Why Ukraine won’t be joining NATO anytime soon | The Bottom Line

[@topweddingsa4059]

John Mearsheimer the legend💯

[@iddrisibrahim9924]

They r using Ukraine true Nazis zelenskey

[@ipincsmuhammad9162]

No he is lier

[@deadpoolguy283]

@@ipincsmuhammad9162 Whats a "lier"?

[@ipincsmuhammad9162]

@@deadpoolguy283 just see Russia and China news and your find the answers correctly. I'm asia and I know it's all lie from west propaganda to make expanding if you follow news ww2 not west invade jerman but Russia so france and jerman belonging to Russia even today's. Even they say iraq have dangerous weapon but the truths story it's never exist and many more

[@Mman.]

@@ipincsmuhammad9162if you want to insult a world renowned academic, at least spell the words correctly.

[@masssly]

Gosh, a full 24 mins with John Mearsheimer is simply awesome ❤️

[@robertmiller2173]

He would throw every small democracy under Putin's Jack Boot!

[@arrivingone]

He is heaping praise on Putin and Russia winning the war with Ukraine! he might as well be a puppet spokeperson for the Kremlin regime!

[@sanforizedbutthead]

Thank you Al Jazeera for giving Professor Mearsheimer a platform. His coherent and refined thinking is very much needed and many should become familiar with it.

[@Sandy-qs5og]

The only western analysit that I saw who analysis it right 👏.

[@TheReferrer72]

No he's not.
He said the same about the Kherson offensive and it did not turn out well for Russia.

[@Big-guy1981]

​​@@TheReferrer72ohn Mearsheimer is an expert in International Relations not military strategy (he made it only to captain during his time in the military).
I don't think a major channel like Al-Jazeera would bother inviting him if his opinion wasn't somewhat relevant.

[@bbbbbbears6999]

There are many others, Jeffrey Sachs is another one, but you will never hear about them because they don't fit the main stream narrative.

[@robertdavidson8028]

@@Big-guy1981 I quite like Prof. Mearsheimer, but would like to think Prof. Jeffrey Sachs is better on the Geopolitical side of things; I have the impression that JM is always a few steps behind, playing catch-up, probably because he's a bit more conservative in his opinions.
As far as the military side is concerned I listen to Douglas McGregor and Scott Ritter; from what I've seen I'm hazarding I really wouldn't concur with DMcG about some, or maybe most, of his internal American beliefs and politics, and I'm not sure, but that might be true also of Scott Ritter; but I think their sources on the military conduct of the war etc. give them a strong edge.
If some of you want to "blow your minds" to use a very outdated expression I suggest you try a post with the title
Who killed Prigozhin? Power panel w/Ritter,Johnson, Mcgovern Intel Roundtable if it's still available; they don't just stick to topic as I recall, although they cover it pretty thoroughly.

[@reginadavid2459]

NATO is actually was formed against the USSR. So in my opinion they had to reform or rename themselves. Why should Russia trust NATO? Of course they didn't want them to be near their border. Who would want this? Would the USA want Russian military bases to be near their country? More than that that cluster bombs were in use already by Ukrain, during past 8 years. And people still get bombed on those mines.

[@Kreiger778]

Cluster bombs are not artillery but anti-personel ammo. They won't stop a tank, destroy a position, or artillery pieces.

[@ericp1139]

Exactly. And the US even admitted that they are only sending clusters because they’ve run out of ammo.

[@hilkovanwalraven3111]

no cluster ammunition are smal bombs in a shell for arty ,planes and rockets

[@ericp1139]

Finally, a guest that knows what’s really going on.

[@kobeyheberling6172]

I first learned about John in my college class. He has provided the most honest analysis I’ve seen on Ukraine in all of media

[@arrivingone]

The war isn't over you idiot and this guy only has nothing but good things to say about Putin and Russia winning the war with Ukraine! he might as well be a puppet spokeperson for the Kremlin regime!

[@r.williamcomm7693]

Agree. Unfortunately the US is on the wrong side of history here.

[@Hyperion1722]

Cornering a scared dog will fight back and bite hard. Just saying.

[@diazvirdani1059]

*Russia🇷🇺 still occupied oblast Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Crimea.*
Russia must end occupation & keep peace.!

[@pibroch]

In exchange for what?

[@jenmurphy6343]

NATO should have broken up when the USSR dissolved

[@Mman.]

