Comments by "bart thomassen thomassen" (@thomassenbart) on "John Mearsheimer - Why Zelenskyy Doesn't Want a Peace Deal" video.

  1. Ukraine was neutral, are you high? Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukraine was not in NATO or the EU and not about to join either. Your view is bizarre. Switzerland is highly armed and Russia wants Ukraine to be disarmed. You don't get that. Putin invaded because he believes Ukraine is an integral part of Russia. He has stated this many times.
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  2. The USSR was an existential threat to the USA. I'm amazed the Judge does not understand that.
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  3. @ why?
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  4.  @PlasticBag4Status  Not correct. The vast bulk of weapons in Ukraine prior to the invasion were Russian/Soviet era. No NATO members were not filling pockets, not sure where you get that from. Consulting is fine across the board. Ukraine wanted to get into the EU and NATO, so contacts are normal. Russia also has contacts with both. Your comment is dumb.
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  5.  @PlasticBag4Status  Yes. There is no evidence that the US orchestrated these mass protests that ended the pro Russian govt. That the embassy was sympathetic to the protests and change of govt. is clear but the conspiracy theory of regime change lacks credibility or substance. However, let's say you are right, then what? Does that justify the Russian conquest of Crimea, Luhansk and the Donbass and then the invasion years later? I don't see the logic.
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  6. Trump's motivations are about China, and performing a reverse as per Nixon but with Russia.
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  7. I like Mearsheimer but Kotkin has better analysis.
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