Continued Solidarity with Ukraine
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Donald Trump's absurd claims that he “hates war” doesn't mean much to the people of Ukraine who feel abandoned by him, to the Palestinian people being slaughtered in Gaza or people on the receiving end of US bombs in Yemen.
Trump's embrace of Vladimir Putin and his antagonism toward Ukraine are a dire threat to the people of Ukraine and to global efforts to reject the “Might makes right” approach, of which the United States has been one of the prime examples in recent decades.
As the Institute for Policy Studies' John Feffer wrote three years ago, “Vladimir Putin has a very clear strategy for ending his war in Ukraine. He intends to wipe the country off the map. Initially, he’d hoped to do so by seizing Kyiv, replacing the government, and absorbing as much of Ukrainian territory into Russia as he thought feasible.” Fortunately, the Ukrainian resistance was much more powerful than he expected, but Trump's current machinations threaten to help Putin carry out many of his goals.
While we continue to support the people of Ukraine, we dissent from efforts to lift up NATO and the trans-Atlantic military alliance as protectors of democracy and human rights. Historically, that has not been the case. We caution our friends in the anti-Trump resistance from buying into the myths of “American exceptionalism,” and the United States being a true supporter of self-determination. Just because Trump attacks an idea or an institution, doesn't mean we should wholeheartedly defend it.
In Peace,
Andy Mager
for SCW