John J. Mearsheimer

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Milley said, this is wonderful, but it's time to cut a deal now.

Because as time goes by, the balance of power will shift against Ukraine and in favor of the Russians.

Because at that point, Putin was beginning to mobilize the Russian army in a serious way.

I think he called up 300,000 troops in September of 2022.

But anyway, what happened was that Milley was told to cease and desist from making that argument.

They put Milley in the back closet, said, no more talk about cutting a deal now because we think we've got the Russians on the ropes.

And you remember, it's in early June.

I think it was June 4th of 2023.

Remember?

2022 is when the war starts.

In June of 2023, that's when the Ukrainians launch that massive offensive where they think they're going to affect the Blitzkrieg and bring the Russian military to its knees.

This just shows you that we thought...

The success that the Ukrainians were having on the battlefield, coupled with the sanctions, would allow us to defeat Russia and knock Russia out of the ranks of the great powers and put an end to having to deal with Vladimir Putin, who wouldn't dance to our tune.

How stupid are they?

Incredibly.

Look, as I said to you before, I've studied a lot of international relations over time, and when you corner great powers, when you threaten their survival, you do not want to underestimate how risky the policies will be that they are willing to pursue, okay?

And I think if our policy had actually worked, if it looked like the Russians were going to be knocked out of the ranks of the great powers, they would have then used nuclear weapons.

Yes.

Is it?