John Mearsheimer, always a pleasure to hear his clear, honest, and logical perspective

[@ericp1139]

I’m disappointed in John when he speaks on China, because it’s like all his analytical prowess that he displays for Russia goes out the window.

[@Mman.]

@@ericp1139how so? If you don’t mind saying.

[@ericp1139]

@@Mman. his stance is that China is the real enemy that NATO should be focusing their war efforts on containing. But if his whole stance is that you shouldn’t scare a nuclear superpower, then how does that principle not apply to China too?

[@Mman.]

@@ericp1139 i understand you now. I believe that Mearsheimer is consistent regarding not backing a great power into a corner lest they respond desperately, whether it be Russia or China. If I understand him correctly, he thinks that the focus on containing Russia is misguided because Russia is no longer a peer competitor and was not threatening vital US security interests. China, however, is a peer competitor and so should be contained to prevent China dominating East Asia. He still would advise against going too far.

[@TangledUpInBlue631]

​@@Mman. Then there is the wildcard, taiwan. A conflict will change the matrix.

[@babymonalisa]

Zelensky has been shockingly naiive.

[@thomascunningham111]

Z is also corrupt and incompetent. Like Biden.

[@paulfildes5489]

The background and implications of the 2014 far-right coup in Kiev, which overthrew the pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych, is critical for understanding the current Ukraine-Russia war. This coup was openly supported by US and EU and implemented primarily by far-right shock troops such as the Right Sector and the Svoboda Party. It represented the temporary culmination of long-standing efforts by the US to install a puppet regime on the borders of Russia. The regime change prompted the outbreak of an ongoing civil war in the east of Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. In the US, the coup was a catalyst for an ever more aggressive campaign against Russia and the US and NATO funded the Ukrainian state and far-right forces with billions of dollars. On 19 September 2018, Ukrainian President Poroshenko signed a decree NOT to extend the The Treaty Of Friendship which guaranteed Ukkraine's borders with Russia and was signed in Kyiv on 31 May 1997 by the then President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma and Russian President Yeltsin. On 3 December 2018, Poroshenko drafted a legislation to Parliament to end the Treaty of Friendship immediately with support coming from Western allies. Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it was notified on 24 September 2018 of the treaty's termination by Ukraine and expressed regret. On December 6 the Ukrainian parliament declared the Treaty to be terminated starting from April 1, 2019.

[@alimakization]

If that's the case, they're receiving what they wished for

[@michaelmechanics4062]

The US and Nato did more than just support the Maidan revolution that overthrew Yanukovich. They engineered the coup.

[@colincampbell4261]

Still pushing ruzzian lies and propaganda.

[@LLlap]

Also aliens and Batman.

[@SpruceWood-NEG]

Ukraine is a buffer zone between Russia and NATO, and China also views Russia as a buffer zone with NATO. If NATO engages in direct combat with Russia, China will have to be implicated in the conflict. This is unavoidable and has nothing to do with the so-called social system.

[@marnelleetienne7843]

000 p pp00000

[@rudomeister]

Whats happening on the news, is a tube where the words are directed towards the public, or somewhere else. I think it's all planned to the fingertips. Every military package with escalating inventories, NATO membership, speeches and actions. Everything we see is a informational war, sometimes directed to the public, or to the enemy. Zelensky should know Ukraine doesn't get to be a member during wartime, and when they eventually win the war no one knows, or at least pretend to not know. If Ukraine wins, hopefully during a regime shift in Russia, then the worldimage start to look quiet different than it does now, specially if the younger generation in Russia start waking up from this USSR doctrine of administrative apathy. I think they will eventually, they just got unfortunate getting a USSR expert like Putin as a president introduced into the seat by the drunk Jeltzin.

[@jenmurphy6343]

How much had Z pocketed since it started??

[@TamG443]

My understanding was that the Donbass area, after voting for independence from the Ukraine and having it denied, was bombed by the Ukraine for eight long years, with 15.000 deaths, after which the Donbass reached out to Russia and requested their assistance and protection from the Ukraine . Consequently , Russia did not invade nor did it annex this territory.. The people voted for this.

[@alimakization]

Ssshh... no one wants to talk about that

[@TamG443]

@@alimakization Sure why talk about it like intelligent adults when we can go to war and make billions off the destruction of a whole country simply because it has an idiot for a president.

