John Mearsheimer's interview w/ Isaac Chotiner is...a lot.
It's so painfully evident that he has just resolutely decided not to reassess priors even as Putin's recent statements and actions and ::gestures at everything:: directly contradict his views.
newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/w…
It's so painfully evident that he has just resolutely decided not to reassess priors even as Putin's recent statements and actions and ::gestures at everything:: directly contradict his views.
newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/w…
You know, they say as you get older, you become less flexible in your thinking, but goodness - it comes across like he just didn't watch either of Putin's pre-invasion speeches or read the transcripts.
Instead he just keeps repeating that one quote from 2000 as if Putin said that yesterday and it was very probative; I mean, shoot, in 2002 Putin said Ukraine was a sovereign state and conversations about joining NATO would be "entirely appropriate."
People sometimes change their opinion over a period of ::checks notes:: 22 years.
Or they get tired of lying. You'd think Mearsheimer, as the author of Why Leaders Lie would be open to the possibility that weak, vulnerable 2000 Putin was lying.
Or they get tired of lying. You'd think Mearsheimer, as the author of Why Leaders Lie would be open to the possibility that weak, vulnerable 2000 Putin was lying.
Anyway, I'm also really damn tired of having this guy's one 2014 article blaming the USA for everything because, you know, the USA is the only important country on the planet Earth, quoted at me in my blog comments like it is dicta from God.
In any event, I believe Putin when Putin discusses Putin's motives about what Putin wants.
And Putin said that Putin believes that Ukraine isn't a real state, that its creation was a mistake and that actually it should be part of Russia.
Seemed pretty clear to me.
And Putin said that Putin believes that Ukraine isn't a real state, that its creation was a mistake and that actually it should be part of Russia.
Seemed pretty clear to me.
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