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John Mearsheimer is now "Russian propaganda"? LOL

• Applejinx 5y ago
  Yup. Literal verbatim Kremlin narrative and framing. Not sure what's LOL about that. Have you never seen this before?
  • andy_ppp 5y ago
    His thesis is an explanation not an endorsement. He basically says Russia will not let Ukraine join NATO, for the same reasons that if in 20 years China wants to put a military base in Canada. It’s not right what Putin is doing but it makes sense…
    • csee 5y ago
      There's a lot more to Putin's motivations than just Ukrain's membership of NATO. Both according to his own words as well as what makes sense given Russia's geostrategic and economic interests.
  • contravariant 5y ago
    You may have to reconsider this one, the title looks bad, but it's from a few years back and his opinions don't seem to align with Russia's in the slightest (among other things he has stated Ukraine should have kept their nuclear weapons as a deterrent for Russian invasion, in 1993).
    • 8note 5y ago
      I'm not sure Russia would disagree that the Ukraine should have kept their nuclear weapons if they wanted to maintain sovereignty
      • SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
  • mjfl 5y ago
    I think you are seriously mistaken as he has been keeping a constant message for years and has not changed. I think this is just one of those "you don't want to be right" situations.
  • 8note 5y ago
    Isn't the Kremlin's framing that zelensky is a Nazi?