[@jeremynelson8040]

When Ukraine declared its independence in its “revolution”, so did the Russian speaking citizenry in the Donbas but they declared their independence from the Ukrainian forces that formed the new government…at that point, when NATO recognized Ukraine’s government, Russia recognized the government in the Donbas (please note, that Ukraine’s population, to the east in the Donbas are all Russian speaking, it is truly a country divided 50/50 by language). Russia recognized the country that spoke its language that was being killed by western nato troops/bombs in attempt to keep Ukraine non-nato which the west promised it would do. Russia is aggressively keeping Ukraine from becoming a NATO or EU member and NATO is the paramilitary force of the US uses to bait countries into an Article 5 guarantee which states NATO will come to save the day if a member. NATO is a military alliance from WW2…it is an existential threat to Russia to have a western “democracy” ie puppet state which spreads US crony capitalism.

[@jeremynelson8040]

I think we agree that the western narrative of a Russian invasion is misleading propaganda. It smells fishy that a warn town country could hold a "national" vote on its foreign policy to me, not any judgement, just I haven't heard of any nation-state allowing for domestic populations to vote on on its foreign policy, but I am still a nit to this conflict imo.

[@meshzzizk]

there’s a lot of confusion about the history here. for one thing, russia began assisting the donbas separatists militarily in 2014 but did not recognize their political independence from ukraine until just before the feb 2022 invasion. you all seem to think it was the other way around.

[@melesegirmaye9682]

Real Education and its knowledge make difference. Look at this man!!!!

[@parbatrt]

Perfectly explained the cons and pros of the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine 🎉

[@eman3682]

He's wrong! Ruissa artillery was 10:1, but they've used 10 million shells & can only produce an estimated 20,000 shells per month. Russian artillery is not Amazon Prime.

[@mourka01]

​@@eman3682do you have any sources to back that claim up?

[@eman3682]

@@mourka01 @mourka01 l do. But this guy didn't provide any source either. He said Russia has 5:1 or 1:10 artillery advantage even if U.S provides cluster bombs. This bombs are more effective as they cover wider area. 1) A sing cluster bomb is comparable to 10 artillery. 2) U.S has the largest stockpile of artillery of 6 million(look it up). That means Russia should have 50+ million artillery.
3) U.S, U.K, E.U, South Korea are all giving artillery to Ukraine & increasing production. All have a bigger GDP that Russia. So it's just a matter of time.

[@NachttiSchlampE65]

​@@eman3682 pre invasion of 2022 Russia produced 1.7,1.8 mil shells per year and increased that number around summer 22 to around 2.5 mil per year now.
More than 200k shells per month, your 25k is rather the US production, than the Russian.

[@NachttiSchlampE65]

​@@eman3682your math would be reasonable in a world, where every country gives away all it has in stock and the industry just waiting for an Ukrainian order.
Most Western arms factories are far away from your expectations to them and also someone has to pay them.
Just putting numbers together which may work out in your dreams, but not in reality, is kinda silly

[@user-vr6io5xb9e]

See..Anglophones did it again. Poor Ukrainians and Russians were played off against each other very well. Wake up people!

[@ris_1982]

Thank God, someone is saying the truth on mainstream media!

[@The-football-gods]

Finally they got some one smart on there chanel that Ukraine are NOT winning this war and they should have never offered Ukraine to join nato

[@louisehutauruk1925]

Prof. John Mearsheimer and Mr. Steve Clemons, thanks for the interview which is academically valuable and based on field facts.

[@NameRiioz]

"Ukraine will die if it goes for close cooperation with NATO" This quote uttered by a Russian politician is 25 years old. It is certainly the most "unprovoked war".

[@presidentofukraina]

NATO should apply to join Ukraine

[@neptunefog6082]

Not all conditions are met, too many coloured migrants, as you know Ukrainians are a white nazia

[@jeremynelson8040]

This framework supports the idea that the US would sabatoge nordstream pipeline, as it would make the sanctions more effective and Europe’s dependence cut off

[@iddrisibrahim9924]

Nazis White people's always wants wars in the world, The world will never forgive you guys

[@NachttiSchlampE65]

Yes
Also works superb for US ally Norway, selling more of their Gas than ever to their European friends.
Also makes LNG sells more likely in the future for the USA

[@jeremynelson8040]

@@NachttiSchlampE65 so what are we gonna do about it?

