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INTERVIEW: John Mearsheimer—Leading International Relations Scholar—On US Power & the Darkness Ahead for Ukraine | SYSTEM UPDATE #109

System Update with Glenn Greenwald

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The Relationship Between Opposition to the Iraq War and Support for Ukraine

Almost everybody who was in favor of that invasion of Iraq is also now behind the US proxy war in Ukraine completely supports President Biden's view if anything wants him to do even more there's now reports he might we might send cluster bombs to Ukraine. Glenn: Is there some connective tissue ideologically that explains those two positions aligning the way they do well to talk about the proponents of the Iraq war and the proponents of supporting Iraq? Walton: I think basically what you have here are a large group of people who are either liberal internationalist or neoconservatives who have great faith in the U.S. They're not shy about using military force to achieve their ends but there real limits to what

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