> Putin certainly has not suddenly 'gone crazy'. I didn't mean to imply that. In fact I would say that if a theory relies on someone "going crazy" to explain t

> Putin certainly has not suddenly 'gone crazy'. I didn't mean to imply that. In fact I would say that if a theory relies on someone "going crazy" to explain the war its probably bunk. Putin has decades of proving himself to be an intelligent player. The Covid and China pivot is an interesting theory and it would make Mearshimer's argument a lot more compelling if he used current events to explain his theory.