Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Ukraine

Re:Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Uk... by Comevius on Friday March 04, 2022 @03:51PM (#30560366)

Mearsheimer thinks that the United States would have benefited from allying themselves with Russia and the post-Soviet states (under Russian influence) against China.

I think that it's still Russia's fault for using a stick and not having a carrot. The United States, China, the European Union or even Saudi Arabia are influential because of their economy, and not because of their military or democracy.

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Re:Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Uk... by 331c8c71 on Friday March 04, 2022 @04:18PM (#30560721)

> I think that it's still Russia's fault for using a stick and not having a carrot.

I agree. But saudi gets away with ironing Yemen just because it's an US ally not because it's influential by itself

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Re:Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Uk... by ilove196884 on Friday March 04, 2022 @11:17PM (#30564198)

Yes they are influential. Even leaving aside torture the Saudi people have higher standards of living than Yemen.

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Re:Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Uk... by keewee7 on Friday March 04, 2022 @10:05PM (#30563784)

>Mearsheimer thinks that the United States would have benefited from allying themselves with Russia

Why do we need Russia? Their GDP is smaller than Italy's.

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