Some people thought this article was making a false assumption that USA did not give any concessions to Russia, they were wrong. Angela Merkel has accepted that NATO was just toying with Russia and they never actually considered any compromise. The Minsk agreements were just a ploy to buy time to prepare Ukraine for an inevitable conflict against Russia they themselves where fostering.
Hahahaha, do you imagine that this war has made Russia look strong? It make Putin looks like an ignorant fool who listened to the lies of the yes-men he has spent decades surrounding himself with. Is Russia perceived as strong when it's economy is beset with crushing sanctions? What a joke.
>The rational choice for USA is obvious: simply give some concessions to Russia, as any rational agent would do with any country with teeth.
If you think that Russia will simply accept "some concenssions", then you are wrong. They will accept nothing short of Ukraine being a puppet state.
And what exactly are you recommending here? Russia gets to threaten nuclear war evevery time they want to conquer another country and we're supposed to back down? Where does it stop?
Russia "had no choice" to the extent that they support an irredentist program of expansionism (a """sphere of influence"""). They don't "need" this. They want this. But by your logic, anything short of letting Putin do whatever he pleases with neighboring countries is the US "forcing" Putin to bust out the nukes.
Some people thought this article was making a false assumption that USA did not give any concessions to Russia, they were wrong. Angela Merkel has accepted that NATO was just toying with Russia and they never actually considered any compromise. The Minsk agreements were just a ploy to buy time to prepare Ukraine for an inevitable conflict against Russia they themselves where fostering.
https://unherd.com/thepost/were-the-minsk-agreements-designed-to-fail/
Hahahaha, do you imagine that this war has made Russia look strong? It make Putin looks like an ignorant fool who listened to the lies of the yes-men he has spent decades surrounding himself with. Is Russia perceived as strong when it's economy is beset with crushing sanctions? What a joke.
>The rational choice for USA is obvious: simply give some concessions to Russia, as any rational agent would do with any country with teeth.
If you think that Russia will simply accept "some concenssions", then you are wrong. They will accept nothing short of Ukraine being a puppet state.
And what exactly are you recommending here? Russia gets to threaten nuclear war evevery time they want to conquer another country and we're supposed to back down? Where does it stop?
Russia "had no choice" to the extent that they support an irredentist program of expansionism (a """sphere of influence"""). They don't "need" this. They want this. But by your logic, anything short of letting Putin do whatever he pleases with neighboring countries is the US "forcing" Putin to bust out the nukes.