As I was listening to Mr. Mearsheimer's full-throated defense of Putin's supposed fears, I couldn't help wondering whether Mr. M wasn't actually trying to 'manufacture consent' for a murderous assault on Gaza. Not your finest hour, Mr. Loury. I am deeply, deeply disappointed.
Thanks for the clarification. Nevertheless, the roots of this conflict go back a long way. After all, the Arabs were promised autonomy as a reward for their uprising against the Turks. And it's not clear what rumors about this 'operation' were being bandied about - and if they had, someone as well-connected as Mearsheimer would have known about it.
As I was listening to Mr. Mearsheimer's full-throated defense of Putin's supposed fears, I couldn't help wondering whether Mr. M wasn't actually trying to 'manufacture consent' for a murderous assault on Gaza. Not your finest hour, Mr. Loury. I am deeply, deeply disappointed.
Fwiw, this conversation was recorded on September 28, well before the Hamas attacks.
Thanks for the clarification. Nevertheless, the roots of this conflict go back a long way. After all, the Arabs were promised autonomy as a reward for their uprising against the Turks. And it's not clear what rumors about this 'operation' were being bandied about - and if they had, someone as well-connected as Mearsheimer would have known about it.
He's not very well connected and he's almost universally derided by anyone that knows anything at all about IR or geopolitics. Total crank.