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"Putin's mind" (none / 1)

No need to resort to metaphysical nostrums in search of a rational--perhaps, scientific--explanation for "intervention" in a political conflict whose adversaries are unwilling or unable to resolve by any other means.

Criteria of "national security" and "competition" espoused by your own elected representatives are as enigmatic as any bursts of synaptic energy recovered from his severed head.

by Cat on Thu Feb 24th, 2022 at 04:20:30 PM EST
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Re: "Putin's mind" (none / 1)

Tick all the right boxes ...

I'm in good company 👌🏽

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Thu Feb 24th, 2022 at 11:01:25 PM EST
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indeed (none / 0)

MoA | Disarming Ukraine - Day 1, 24 Feb

On February 15 Professor John J. Mearsheimer gave a talk (video) about the Ukraine crisis. He starts out (at 3min) by explaining who has caused it:
The United States, mainly, and its allies are responsible for this crisis.
I recommend to watch it in full.
Like me and many other analysts Mearsheimer did not expect that a Russian move into the Ukraine would happen. Why the Russian government finally decided to take that step is not clear to me. I believe that Zelensky's lose talk about acquiring nuclear weapons for the Ukraine was one of the decisive factors. Who told Zelensky to come up with that?

unattributed, California Cohort of Petty Landlords, 25 Feb
archived Sat Feb 12th, 2022

by Cat on Fri Feb 25th, 2022 at 04:30:27 PM EST
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Russia attacks Ukraine - Open thread | 209 comments (209 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)