On 23 April 2024, Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis and I discussed on his podcast — “The Deep Dive” — why the new U.S. aid package to Ukraine is not going to turn the tide in Ukraine’s favor. It is too little, too late. We both agree that now is the time to stop the fighting and seek a diplomatic solution.
The war in Ukraine has proved very useful to Washington for Biden’s project of re-vitalizing the Atlantic Alliance of “the West”. There is no political option for Washington to put on the “realist” brakes to military support for Ukraine in an election year. The big problem and question for the US is does it support continued war in 2025 and beyond. And is Washington at all ready to bargain with Moscow for a peace tolerable (let alone stable) for the key parties to the conflict. The only certainty is that the world needs this war to end, the sooner the better.
Phillip Pilkington had an interesting piece about what's gonna happen politically if Russia scores a big victory AFTER this aid package goes through? They invested all that political capital arguing that if you don't support it then Putin will win. If he wins anyway it will make them look real bad.
You were great in the Piers Morgan interview - I just watched it today. You were able to navigate his many rhetorical traps that he laid - and did so quite brilliantly. Nice work!
If elements of US foreign policy were able to provoke Russia to attack Ukraine, as Russia says to protect ethnic Russians in Eastern Ukraine, why couldn't those same elements be used to provoke Russia to attack elsewhere in Eastern Europe? Is there any evidence anywhere else that that is happening, or that the process is beginning, in case the policy needs to be activated in the future?
Keep up the good work
On u T Tube John M
I can’t hear your message on Main Stream News
People need to hear it
Can you imagine if Russia had 'other boots on the ground' and weapons from another country, the West will go ballistic.
We are heading to a WW3 because Biden won't make a treaty.
Wish Meersheimer and others were in charge.
The war in Ukraine has proved very useful to Washington for Biden’s project of re-vitalizing the Atlantic Alliance of “the West”. There is no political option for Washington to put on the “realist” brakes to military support for Ukraine in an election year. The big problem and question for the US is does it support continued war in 2025 and beyond. And is Washington at all ready to bargain with Moscow for a peace tolerable (let alone stable) for the key parties to the conflict. The only certainty is that the world needs this war to end, the sooner the better.
Professor Mearsheimer,
Here's an article stating that NATO troops in combat gear showing their flag have been deployed to Ukraine.
Substack
NATO is starting to deploy Troops in Ukraine and Russia is Racing to Win
by Stephen Bryen
Apr 25, 2024
https://weapons.substack.com/p/nato-is-starting-to-deploy-troops
Can't wait to listen.
Phillip Pilkington had an interesting piece about what's gonna happen politically if Russia scores a big victory AFTER this aid package goes through? They invested all that political capital arguing that if you don't support it then Putin will win. If he wins anyway it will make them look real bad.
Is this the author and article you refer to?
https://unherd.com/newsroom/aid-wont-fix-ukraines-recruitment-and-currency-crises/
Yes.
LLM-derived summaries and breakdowns of the Deep Dive video with Prof. Mearsheimer:
https://complexiathesinker.substack.com/p/llm-over-john-mearsheimer-russia
Excellent!
You were great in the Piers Morgan interview - I just watched it today. You were able to navigate his many rhetorical traps that he laid - and did so quite brilliantly. Nice work!
Wow, who would have thought that a senescent head of state would turn out to be a liability?
FOUR MORE YEARS … PAUSE
We haven’t learned the lesson of Vietnam yet. Our foreign policy establishment still thinks we can bomb the world into submission.
There is too much money to be made to stop now.
If elements of US foreign policy were able to provoke Russia to attack Ukraine, as Russia says to protect ethnic Russians in Eastern Ukraine, why couldn't those same elements be used to provoke Russia to attack elsewhere in Eastern Europe? Is there any evidence anywhere else that that is happening, or that the process is beginning, in case the policy needs to be activated in the future?
Because elsewhere in Eastern Europe is already NATO. Putin won’t attack a NATO country directly.