Prof. John Mearsheimer : Is Putin’s Patience Paying Off?

Trump's threat against Oman reflects a blundered entry into a war he cannot win and a lack of coherent strategy.

Iran is currently in the driver's seat in the conflict.

Trump kicked South Korea in the shins and played up to North Korea to retaliate for Seoul refusing to help in the Iran war. Damaging ties with South Korea harms U.S. efforts to contain China, especially as the U.S. pivots assets to the Persian Gulf.

The principal cause of the Lincoln's troubles is the loss of the Bahrain supply port, forcing reliance on the distant Diego Garcia. The U.S. Navy is too small to sustain a protracted naval blockade against Iran.

Reports of poor conditions and suicides on the Lincoln are fake news and the ship is well-maintained.

The Board of Peace negotiations are a joke designed to legitimize Netanyahu's genocide in Gaza.

Israel's true objective is to drive Palestinians out of Gaza, not negotiate with Hamas.

Israel is making a deliberate effort to make existence itself in Gaza impossible.

Israel should carry out targeted killings of 30-40 Palestinians nightly and remove people who should not be alive.

Netanyahu and the Israel lobby successfully convinced Trump Iran was on the verge of acquiring a nuclear weapon despite contrary evidence.

The West incorrectly believes Putin attacked to create a greater Russian empire. Russia attacked because NATO expansion and Western support for Ukraine represent an existential threat to Russia's status as a great power.

The West is using Ukraine as part of long historical efforts to destabilize and divide Russia.

Russia will conquer all territory in the four annexed oblasts and potentially more. The bombing in Odessa has made Ukraine landlocked and is strangling its economy. Ukraine is becoming a dysfunctional rump state with 41% living in poverty and a massive demographic crisis.

Russia will work to sow dissension between European countries and the U.S. to ensure Ukraine remains weak. Russia can never be sure NATO won't enter what remains of Ukraine.

NATO is greatly weakened but still engaged in a bitter war with Russia via Ukraine. The war continues only because the West backs Ukraine; otherwise, Russia would have won long ago.