Comments by "David Himmelsbach" (@davidhimmelsbach557) on "John Mearsheimer On Who Gains The Most From The Ukraine-Russia War u0026 What Could End Putin's Assault" video.

Mearsheimer skips past: NATO membership was NEVER on the cards for Ukraine. Germany and France were quite against it. They voted as Putin's proxies. EU membership was never on the cards for Ukraine. Germany and France were quite against it. By EU 'logic' -- France and Germany (et. al) would have to cross-subsidize Ukraine for decades to come -- and in large figures. What REALLY animated Putin & Coy was quasi-honest elections, republican democracy and quasi-honest markets. AND, Russians were commuting from Belgorod to Kharkov every other day. Yiikes. Belarus almost blew up; Kazakhstan almost blew up... time to send in the fire brigade. AND, Biden is feckless -- Kabul !
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Mearsheimer skips past: Red China. Xi put Putin up to his project... told him he had his back. It now turns out that Putin CAN'T ship his oil all the way around to Red China or India. No-one along the way is willing to re-fuel tankers making the attempt. Zero-Hedge, a Putinist bastion, reports that about ten crude oil tankers are floating across the Atlantic, Med, trying to find buyers. They were never configured for such long transits -- and now they're discovering that no-one will let them enter port/ refuel. Many had been turned away from America -- their original destination. Xi also can't cover for Russia's missing INDUSTRIAL imports... micro-chips at the top of the list. Putin's nightmare is that he CAN'T use atomics to get the West to supply him what is most critical. He is also unable to stop his boys from phoning home. NATO expands BECAUSE Putin repels nations away from Moscow, away from neutrality. Note the Finns and Swedes. Mearsheimer and Putin are stuck in the 18th Century. Minsk, Kyiv and Moscow all need to join NATO. Red China is THE threat. Without NATO membership, Moscow is dead meat. The CCP wants Siberia back.
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