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Mearshiemer was saying one fucking week before the invasion that the US was being hysterical, that there would be no full invasion, that Putin was, quote, "much
by dralley 3y ago
Mearshiemer was saying one fucking week before the invasion that the US was being hysterical, that there would be no full invasion, that Putin was, quote, "much too smart to do something like that".
He has been entirely wrong about Ukraine for years but still people pretend that no, actually he was right for some vague reason that has little basis in reality.
And lately he's resorting using "Moon of Alabama" (newspaper run by a religious cult) as if it was a legitimate citation, because his ego won't allow him to back down from his wild statements. Why does anyone take this guy as an authority?
- r721 3y ago>newspaper run by a religious cult I think you confused them with someone else, Moon of Alabama is just an anonymous pro-Russian blogger: >The editor and the person who runs the blog are anonymous, and the about page states that “Bernhard started and still runs the site, and you can reach the current administrator of this site by emailing Bernhard >In this update, we find that Moon of Alabama has become sympathetic toward Russia and the war in Ukraine, often citing misinformation ... Generally, Moon of Alabama is a pro-Russian conspiracy website. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/moon-of-alabama/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/moon-of-alabama/
- dralley 3y agoFair enough. However, I'm not sure that's an improvement.
- 2devnull 3y agoI wasn’t saying he’s smarter than you! I was just saying he’s one example of someone who has been saying for a decade or so that we’re headed for conflict in Eastern Europe. That he overestimated to rationality of world leaders is entirely besides the point. Parent said “nobody” but there have been many somebodies.