>> Looking at an a propos use case, how would this approach have prevented the Russian invasion of Ukraine? "What's going on here is that the West is leading U

>> Looking at an a propos use case, how would this approach have prevented the Russian invasion of Ukraine? "What's going on here is that the West is leading Ukraine down the primrose path. And the end result is that Ukraine is going to get wrecked. And I believe that the policy that I'm advocating, which is neutralising Ukraine, and then building it up economically, and getting it out of the competition between Russia on one side, NATO on the other side is the best thing that could happen to the Ukrainians. What we're doing is encouraging the Ukrainians to play tough with the Russians. We're encouraging, the Ukrainians to think that they will ultimately become part of the West, because we will ultimately defeat Putin, and we will ultimately get our way, time is on our side. And of course, the Ukrainians are playing along with this." -- John J. Mearsheimer, 2015