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by mint2
1565 days ago
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I don’t know how serious one can take a point of view that makes some very naive interpretations and assumptions from the start about how Russians will perceive their soldiers deaths, most of which will be hidden as much as possible. Yes many will perceive them as the author believes, but he doesn’t acknowledge how pervasive Russian propaganda is and how many have fallen victim to it. The author’s point of view in the opening is what would happen if Russians knew what actually happened, which is not a good assumption. |
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He does not consider that regardless or how nato expanded the kremlin under Putin would be invading to recreate the empire.
The background factor he gets more right but doesn’t spend much time on is the lack of credibility and burnt political capital caused by events such as the second Iraq war, the Iran nuclear deal, pulling out of treaties and various credibility damaging things trump did.
Not only that, he doesn’t seem able to extrapolate his own points about Iraq and America being blind when it’s on the “right side” aka winning side of history to how Russians and the kremlin will see Ukraine conflict.
Overall he makes some good points of view but also is naive and in accurate in other which for someone trying to sound like an expert is a very bad hit to credibility.
His title is okay, having an objective conversation at a time when even scientific fact during a deadly pandemic turned into a partisan political matter, then the always more political topic of Foreign policy has little hope of having a objective debate. That angle was left out.