Ad in NYTimes makes a splash asking for peace in Ukraine

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/5/17/dennis_fritz_ukraine_war_diplomacy_letter
#proxywar #defensivepact #NATOexpansion #Russianaggression #PutinImperialAmbitions

“The U.S. Should Be a Force for Peace”: Nat’l Security Experts Demand U.S. Push to End Ukraine War

More than a dozen former U.S. national security officials have released an open letter calling for a diplomatic end to the Russia-Ukraine war. The call for peace was published as a full-page ad Tuesday in The New York Times and organized by the...

Biden mocked Russia in 1997 as Moscow warned that NATO expansion would make Russia turn toward China

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6MTvhH8eEA

#Russia #NATO #UnitedStates #NatoExpansion #China #Biden

Humanity at a Crossroads: Cooperation or Extinction

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/10/humanity-at-a-crossroads-cooperation-or-extinction/

Excerpt:

[W]e must recognize the legitimate security interests of both Russia, which has long viewed NATO expansion as an existential threat, and Ukraine, which justifiably deserves freedom, peace, and territorial integrity. There are no viable and humane military solutions to the present conflict. Diplomacy is the only way out.

#Ukraine #cooperation #extinction #freedom #peace #security #Russia #NATO #NatoExpansion #diplomacy

Some of the authors:
* #GlennDiesen
* #RayMcGovern
* #DavidSwanson
* #OliverStone

Humanity at a Crossroads: Cooperation or Extinction

We hold in our hands vast power to both create and destroy, the likes of which have never been seen in history.

There were 5 waves of NATO expansion. Each time, the rhetoric, military planning & exercises became increasingly directed against Russia. We saw no NATO response indicating readiness to speak on equal grounds, based on respect for each other’s interests & concerns.

--- Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov

#SergeiLavrov #Russia #NATO #NatoExpansion #war

Stephen F. Cohen: NATO Expansion and Russia

Paraphrasing Stephen Cohen in this video #NATO represents, for #Russia:
* A lack of #trust
* Military encirclement
* American #hypocrisy

#StephenCohen #NatoExpansion

Bill Bradley on Russia and NATO

https://youtu.be/K-alxZvUCS8

#BillBradley #Russia #NATO #NatoExpansion

#StephenCohen #NATO #NatoExpansion #Ukraine #Russia

https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1498491202810757121