'''Mearsheimer:''' Again, it tells the Kremlin that his policy is incoherent. That there's just, you know, no clear policy objective. And no strategy for achieving that objective. I mean, what else can the Kremlin conclude? I mean, the Kremlin has a vested interest in playing nice with Trump and not picking a fight with him, and pretending that they're still willing to work out a deal. But I would imagine that behind closed doors the Russians are thinking that we can't place much faith in Trump. And even if we get a deal, we can't place much faith in that deal. What we have to do is we have to position ourselves on the battlefield in ways that ensure our security once the shooting stops and you get a frozen conflict.}} | '''Mearsheimer:''' Again, it tells the Kremlin that his policy is incoherent. That there's just, you know, no clear policy objective. And no strategy for achieving that objective. I mean, what else can the Kremlin conclude? I mean, the Kremlin has a vested interest in playing nice with Trump and not picking a fight with him, and pretending that they're still willing to work out a deal. But I would imagine that behind closed doors the Russians are thinking that we can't place much faith in Trump. And even if we get a deal, we can't place much faith in that deal. What we have to do is we have to position ourselves on the battlefield in ways that ensure our security once the shooting stops and you get a frozen conflict.}} |