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| | ::Oh Yah? Ever read Mearsheimer? I bet not. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 12:23, April 19, 2024 (EDT) | | ::Oh Yah? Ever read Mearsheimer? I bet not. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 12:23, April 19, 2024 (EDT) |
| | :::Yes, I have. He has a website, substack and he has published articles in major news/politics websites or international relations websites. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 12:27, April 19, 2024 (EDT) | | :::Yes, I have. He has a website, substack and he has published articles in major news/politics websites or international relations websites. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 12:27, April 19, 2024 (EDT) |
| | + | ::::The question was, have you actually read Mearsheimer's book, ''The Tragedy of Great Power Politics'' (Norton, 2001), as you claim above? An honest person would answer, "No." [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 12:30, April 19, 2024 (EDT) |
| | :It's too bad that Biden isn't better on the foreign relations front as this war might have been prevented or ended sooner. Ukraine doesn't have the manpower to win a war of attrition and the West did poor planning in terms of artillery shells in terms of both supply and production capabilities. And it's a tragedy for Ukraine/Russia as both countries are involved in a demographic crisis (Aging and declining populations). [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 12:10, April 19, 2024 (EDT) | | :It's too bad that Biden isn't better on the foreign relations front as this war might have been prevented or ended sooner. Ukraine doesn't have the manpower to win a war of attrition and the West did poor planning in terms of artillery shells in terms of both supply and production capabilities. And it's a tragedy for Ukraine/Russia as both countries are involved in a demographic crisis (Aging and declining populations). [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 12:10, April 19, 2024 (EDT) |
| | ::Ukraine doesn't have the manpower? That's not what the sources you cite in about 3 dozen screeds said just 2 years ago. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 12:24, April 19, 2024 (EDT) | | ::Ukraine doesn't have the manpower? That's not what the sources you cite in about 3 dozen screeds said just 2 years ago. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 12:24, April 19, 2024 (EDT) |