You cannot engage such people because they know what the PMC consensus is and there are serious personal and professional consequences from straying from that consensus. Being wrong carries no consequences, but being risky does.
I had a conversation with a German woman, highly placed as a partner in an international law firm. She recited the usual platitudes about Ukraine, and I remarked that the war wasn't unprovoked at all. "What do you mean?!"" "Well, Angela Merkel herself, as well as Hollande and Poroshenko, all stated that Ukraine never had any intent to carry out Minsk or Minsk-2, that both agreements were a sham." "You're....right..." she gasped.
She she quickly changed the subject, lest wrongthink ensue.
You cannot engage such people because they know what the PMC consensus is and there are serious personal and professional consequences from straying from that consensus. Being wrong carries no consequences, but being risky does.
I had a conversation with a German woman, highly placed as a partner in an international law firm. She recited the usual platitudes about Ukraine, and I remarked that the war wasn't unprovoked at all. "What do you mean?!"" "Well, Angela Merkel herself, as well as Hollande and Poroshenko, all stated that Ukraine never had any intent to carry out Minsk or Minsk-2, that both agreements were a sham." "You're....right..." she gasped.
She she quickly changed the subject, lest wrongthink ensue.