[@NachttiSchlampE65]

@@jeremynelson8040 Well the rather fitting question is, what the options for a regular citizen are. Also depending on where you live and if you got any Sort of authority, economic value/power in the country you live in.
Spreading information and awareness of whats actually happening is what Im doing in my personal bubble. Im not delusional thinking thats changing anything soon or even at all, but citizens believing the more or less disinformation they are being served, because they dont know better, are easy to command/manipulate for any government in the world.
Demonstrations and so on are of course a rather easy way to show that citizens arent eating what theyre being served/ not happy with gov decisions.

[@mohamedhussein9935]

Wonderful analysis

[@meo3517]

I just never understood why any student of IR, which DC is full of, can not understand the concept of 'Security Dilemma or balance of power' . Did I go to the wrong school?

[@BrianM78]

Thank you to John Mearsheimer and the host Jerry Springer.

[@RJ_CocoAndMe]

Why did it take Aljazeera this long to get this competent speaker on, basically an expert in this topic

[@NeoFreshair]

Qatari regime is an American puppet despite benefiting from the conflict with higher oil/gas prices

[@Thesebjustseb]

Took AJ long enough to interview Mearsheimer. Too bad the same cannot be said for US networks.

[@192ali1]

The Answer to the opening question:
Should Mexico joins Warsaw? Should Canada joins Warsaw?

[@andrewareva4605]

Given Zelensky's background of being a movie actor, I always sensed that he believed he could ignore decades of realpolitik thinking and treat the invasion like a Hollywood movie where some magical event would result in some happy ending. Either it was some magical Western weapon system, some collapse of the Russian government maybe caused by sanctions or a popular overthrow or NATO aka US troops deciding to come in to rescue Ukraine like Kuwait with Iraq. I wonder how he will be seen and how Ukraine will see the West after Ukraine is forced to compromise giving up land and ultimately becoming a failed state. Ukraine, who has always been a poor, corrupt state, will no longer get Russian energy transit fees, have huge reconstruction costs, will never realize the fantasy of longterm Russian reparations that resembles post WWII Germany's reparations and will eventually see an end to Western economic support.

[@colincampbell4261]

Lot of words equalling nonsense.

[@stanfarshtei1291]

Wishful thinking... Ukraine has always been and will always be. The fact you have to suffer with Ukraine in this one, doesn't change things for Ukrainians. Freedom is worthy more than anything else. Even if half of the Ukrainian population will have to die, Ukrainians won't surrender. Getting back into the Russian influence is worse than dying fighting

[@andrewareva4605]

@stanfarshtei1291 Shameless to use Ukrrianian deaths to prop up your argument from the comfort of your own home. Book a ticket to Poland and go to Ukraine if believe.

[@aittit]

​@stanfarshtei1291 * Freedom is worth more than anything else* in which fairy tale world you live in?
Do you actually believe that all this Western backed supports coming at no cost? US is a capitalistic country. They never ever give money for free. They either will get it back as it was given in an initial form, or you have to surrender your entire government to West.
Ukraine is failing because of West, and the fact that they still strive up to join NATO is an act of folly. They're literally using war and the death of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers to pave their way out of Russia and join the West.
The bitter truth is, it's never gonna happen, as long as Putin and alike stays in power, Ukraine is not getting out of Russain influence, if they carry on living in the delusion, it's gonna have a catastrophic consequences for an entire country.

[@kristinad8852]

​@stanfarshtei1291 if you only knew how the war truly started, you would not naively think that you are on the side of good. This is what is sad, that the news is successful in fooling mostly everyone.

[@kamaludinothman8072]

Respect him!

[@calic988]

Great seeing John on the official media channels.

[@MakateRapulana]

The US wrecked the negotiations

[@mariossaifulshikder]

A very wise man. Great explanation

[@ak101farhan]

Because Nato doesn't want world war 3. Only way for Ukraine to join is to wait for the war to end. That's the only condition 😂

[@mabelaero]

The war won’t end until Ukraine provides a neutrality guarantee which means it can never join NATO in any scenario.

[@steveagola9317]

I see a Georgia kind of situation....frozen conflict

[@ak101farhan]

@@steveagola9317 whats the point in joining nato ? Don't you find it funny its only a military alliance to buy weapons from usa uk france and germany. Thats it. Ukraine will forever be in debt to these nations if it succeeded to stop Russia from taking everything.

[@rolangk2]

US will destroy Ukraine. With Ukraine destroyed, there will be no Ukraine to join NATO.

