>Mearsheimer in 2015 in his lecture "Why is Ukraine the West's Fault?" No, it is not. Putin is responsible for what is happening right now. Putin and his enabl

>Mearsheimer in 2015 in his lecture "Why is Ukraine the West's Fault?" No, it is not. Putin is responsible for what is happening right now. Putin and his enablers. Nobody forced Putin to invade. It was pretty clear that invading was actually a bad move (compared to the alternative of not invading), so it was a largely emotional decision on Putin's part. Or it was a very calculating one, but one made in a bubble of unreality and disconnection due to his unique position as a hated tyrant.