
#401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3
Lex Fridman Podcast
Quantity Matters for Conquering
The idea that Vladimir Putin intended to conquer all of Ukraine is baseless as historical context shows that even with 190,000 troops, it would have been impossible to achieve. Comparing it to the German invasion of Poland in 1939 with 1.5 million troops to conquer only the western half, illustrates that conquering Ukraine would have required at least 2-3 million troops to both conquer and occupy the vast country.
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