[@OmegaFares]

It depends how it ends. If Ukraine loses they will have to accept Russia's conditions (so no NATO) and vice versa.

[@fikarrusdiawan9562]

If only World War 3 happened, then it happened! I'm bored and tired of this world... 😰

[@Groggybandito]

For it to be a WW3, Russia would require friends to show up to show, clearly no one will help Russia, it will be Russia vs 35 nation coalition, that's not a WW3, that's the Russian military being wiped off the face of the planet.

[@hakinadedeji]

go have more s*x and you won't be bored and tired of this world

[@lyndonwatson757]

I'm surprised that they are still letting us see what's going on in Ukraine. They must think that they still have a chance of winning.

[@TyroPirate]

No mention that the CIA admitted a few days ago that this war is their window of opportunity to take down Putin?
It’s like this guy was wording things in a way that shows the US simply miscalculating, instead of outright saying that the US is the aggressor just as much as Russia (if not more, since he said that Russia and Ukraine were having negotiations early in the war’s big escalation last year. But who was it that told Ukraine to keep fighting…? Don’t know if it was said in this vid. Strangely enough…)

[@wuestenfuchs1]

The US is actively supporting rhe extension and continuation of hostilities and that is the problem. They rightly see that Russia is the aggressor and that Ukraine initially successfully defended itself. Instead of supporting negoatiations and a ceaaation of hostilities, they decided to double down and arm Ukraine and let them alone fight against Russia. This is a miscalculation because Russia can continue fighting longer than the West can arm Ukraine.

[@peterrezac881]

It was Boris Johnson ex British PM and the US puppet who told Elensky not to sign the deal. Evidently ordered by the US.

[@jeremynelson8040]

Please post a link to the CIA video. Doesn’t surprise me they would admit it.

[@TyroPirate]

@@jeremynelson8040 IDK if there is a video. News articles quote William Burns saying “Disaffection with the war will continue to gnaw away at the Russian leadership ... That disaffection creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us at CIA… We’re not letting it go to waste”
Maybe I’m not being charitable enough, but I interpret that as political/media speak for them having no intention of letting Ukraine win the war because eventually it might also bleed Russia enough for Putin to be taken down by combining the war with the CIA trying to stir extra civil unrest through Telegram posts (as they are in fact doing). Basically using the Ukrainians as nothing more than disposable assets

[@colincampbell4261]

More ruzzian lies.

[@theobservationsreal3291]

An alternate opinion at this point is highly valued.

[@muhammadhassan9498]

finally someone spoke sense.

[@stephenhall3515]

He is entirely correct. It is as simple as that.

[@jessechima]

This is informative news. Thanks John

[@demonridera]

Sending weapons is easier than sending boots on the ground. Graveyards being populated is okay only in Ukraine

[@joem0088]

Vilnius central lesson : US-led West will supply but not fight for Ukraine. Nor for Taiwan against China.

[@iddrisibrahim9924]

Why do you white people's always makes wars in the world 🌎

[@Topentertaining01]

Sincere answers from this interview.
Nice one Mr. John ....

[@the1ghost764]

NO NATO For Ukraine.

[@jamesng7320]

If Russia knows that Ukraine can't join NATO whilst the war is going on then surely it is going to keep fighting forever. If Russia loses this forever war then it will resort to nuclear weapons. If Russia is winning and Ukraine wants to end the war then it will have to agree never to join NATO. The third option is the best out of the 3 bad ones.

[@Alex-lg6nz]

I agree, the third option sounds like the best one.
The only problem with that, is that Russians no longer trust the West or Ukrainians at all. Some pretty piece of paper with signatures on it will not make the Russians feel secure.

[@terencemorgan4506]

There is a 4th option and this might explain why NATO membership for Ukraine is not on the table today. USA/Nato might offer to recognized territorial concessions by Ukraine in exchange for remaining Ukrainian territory to be protected by Nato. This might be the only card left for Ukraine to play if Ukraine is going to fight a slow long war which they will eventually lose.

[@jamesng7320]

@@terencemorgan4506 Russia will never accept such a deal. Remember, the key reason this whole thing started in the first place was because Ukraine was becoming a de facto member of NATO. As for Ukraine, I can't see it ever willingly accepting loss of its territory.

[@michaelmechanics4062]

If I may add, I believe the hot war a secondary to the main theater of war which is the economic front. Economic collapse of the European countries particularly will have a bigger bearing on the outcome of this war compared to what happens in Ukraine. Hence, the holding pattern/war of attrition.

