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In reply to gbarnes14. Gordon, it’s good to see you here after so long. I happen to be writing this from Denver, at the Central APA. I’m sympathetic to your argument, as well as Mearsheimer’s. I recently had to unfriend someone on Fac…

In reply to butimbeautiful. Yes, the Russians/Soviets have a history of conquering/occupying the Baltics. But a history of that sort gives us evidence of probability, not inevitability, and it’s not legitimate to equate the two. The US has a long…

Denver, Colorado It’s my first time at the APA since 2011, my first trip past the New York metro area since 2019, and my first time in Denver. I get to Denver. It’s really cold here. Who knew? I stand outside the airport terminal in the frigid cold, waiting for the promised hotel shuttle to…

The invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014 was the first invasion of Ukraine, which is the one discussed in the article above. As for the invasion of Georgia, an independent report found that it was actually provoked by Georgia, though Russia overr…

So how about Crimea and Georgia? They weren’t threatening to join NATO. And the reason Ukraine was, was precisely Crimea and Georgia. LikeLike

Here is a more accurate description of US involvement in Ukraine back in 2014. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24483306 LikeLike

You can read the first page of the article about the situation in Ukraine in 2014, and you will have a more accurate picture of US involvement in Ukraine. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24483306 LikeLike

I used that little book on Economic Justice in Political Philosophy for many years. It was perfect. And there was nothing else like it in existence. I used some of his other books as well. He did a real service to philosophy by writing those books. T…

We need to put this in a more accurate historical context. We started this war. There is no doubt about that. We promised the Soviet Union, decades ago, that NATO would not expand eastward, and then we broke that promise. Russia has said repeatedly …