Mearsheimer has been proven wrong again and again on his takes on Ukraine.
Ukraine has upped the ante on Russia’s finances, targeting oil refineries, storage, drilling platforms and now the shadow tanker fleet. Now Russia is panicking and trying to influence public opinion away from the reality on the ground.

By the way, since when do we give a hoot about what the elites think? They can get bent. If the scientists and strategists say we need to stand even firmer behind Ukraine to end this whole debacle in a timely manner, than that’s the course of action.