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#401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3

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Negotiations to end war in Ukraine

He is negotiating with Zelensky to end the war. Serious negotiations are happening in Istanbul involving Turks, Naftali Bennett, and Putin. If he wanted to conquer Ukraine, why negotiate with Zelensky? The negotiations were about NATO expansion into Ukraine, the main cause of the war. The West avoids this argument as it would mean they are responsible for the bloodbath. They prefer blaming Putin.

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