[@delonthomas5049]

It will end up in ?😢😢😢

[@jeremynelson8040]

When Ukraine declared its independence in its “revolution”, so did the Russian speaking citizenry in the Donbas but they declared their independence from the Ukrainian forces that formed the new government…at that point, when NATO recognized Ukraine’s government, Russia recognized the government in the Donbas (please note, that Ukraine’s population, to the east in the Donbas are all Russian speaking, it is truly a country divided 50/50 by language). Russia recognized the country that spoke its language that was being killed by western nato troops/bombs in attempt to keep Ukraine non-nato which the west promised it would do. Russia is aggressively keeping Ukraine from becoming a NATO or EU member and NATO is the paramilitary force of the US uses to bait countries into an Article 5 guarantee which states NATO will come to save the day if a member. NATO is a military alliance from WW2…it is an existential threat to Russia to have a western “democracy” ie puppet state which spreads US crony capitalism.

[@colincampbell4261]

Yet more ruzzian propaganda.

[@LLlap]

Huh? What revolution? Ussr dissolved.

[@billykorg5984]

What a great professor ❤✌️✌️

[@bobbymak6964]

Sadly, I agree with the professor. The numbers are on the side of the Russians.

[@sarikamuneer9486]

Love him❤

[@bubavaal4888]

More sensible people like this should be your priorities Aljazeera your viewers don't like people like John Bolten and Jack the liers 😂😂😂

[@walentystankiewicz8486]

Russia stated clearly never, no near future no far future, never means never '"niet". Why bring up this question over and over again.

[@kwame176]

He predicted a harsh reaction to the failed coup in Russia. John, stop predicting the future. 😭😭😭

[@adisar6470]

This interview is honest

[@LLlap]

Yes, you could tell who putin paid off.

[@arcalabania2333]

Both guys are genius.....

[@neptunefog6082]

Grain of sanity

[@rajeshsolankiusa]

Expert isn't saying anything! Simply regurgitating mrdia info

[@loddiecamomileparrot]

Yep, I can’t believe this new channel would have a RuZZian troll Ike him

[@fikarrusdiawan9562]

😕

[@deaconfrost6]

Facts

[@tien7742]

Excellent analysis👍 💯🌹..

[@SajtKapitany]

Finaly a smart American, all true.

[@alvarocabreravillalon3363]

NATO is already dying...

[@kgb-files9260]

Actually, our artillery fires between 40 000 - 50 000 every day! Have nobody in collective west noticed how Ukraine resemble surface of Moon?

[@jbroskito]

The American guy always just wants Ukraine to give up. Bet if it was his house he'd be screaming and hollering for 9ll to come save him. Lol funny

[@loddiecamomileparrot]

Guy is a RuZZian troll for sure

[@SeeLasSee]

He tells a good tale but he’s sloppy analytically.

[@abdoultoure2474]

⁠​⁠@@SeeLasSeehahah saying Mearsheimer analysis is “sloppy” shows that you have no idea who this man lol. Get familiar with his work and you’ll see. It’s not often that he is wrong and on this topic, he is extremely correct and accurate.

[@Meeko2689]

American are warmongers only a few are against war

[@Jay-vj2vi]

@@SeeLasSee you must be a real clown in real life

[@awareness6278]

No body should be a member of nato … let alone encourage it’s expansion .

[@janwoldens1696]

💥UA will join NATO, when "PIGS WILL FLY"🙈🙉🙊⚖️🇦🇺

[@dianal3542]

The sad irony here that it was US who provided Russia with nuclear arsenal by collecting nukes from Ukraine and other former USSR countries.

[@anaignatowicz2779]

NO

[@mitchellbaker4806]

And that's the bottom line because Mearsheimer said so.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting.

[@hamzalubega2943]

Hez very good

[@nsgnsg4108]

Ireland, mexico and cuba should be part of soviet union

[@georgekennan6213]

OMG MEARSHEIMER IS BACK LESHGOO

[@teamcervelo]

HAHAHAHHA

[@inouno77]

Therre was a comment about Taiwan at the end. I didn't understand it. Why was that comparison made? Can anyone explain in a few words, please?

[@reginadavid2459]

What are all this countries doing in NATO? Where is Athlantic Ocean and where is Poland for example? Actually there should be only UK, Portugal, USA. And why NATO is expanding? Is it nessesary? Or NATO is building another story about Russians being so dangerous? Well that's mean...I don't see any democrasy nowadays nor in the USA nor in Europe. Russia seams to be the only country where you know what is freedom, independance and truth.

