Dada, the mearshimer guy is right in front of me
Basically said that Putin isn’t nation-building, not an imperialist, understood that it would be empowering Ukrainian nationalism and wouldn’t be feasible. Basically said that this is Russia’s version of the Monroe doctrine, like the Cuban missile crisis, where Nato is seen as a threat to Russian existence, so Russia is just trying to wreck Ukraine for payback/keep Nato away.
so far so good
Said Russian military hasn’t been improved that much since 2008, but US has been training Ukrainians since 2014, which is why they are doing surprisingly well.
Yes amerikkka has been arming/training Uke's for long time, but Russia military is
vastly superior to the Uke/Nato alliance. Uke's doing surprisingly well, propaganda
Says strategic aim of Russia in wrecking Ukraine is to turn it into a dysfunctional rump state, taking territory in addition to Crimea and control the black sea coastal line to economically damage Ukraine, possible the Russians will take down Ukraine electric grid. Basically to keep it from being a threat to Russia and prevent it from being an effective alliance power to Nato.
Russia hasn't attacked any infrastructure until very recently. They have
no need nor want to destroy Ukraine as it presently is. Russia wants neutral
non militarized non Nazified Ukraine
Fears that, if Russians see Ukraine and NATO as existential threat, and what the US’s attempt to wreck Russian economy can mean, they may feel pressured enough to go to Nuclear weapons, which is why Biden is being very careful.
Limits to what US can do in terms of pursuing, cuz of nuclear option, fears there’s no way around it.
amerikkka is the only country that keeps mentioning the use of using
nukes
eutimes.net
wsj.com
An example of why Russia believes Ukraine is an existential threat, even though they have nuclear weapons, is like how Israel has nukes but still fears being wiped out in the Middle East.
Njet
Figures Russia figures US faces near-peer issue in Asia Pacific, Russia has free hands in Europe.
Whoops
Xi Jinping has ordered the army to focus on preparing for combat, does he know something we don't?
https://ria.ru/20220921/kitay-1818433385.html
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