[Peace-discuss] End US support for war

[J.B. Nicholson]

C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> Republicans are the only members of Congress voting against the administration’s
> massive spending on its proxy war in Ukraine.
 From https://www.rt.com/news/555717-chip-roy-ukraine-war/

> ‘I’m wondering when we voted to go to war?’ – US Congressman
> 
> Chip Roy accused his fellow lawmakers of waging a “proxy war” so they can “look
> all fancy with our blue and yellow ribbons”
> 
> Congressman Chip Roy (R-Texas) has condemned House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer for
> stating that the US is “at war,” presumably with Russia. Roy hammered Democrats
> and Republicans alike for deepening America’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict
> in order to “feel good about ourselves.”
> 
> In a video clip posted by Roy’s press office on Wednesday, the Texas Republican
> took aim at Hoyer for declaring on Friday that the US is “at war,” and that
> critics of the Democratic Party should “focus on the enemy” instead of rising
> energy costs at home.
> 
> “When I hear the majority leader of the other party say ‘a time of war’...I’m
> wondering when we voted to go to war?” Roy said.
> 
> “If we're gonna have a proxy war, and we're gonna give $40 billion to Ukraine,
> because we want to look all fancy with our blue and yellow ribbons and feel good
> about ourselves, maybe we should actually have a debate in this chamber,” he
> continued.
> 
> Roy was one of 57 House Republicans who voted against the passage of the $40
> billion military and economic aid bill for Ukraine earlier this month. However,
> the bill had strong bipartisan support and passed with 368 votes to 57. It is now
> expected to pass the Senate later this week.
> 
> Republican lawmakers opposing the bill either argue that the money would be better
> spent solving domestic issues or that pumping military aid into Ukraine risks
> drawing the US into war with nuclear-armed Russia, or both.
> 
> Roy, who described the bill as “garbage,” reiterated these arguments on Wednesday.
> “When the border of this country is wide open…and fentanyl is pouring in and we
> have $30.5 trillion of debt and gas prices are spiking and $1,100 to fill a tank
> of diesel, and we go ‘oh, blank check for $40 billion.”
> 
> “By the way, I’m looking at my colleagues on this side of the aisle on that same
> point,” he concluded.
> 
> Aside from supporting the $40 billion package making its way through Congress, the
> Biden administration has already given Ukraine nearly $4 billion worth of weapons
> since February, has placed an embargo on Russian oil and gas imports, and imposed
> several rounds of economic sanctions on Moscow.
> 
> With the US arming Ukraine and sharing intelligence with Kiev’s forces, Russian
> Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused Washington of waging a “proxy war”
> against Russia, while Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev claimed
> on Tuesday that the West has used Ukraine as pretext to fight an “undeclared war”
> against Russia’s “very statehood.”

Related:

‘Russia not our enemy’ – US congressman [Paul Gosar (R-Arizona)]
https://www.rt.com/news/555388-paul-gosar-putin-ukraine/