Grzegorz Ochman
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Interviewer: What options are available in this post-conflict period or mid-conflict period? What are the realistic options now?
Mearsheimer: There are no realistic options. We’re screwed.
Interviewer: I mean, what does that mean? Practically though, we’re screwed. It means you believe the conflict is now destined to escalate or just destined to grind on?
Mearsheimer: Well, both. It’s destined to grind on and both sides will continue to escalate, they have been escalating, they have been escalating. And where it all leads, it’s very hard to say. There’s no deal on the table that can be worked out here. There’s all this talk about the need for diplomacy. And I think diplomacy is a very important element of foreign policy and many American policymakers seem to have forgotten that and many people in the West now equate diplomacy with appeasement, which is remarkably foolish. So I’m in favour of diplomacy in principle. But the question you have to ask yourself in this particular case, is if you do diplomacy, can you work out a deal? And my opinion is there’s no deal to be worked out. And both sides are going to fight this one out.
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YES YOU ARE SCREWED AND ALL THE BULLSHIT TO DEFEND NAZI-JEWS IN UKRAINE IS ONLY THAT, DEFENDING NAZI-JEWS WHO RUN THE U.S.
RUSSIA HAS WON THIS WAR LONG TIME AGO.
Very disappointing. I am not going into all the lose ends he leaves undone all the relevant facts he leaves out, but considering all that he did present a reasonable scenario in his terms that Russia is facing in UKR. However this guy inadequately defined or actually didn’t define ‘liberalism’. From what I can gather this man wants the US to continue to dominate not western but world politics. He is quite happy for liberal – I presume he means neocon – to prevail. Many people consider the neocons the Graham’s the Newland’s as the problem for unending conflict, but… Read more »
For a country that is supposedly doing so poorly they haven’t a problem heating their homes or stocking their supermarkets.
The Americans and Europeans have for eight years, and prior, always wanted conflict and cannot be trusted in any way.
Wrong at about the 00:30:00 mark. Russia wouldn’t unilaterally use nukes in Ukraine, because Russia is winning conventionally. This idea is based on the false narrative that Russia is losing in Ukraine. The real danger is a false flag use of a nuke or nukes blamed on Russia, or “dirty bombs”- as has been suggested, by the West, to deny territory & make large swathes into no-man’s land. Witness Ukraine’s missile attacks on the nuclear reactor.
The side that might get desperate and use nukes is the US/NATO alliance or some terrorist proxies of theirs who have been provided a nuke/nukes or dirty bombs. This has already been projected by some of the more deranged lunatic neocons in DC & EU, such as a first strike or “decapitation strike” on the Russian central command.
Let’s think about producing a series on “The Myths of John Mearsheimer”. He just goes on and on with balderdash false narratives. In reality the Japanese were ready to surrender before Hiroshima & Nagasaki were nuked. They only wanted certain negotiable conditions, such as allowing their emperor to remain, but the US/Allies wanted unconditional surrender. Then, afterwards, OK, you can still keep your emperor as a figurehead.
I agree with most of John Mearsheimer’s general geopolitical views, but I find him to be misguided & wrong about some important points. (see below)