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Both aspects exist, that's my only real disagreement with Mearsheimer (the significance of each is another issue.) You just laid it out in a way that he seems t
by steveylang 5y ago
Both aspects exist, that's my only real disagreement with Mearsheimer (the significance of each is another issue.) You just laid it out in a way that he seems to refuse to in the interview, so unfortunately half the interview was the 2 guys talking past each other.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoI don't think he denies both aspects exist, he spent much of the interview discussing various examples where a great power clearly acted immorally. He just knows that if he says "Russia is acting immorally" that becomes the headline and thousands of other stories will be printed saying "Mearsheimer reverses former position, denounces Russia." That's what the two people talking past each other felt like to me. A journalist trying to force him into a sound byte that ignores his entire position.