[Peace-discuss] End US support for war

[Mildred O'brien]

Talk about single-issue voting, although Rep. Chip (R. TX) made ONE significant vote, ie against funding $40 B to Ukraine (already more than $55+), where were the other "fiscally responsible" Repugnantcans--OR Democrazys?), he's probably more concerned about inflation than against the US-NATO war.  I can't find the intestinal fortitude to sing praises for the  former staffer for Sen. Ted Cruz and adviser to Sen. John Coryn, or other such Texas loose cannon Congressmen over one vote (that lost).  How did he/they vote on Biden's proxy war in Ukraine? Most other Republicans in Congress, including their Senate majority leader, support Biden's war policies.  Taiwan next??
Midge


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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/

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