Top US general Mark Milley urges diplomacy in Ukraine.
ACTION ALERT: Tell the US Government
To Allow Negotiations in Ukraine
RootsAction Team
(May 28, 2024) — In March 2022, after negotiations mediated by Turkey, it appeared that Russia was ready to withdraw from Ukraine if Ukraine would commit to not joining NATO. Ukraine was prepared to agree and end the war in one month that has now dragged on for years. But well-sourced news reports show that the US and UK told Ukraine to refuse the deal and keep the war going.
In late 2023, Russia proposed new negotiations — to include the United States this time, since it was calling the shots. The US government refused.
Now Russia has indicated it wants a ceasefire on the current frontlines. The US could allow Ukraine to sit down and negotiate — and to make a counter offer to Russia. The US could indicate to Ukraine that there is a limit to the supply of free weapons costing US taxpayers billions. Ukraine is already realizing that there is a limit to the men it can conscript to do the fighting.
As desperation increases on both sides and the risk of nuclear war reaches new heights, surely a step back from the madness of militarism is long since overdue.
Instead, the Secretary General of NATO is publicly telling the US government to allow Ukraine to use US weapons to attack inside Russia, something that Russia claims is already happening.
We must urgently pressure the US government away from courting apocalypse and delaying necessary negotiations while the death toll mounts. As experts have declared since the beginning, this war is “unwinnable” by either side. There is no military solution.
THE LETTER
In March 2022, after negotiations mediated by Turkey, it appeared that Russia was ready to withdraw from Ukraine if Ukraine would commit to not joining NATO. Ukraine was prepared to agree and end the war in one month that has now dragged on for years. But well-sourced news reports show that the US and UK told Ukraine to refuse the deal and keep the war going.
In late 2023, Russia proposed new negotiations — to include the United States this time, since it was calling the shots. The US government refused.
Now Russia has indicated it wants a ceasefire on the current frontlines. The US could allow Ukraine to sit down and negotiate — and to make a counter offer to Russia. The US could indicate to Ukraine that there is a limit to the supply of free weapons costing US taxpayers billions.
Ukraine is already realizing that there is a limit to the men it can conscript to do the fighting. As desperation increases on both sides and the risk of nuclear war reaches new heights, surely a step back from the madness of militarism is long since overdue.
Instead, the Secretary General of NATO is publicly telling the US government to allow Ukraine to use US weapons to attack inside Russia, something that Russia claims is already happening.
I urge you to stop courting apocalypse and delaying necessary negotiations while the death toll mounts.
As experts have declared since the beginning, this war is “unwinnable” by either side. There is no military solution.
NATO Escalations Threaten Nuclear War
• The Economist: “NATO’s boss wants to free Ukraine to strike inside Russia”
• Reuters: “Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines”
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-wants-ukraine-ceasefire-current-frontlines-sources-say-2024-05-24
• Reuters: “Putin’s suggestion of Ukraine ceasefire rejected by United States, sources say”
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putins-suggestion-ukraine-ceasefire-rejected-by-united-states-sources-say-2024-02-13
• Responsible Statecraft: “Diplomacy Watch: Did Boris Johnson help stop a peace deal in Ukraine?”
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/09/02/diplomacy-watch-why-did-the-west-stop-a-peace-deal-in-ukraine
• Jeff Cohen, Common Dreams: “That Other War: Open Letter about Ukraine to Progressives in Congress”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/open-letter-ukraine-war
* Antiwar.com: Former Israeli PM Bennett Says US ‘Blocked’ His Attempts at a Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal”
