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Hopeful they at least dont want make endless war in the middle east.

• guerrilla 5y ago
  That would be very unnatural. States make war for their interests. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offensive_realism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offensive_realism
  • nickik 5y ago
    Fighting in the Middle East is literally the exact opposite of what Neorealists believe. John Mearsheimer opposed to these idiotic middle east wars and has been for a long time.
    • guerrilla 5y ago
      You're confounding descriptive and persctiptive theory. Such conflicts are an obvious consequence of the setup despite deeper strategic analysis advising against it. In his book, Mearsheimer > readily acknowledges the inherent pessimism of offensive realism and its predictions because his world is one in which conflict between great powers will never see an end. [1] 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Great_Power_Politics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Great_Power_P...
      • nickik 5y ago
        Fighting in the Middle East is not great power conflict. Fighting in the Middle East is evidence of a broken political process, not an inevitable outcome of Offensive Realism.