Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "John Mearsheimer: The West is playing Russian roulette" video.

  1. Please excuse a second opinion. Mr Mearsheimer does not seem to realize that the UK has reached superpower status and equally so in military affairs. The Ukrainians are winning against the Russians because tens of thousands of those troops are British-trained fighters. Imagine, just imagine, if Great Britain's Army were on the battlefield? It is not that American support is not necessary along with the NATO alliance countries, but the UK would have no trouble holding its own against the Russians---and the Russians know this. Medvedev's latest thinly veiled threats against the UK show us that if we read between the lines, the Russians view the UK as their equal on the 7 seas and in the battlefield.
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  2. We must remember that under international law that was signed by Moscow, all the treaties say that sovereign countries get to choose what alliances sovereign countries belong to. This is where I believe John Mearsheimer’s arguments hit a speed bump. Why do I say that? Because Professor Kotkin said that treaties like the UN Charter was signed by Russia. The 1975 Helsinki agreement was signed by the Soviet Union. The 1990 Charter of Paris for a new Europe was also signed by the Soviet Union. The 1997 NATO Russia Founding Act was equally signed by the Russian Government. All those documents were signed by either the Soviet Regime or the Russian regime, which is the legally recognized international inheritor i.e., successor of the Soviet State. The fact is those agreements are still in place and they clearly state that sovereign countries can freely choose their foreign policy and what alliances they want to join. For the President of Russia to warn western nations not to help the Ukrainians defend themselves is pure hypocrisy and insulting to the free world writ large. John Mearshimer says the west is provoking Russia by its call for Ukraine to part of NATO, but if Professor Kotkin’s information is correct, Russia has no business insisting the Ukraine must not be a part of Russia.
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