Another Nice Mess They’ve Gotten Us into in Ukraine

The famous catch phrase of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team was “Well here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into!” delivered by Stan Laurel to “Ollie” after they had gotten into some kind of slapstick debacle. The current war in Ukraine is certainly no joke but while listening to some recent commentary on the conflict by political scientist John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago, I couldn’t help being reminded of this gem of a comedic line.

Mearsheimer delivered a lecture on “The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war” on June 6th at the European University…