rampant political corruption in Sacramento?
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  241. This is particularly true in the former East Germany. I went to East Germany when I was 8 years old and it was absolutely terrorizing(almost traumatizing. There were very few people in the streets and. When there was someone outside, they would quickly scurry inside. That trip was only 30 minutes long, but the reason my father took me there was to show how socialism does not work. No wonder I am a Libertarian!
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  242. The Chinese claim that they have mastered the electromagnetic catapult, but when the test vehicles were launched from the carrier itself, they went nowhere near as far as the American carrier's test vehicles went, and the carrier was in dock so they had unlimited power. It's a bit harder when out at sea.
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  243. Excellent analysis.
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  244. Perhaps we should adjust our sanctions on Iran. If they could simply respect human rights and make up with the Saudis, who also have human rights issues. Awesome video and analysis Peter!
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  245. We need to build more and more housesl. Up until I get a home that is. Then we should keep it minimal.
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  246. Hey Peter, where do all of the Libertarians reside? Colorado?
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  247. Does YouTube collect our data?
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  248. ​ @Leonnitram123 Those points are all demonstrably false. If you follow China like I do, the recent car driver killings are only the tip of the iceberg.
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  249.  @karunama3771  Pre-CCP, the culture added to the safety of China
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  250. @thomasmcgee7990  About 5 years ago, all of the foreigners left the PRC because Chairman Xi decided to shut down all of the English language schools.
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  251. ​ @ekothesilent9456 with your arm stretched outwards? Keep in mind, Peter is 6'5"
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  252. I imagine if he didn't cooperate with the Russians he would most likely fall out of a hospital window or have some polonium-210 slipped into his tea... I imagine he paid a small amount of cash to the French authorities. Like $20
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  253. This is assuming that the CCP has been honest and forthcoming about it's birthrate.
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  254. End the war on drugs already! Legalize, tax and regulate all of the drugs that are currently illegal, except for antibiotics. Everything else should be legal. Portugal did something like this
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  255. Egypt should be interesting to watch
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  256. I believe that this is more or less saber-rattling. The Soviets could barely afford to keep that many nukes. Peter, what is your opinion on all of the foreigners who have gone to defend Ukraine?
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  257. I have heard that everyone who(m) wants to raise cash, and quickly, goes to the middle east. Provided that you are not some pesky human rights organization, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait are all oil rich states.
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  258. I have been to Krakow and the capital of Poland. Krakow is a MUST see. The capital has the museum built by their "friends" the Russians.
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  259. I agree with the Chinese tariffs and I sort of understand the reasoning behind the Mexico/Canada tariffs(revenue). I suppose if it is only 20% on Mexico/Canada and 100% on China that would work. With regards to the low cost labor- could we not set up shop in Africa? It's either that or we figure out how to design robots to manufacture our stuff...
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  260. I, like anyone else hold racial stereotypes. Blacks don't get sunburned like us fairer skinned folk. The stereotypes are both good and bad, but they are just that. I would hate to live in a society that is not racially non-homogenous. I have seen some of the brightest minds in the world working for the US Customs and Border Protection. This is not a call for weaker border security, but about the only ethnic group that is smarter is the Ashkenazi Jews. What this is is a call for all of us from all nations to recognize that the racially equality is one of the strengths of the United States. Note I did not say equity. This is a huge distinction that should be noted and particularly amongst the more left leaning Americans. This is enough ranting from me.
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  261. All of that rain in Colorado ends up in the Colorado River, right? I suppose that means insert witty pun here.
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  262. Didn't the Mongolians want to be part of the Soviet Union? If for no other reason than Protection from the expansionist CCP... But I could be wrong.
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  263. The Saudis are getting better at foreign military operations by partnering with Israeli intelligence services, so far as that is worth anything. The other factor to consider is the PRC's lack of caring(could not think of the smart people word for this) about human rights violations. Of course, the US government does not care about this, but it's citizens certainly do!
