Posted on Nov 30, 2022
Opinion | What Tucker Carlson and Trumpist Republicans Get Wrong About Ukraine
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Ironically, treating Ukraine with the restraint that neorealists demand today would lead to a high probability of strategic catastrophe tomorrow. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki got it just right when he noted that restraint isn’t that different from passivity.
“If Ukraine becomes dependent [on Russia], we will need to do absolutely nothing to provoke a war,” Morawiecki said recently. “It’ll come to us. Putin won’t stop. The Kremlin will go farther. Passivity will be our suicide.”
“If Ukraine becomes dependent [on Russia], we will need to do absolutely nothing to provoke a war,” Morawiecki said recently. “It’ll come to us. Putin won’t stop. The Kremlin will go farther. Passivity will be our suicide.”
Opinion | What Tucker Carlson and Trumpist Republicans Get Wrong About Ukraine
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You know, that's pretty much the same philosophy that got America into both Korea and Vietnam.
Show me the major difference between this and the Domino theory.
The whole "we had better act when we have absolutely no need to so that we don't have to act when we actually need to" concept has been tried. And it failed.
I also find it funny that Putin bit a chunk out of Ukraine when Obama was in office and we did almost nothing. Trump came in and Putin did NOTHING. Shortly after Biden took over, Putin was on the warpath again.
It could be coincidence. But I don't really believe in coincidences.
If we *really* wanted to be proactive, we would have prevented Putin from moving on the Ukraine in the first place. But Biden and his administration are too weak for that.
So, Biden encourages aggression through weakness, THEN stands up to Putin by.... spending my money.
That's not good foreign policy.
Show me the major difference between this and the Domino theory.
The whole "we had better act when we have absolutely no need to so that we don't have to act when we actually need to" concept has been tried. And it failed.
I also find it funny that Putin bit a chunk out of Ukraine when Obama was in office and we did almost nothing. Trump came in and Putin did NOTHING. Shortly after Biden took over, Putin was on the warpath again.
It could be coincidence. But I don't really believe in coincidences.
If we *really* wanted to be proactive, we would have prevented Putin from moving on the Ukraine in the first place. But Biden and his administration are too weak for that.
So, Biden encourages aggression through weakness, THEN stands up to Putin by.... spending my money.
That's not good foreign policy.
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..."Alexander J. Motyl
Wed, November 30, 2022 at 4:30 AM·9 min read
If Tucker Carlson didn’t exist, neorealists would invent him. After all, he’s the most prominent proponent of their international relations doctrine, particularly with respect to Ukraine. However, that an opinionated demagogue is the flagbearer of what claims to be a pathbreaking theory should give its adherents pause to think — and worry.
Neorealists believe that states pursue, and should pursue, their “objective” interests in an anarchic international environment in which conflict and war are the order of the day. The theory purports to be a sensible, hard-headed approach to foreign policy that isn’t swayed by emotion.
This school of thought is influencing serious lawmakers who are skeptical of the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine. The ongoing debate is likely to gain even more salience now that Republicans have taken the House majority and will control Congress’ purse strings. They have already said they plan to examine the need for continued support for Ukraine against Russia’s invasion."...
..."Alexander J. Motyl
Wed, November 30, 2022 at 4:30 AM·9 min read
If Tucker Carlson didn’t exist, neorealists would invent him. After all, he’s the most prominent proponent of their international relations doctrine, particularly with respect to Ukraine. However, that an opinionated demagogue is the flagbearer of what claims to be a pathbreaking theory should give its adherents pause to think — and worry.
Neorealists believe that states pursue, and should pursue, their “objective” interests in an anarchic international environment in which conflict and war are the order of the day. The theory purports to be a sensible, hard-headed approach to foreign policy that isn’t swayed by emotion.
This school of thought is influencing serious lawmakers who are skeptical of the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine. The ongoing debate is likely to gain even more salience now that Republicans have taken the House majority and will control Congress’ purse strings. They have already said they plan to examine the need for continued support for Ukraine against Russia’s invasion."...
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