[Peace] Views on the war

[C. G. Estabrook]

Noam Chomsky said earlier this week that former President Donald Trump is the “one Western statesman” who has laid out a “sensible” proposition to resolve the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

In an in an interview with Thijmen Sprakel on Tuesday, Chomsky said that the proposed solution included “facilitating negotiations instead of undermining them and moving toward establishing some kind of accommodation in Europe…in which there are no military alliances but just mutual accommodation.”

“He didn’t say it, but it’s something like what George H.W. Bush — the first Bush, not the second — proposed in the early 90s, when after the collapse of the Soviet Union, proposed what they called a partnership for peace, which would be open for Europeans generally or Asians as well,” Chomsky continued, going on to stress that in his view, limiting NATO’s expansion and eliminating military alliances in Europe is key.

Trump has resisted condemning Vladimir Putin for his actions, and instead criticized NATO for “stand[ing] back” from the conflict.

“Emmanuel Macron in his initiatives trying to contact Putin suggested something similar,” Chomsky said, referencing the French president’s efforts to dissuade Russia’s president  from further escalating his country’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Max Blumenthal at MaxBlumenthal

Biden wants $33 billion for Ukraine. That's almost 2x as much as the Dept of Interior's budget, more than 15x as much as the Bureau of Indian Affairs' budget, about the same as the Dept of Energy's budget, and half the State Dept's budget. And most of it will go to arms makers.
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JD Vance @JDVance1, America Firster critic of US involvement in Ukraine, has just won Ohio's GOP primary. 

His opponent will be Tim Ryan, a Bill Kristol-backed Democrat who favors massive arms transfers to Ukraine and to "look at we need to do to China." Ryan is going to run on the war.

Both candidates will push new Cold War escalation w/ China while Tim Ryan plumps for votes from E. European emigres hungry for Ukraine intervention. 

Ryan only registered during the 2020 Dem primary as the Afghan forever war attack dog vs Tulsi Gabbard.

Republican Vance should be supported against Democrat Tim Ryan as Senator from Ohio.
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Pope Francis Says NATO Started War in Ukraine by ‘Barking at Putin’s Door’ https://www.thedailybeast.com/pope-francis-says-nato-started-war-in-ukraine-by-barking-at-putins-door

[The pope has the better of the argument.  —CGE]