[@_saifr]

John was right. Putin did take care of prigozhin

[@nalindownanout3052]

Well explained!👍

[@HalfofOne]

Finally, Some common sense!

[@bhalps]

Al Jaz given off some heavy BRIC love and Ukraine/NATO hate

[@OnlyFriendsAreAliens]

Oh, well yeah, lets just all lay down fir Russia. Does Mearsheimer really believe Putin will stop there?

[@MrSlavikman]

In Russia's orbit? Until 1917 there had never been a Ukraine, the name literly translates into Hinterland. Ukraine or rather the territories that make it up are historical Russian lands, and have been for since the 9th century.

[@molos3466]

If we want nuclear war, then, yes.

[@codecraftsman4302]

I wonder if Mearsheimer was an advisor to Neville Chamberlain prior to the meeting with Hitler in 1939. Ukraine is today's Czechoslovakia to be gifted to Russia in appeasement is what I see as the subtext of his stated position. I'm not sure of his motivation for being a virtual mouthpiece for Russia but his claims of Ukraine running out of ammunition seems to be pulled from the headlines of RT. The slow progress of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is due to the lack of all the necessary tools: the Ukrainians were taught the principles of NATO warfare but weren't given the tools like sufficient armour or the airpower like F16 fighters. They are essentially forced to attempt combined arms operations with one of the arms missing.

[@atiyaababenson7955]

This is one of few true leaders or men in the world today❤

[@SeeLasSee]

He tells a good tale but he’s sloppy analytically.

[@TheReferrer72]

He's not a leader. He is probably on Putler's payroll

[@janwoldens1696]

💥the latest info re artillery (22 July) UA fires 3 000 rounds per day, RF fires regularly 60 000 per day, as a result 75% of UA's KIA and injured are result of artillery. Full STOP⚖️🇦🇺🙃

[@evifiouri4712]

The answer is no

[@prabhakararaoaravapalli9050]

Thank you Prof John M .
Your thoughts on this Ukraine are most logical , Crystal clear . Well appreciated by many many world over .
I like your points a lot .
I feel if Ukraine is looking for serious and effective security guarantees ...it may be Russia and not NATO ....
Under Zelensky , Ukraine got devastated and NATO is still watching the destruction from the banks and not doing anything real effective on the ground ...

[@TecraX2]

@@ak537 Also, Ukraine already had a security guarantee from Russia in the Budapest Memorandum, and think everyone can see how much that was worth!

[@prabhakararaoaravapalli9050]

Prof in his earlier speeches, mentioned that Ukraine should have been left Nutral .
West has instigated Ukraine to join Nato and caused this war ..
Before Feb 2022, Ukraine has several means at its disposal to avoid this war .
Now Ukraine is devastated but Nato is still not able to save Ukraine.

[@prabhakararaoaravapalli9050]

@@ak537 this war is instigated by outsiders. ...this war brought misery to both Russia and Ukraine .
Immediate need is peace.
Ukraine and Russia should work for immediate peace ...
That both almost reached a peace deal last March or April ..but that deal was dashed by others ...

[@logiczchance101]

more like, why they won't join ... ever.

[@jamiluhassan4823]

What makes this delay for Ukraine to be part of NATO aliens?

[@DefaultTheseus]

Thanks for an incredible treat AJ.

[@user-op8vq2en4j]

Goodness hes good.

[@barumbadum]

Thank you prof Mearsheimer.

[@petronelastelawhite-anca7964]

😮 There is GENOCIDE really!😮 R.I.P. TO THE INOCENT HUMANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THIS POLITICAL TURMOIL! I honestly wonder...how comes this 2x once upon a time were closet of friends; became enemies???😢

[@Flyinghigh888]

Use and disposal, typical western playbook!

[@ueihgnurt]

US basically abbandon Afghanistan. Wdym they won't do the same to Ukriane. 😂
remember there still no NATO membership.

[@Topentertaining01]

Sincere answers from this interview.
Nice one

[@avicohen5683]

The question is why NATO not let Ukraine to joint NATO, because they know Russia will crush them

[@kristinmedica7229]

Hey Schimer..
Im getting disgusted with your bigoted comments about who " these people" are that believe Ukraine will win this terrible war of aggression by
Russia.