> John Mearsheimer lecture 'Why is Ukraine the West's Fault?' [1], which got about another 2m views in the last 48 hours. Yeah, I've seen linked all over the '

> John Mearsheimer lecture 'Why is Ukraine the West's Fault?' [1], which got about another 2m views in the last 48 hours. Yeah, I've seen linked all over the 'Net in the last week. Overwhelmingly predominantly by raging pro-Putler trolls, so you'll forgive me if referring to it doesn't exactly increase your standing in my eyes. > Mearsheimer's narrative depicts a cornered Russia determined to make Ukraine so politically toxic and disrupted that it would cease to qualify for NATO membership. Heh, guess I'll have to watch it, after all... But, judging from your summation here for now: So that means it's only "the West's fault" in the sense that they didn't immediately accept Ukraine into NATO back when they applied, right? Arsehole dictators don't understand "soft-power" reasoning and pleading; they need to be faced with fait accompli.