Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to visit Washington D.C. today. His visit should not be allowed to obscure the basic facts:

• The U.S. and allies have worked against the negotiation of peace.
• Unlimited free weapons works against the negotiation of peace.
• No total victory is possible in the foreseeable future, and the U.S. has been preparing for another endless war.
• Unlimited free weapons is a choice that sacrifices all the human and environmental crises in need of resources.
• The biggest chunk of so-called "aid" funding to Ukraine has never left the Washington, D.C., suburbs where the world's five largest weapons dealers are found.
• A foreign leader pressuring Congress because the U.S. public has elected a new Congress less likely to provide unlimited free weapons is not democratic.
• Ukraine is a corrupt one-party state that grew out of a U.S.-backed coup in 2014, not a "democracy."
• This war is increasingly risking nuclear apocalypse for the Earth; no compromise settlement is worse than that.

Click here to email Congress and the White House to demand restraint, diplomacy, and negotiations.

Zelensky should be sent home with a mandate to negotiate, not an unlimited giftcard for more death machines.

As in most wars, both sides of the Ukraine War have predicted total victory month after month -- with no evidence that either side has ever been remotely right about that.

The U.S. is establishing a seemingly permanent infrastructure for a forever war¹, the two most likely eventual endings of which are nuclear apocalypse or negotiated peace.

Is it really going to be unacceptable to have a preference for peace? Must it be forbidden to want life on Earth protected from nuclear war?² Should we start scratching off "peace" on all "Peace on Earth" holiday decorations now?

Many of the world's governments have urged a negotiated peace in Ukraine.³ Can we not mention that fact in the United States?

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A disturbing set of standards is being developed. Certain things are not to be said or perhaps even known.

Should we treat it as a moral responsibility to remain ignorant of the fact that the U.S. and NATO took numerous steps that predictably led to this war⁴ and have worked to prevent its ending^5,6, even while hiding behind Ukraine when refusing to negotiate?

Is it treasonous to become aware that the mass slaughter engaged in by Russia is being done by a military with a budget last year of $66 billion⁷, which is 8% of the U.S. military budget, less than 6% of all NATO nations' military budgets, and just about equal to what the U.S. has already sent to Ukraine, mostly in the form of weapons, not counting tens of billions from other nations and a new proposal for $50 billion more from the U.S. this year -- whereas fractions of this money could transform the world for the better: $30 billion annually could end starvation on Earth.⁸

Enough is enough! Diplomacy is not a dirty word! Peace is not a scandal! Ignorance is not strength! 

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Notes:

1. New York Times: "Pentagon Plans to Set Up a New Command to Arm Ukraine, Officials Say"
2. CNN: "'People are furious': Jayapal withdraws letter on Ukraine policy amid Democratic anger"
3. World BEYOND War: "'End War in Ukraine' Say 66 Nations at UN General Assembly"
4. World BEYOND War: "NATO and a War Foretold"
5. World BEYOND War: "Peace Talks Essential as War Rages on in Ukraine"
6. Common Dreams: "Boris Johnson Pressured Zelenskyy to Ditch Peace Talks With Russia: Ukrainian Paper"
7. Mapping Militarism
8. World BEYOND War: "Three Percent Plan"

Background Articles from Progressive Hub:
>> Ukraine War Underscores Urgent Need For Nuclear De-escalation
>> Hawks Want To Exploit Ukraine Crisis For Even More Military Spending
>> Say No to a ‘No-Fly Zone’ in Ukraine
>> “Relatively Civilized, Relatively European”: Media Bias Infects Ukraine War Coverage
>> Biden’s Unhinged Call For Regime Change In Russia
>> Don’t Let Frackers Exploit The Ukraine War
>> Russian Peace Activists Raise Their Voices
>> Anger Towards Russians In U.S. — A Reminder Of Post-9/11 Insanity
>> From Moscow To Washington, The Barbarism And Hypocrisy Don’t Justify Each Other

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