H-PAD Protests the War on Ukraine

 The brutal, unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing massive destruction, immense suffering of the civilian population and holds the potential for triggering a wider war, which could even include the use of nuclear weapons. A cease-fire and withdrawal of Russian troops is imperative, along with large-scale humanitarian aid to war victims and refugees. 

 In considering solutions it is important to acknowledge that militaristic policies of the United States in Europe have risked a dangerous polarization. In the aftermath of the Cold War a series of decisions to expand NATO closer to Russia and to withdraw from two nuclear arms agreements (the ABM and INF Treaties) needlessly inflamed tensions,  as did the 2008  promise, made under US pressure, to eventually admit Ukraine and Georgia to NATO.  .  . . The brutal, unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing massive destruction, immense suffering of the civilian population and holds the potential for triggering a wider war, which could even include the use of nuclear weapons. A cease-fire and withdrawal of Russian troops is imperative, along with large-scale humanitarian aid to war victims and refugees. 

Read the rest of the H-PAD statement here ; link to H-PAD Notes, lists of articles on the war here and here