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  264. The main cause of the rise of the far right in Europe can be traced to the massive amounts of refugees allowed in to countries that were much more homogeneous, except for the French and the British. And even the French have Marine Lepen.
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  265. Russian is the lingua franca of the older Lithuanians, Estonians and whatever the 3rd Baltic states' people's, but the younger of the Baltic people's speak English and varying degrees of Russian.
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  266. The Chinese made tanks spontaneously combust after something like 35 rounds fired!
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  267. You mean that the provinces would reject the British crown? What's next? The British penal colony Australia forms it own government with an Australian head of state?
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  268. Isn't there a stabilizer one could purchase for this?
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  269. I think that Peter is not a Zionist...
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  270. The CCP has been pushing disinformation via their company, Tiktok showing videos of Israelis committing war crimes that they did not committ.
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  271.  @behramcooper3691  You must be confusing the US with the PRC, unless you are poking fun at how Americans' most quickly forgotten POTUS's was making what could be a Lame Duck trip... but that would have to be after the election, right?
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  272. Does this include light?? I hope not! Someone needs to stop the long shoremen!!
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  273. Chairman Xi is hugging the party and country to death. And although there are many parallels between Russia and China, there are also many differences.
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  274. The HK courts must be thinking that perhaps they are independent from the CCP. I will wait and see what happens. I think that perhaps Peter underestimates how the CCP will hold on to power and how powerful the lies it tells it's people is/are. But I could be wrong.
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  275. The CCP seems to think that they can control everything including the weather! I will be in Denver next year and will definitely go to the amphitheater. I really like how Peter records his videos in the wilderness.
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  276. It is a totalitarian system of governancel. After Xi it will. Breakup into X number of democratic sta t es. Whatt X is, I would have to pour over the map of not just China but the entire region but I have homework to do because I in training to become an electricianl. And un)ess someone wants to hire me to #o this, I am not likely to do this.
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  277. I don't think that the Spaniards would like to have a new Franco.... But I would not put it past them!
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  278. If history is the best predictor of events to unfold, at 11th hour this will work itself out. Or more accurately, our lawmakers will agree to borrow more money. Where it comes from is another story.
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  279. Yes that sounds familiar here in the US. The 2 parties screaming at each other yet agreeing on the big stuff IE continuing to spend more and more money on a the ponzi scheme known as social security!
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  280.  @thethaovatoquoc312  Do you have a hyperlink to support your claim? It appears that the French Communist Party was accurate, along with the Viet Namese Communist Party. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh
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  281. It has only been since about the last 10-15 years ago that we have placed the South Korean military between us and the North Koreans. It used to be that the US troops would regularly conduct joint patrols along the DMZ. And it is still the case that we face off directly with the Cubans. I do not know what we did with the Russians and us.
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  282. It's almost as if the Burmese military should have supported democracy?
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  283. Climate change, or Manbearpig as I call it, will simply move further north. This is good for Russia and Canada! As for the semi-arid places, during times of drought in one area, say China, it will be much heavier rain in other semiarid regions. Only countries that are absolute 3rd world will suffer. Think Afghanistan. Regarding China, we are already seeing massive flooding throughout the PRC, but this is due to extreme water control issues that the Chinese Communist Party has managed to completely and utterly mismanage!
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  284. Fish and chips?
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  285. I wish I could say that I feel sorry for all of the uber-wealthy people who dumped massive amounts of cash into China, but I don't!
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  286. @ronblack7870  California. Fairfield to be exact. It takes 5 years to become a journeyman electrician. This is just a guesstimate. I have not actually asked my fellow classmates their age
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  287. They are all young white men as well! And I am a white man so I can say that. I suppose that Peter's political inclinations are not Libertarian!
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  288. God save the Queen! Or King now, I suppose. That's what I say to all of my Canadian friends..
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  289. Can't they simply flare off the gas? If I were Vladimir Putin, I would pay for the gas at about the cost to produce it just to keep the system from stopping.
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  290. Hence our Aegis missile defense system. It's good to be on speaking terms(or better) with the US!
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