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Ukrainians joining Americans in supporting negotiated end to Russo Ukraine war

Walt Zlotow, West Suburban Peace Coalition , Glen Ellyn IL   – 11 Oct 23

Ukrainians are increasingly opposing the Kyiv government’s war goals of retaking Crimea and Donbas. Support for those goals has dropped from 70% to 60% according to a Gallop poll. Ukrainians seeking a diplomatic settlement has risen from 25% to 31% as well. This in spite of tight Kyiv control over media and targeting war dissenters. 

This mirrors dwindling support for more war weapons and no negotiations among American voters. The US also exercises tight, tho subtle control over its media. It doesn’t target war dissenters; just ignores them. 

Most distressing about dwindling support for a lost cause, squandering American treasure while hundreds of thousands in Ukraine die is this: The people are starting to get it; their leaders apparently, never will.

October 13, 2023 Posted by | public opinion, Ukraine | Leave a comment

The Arab-Israeli war 50 years ago brought us close to nuclear Armageddon

WP, By Gordon F. Sander, October 10, 2023

The Israel-Hamas war coincides with the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, also known as the Yom Kippur War. But as the Biden administration scrambles to prevent the fighting from escalating into a broader conflict, it is often forgotten just how close the Yom Kippur War brought the world to nuclear war.

The 1973 war began on the morning of Oct. 6, when Egypt and Syria launched a coordinated surprise attack against Israel, not unlike the attack by Hamas on Israel this weekend……..

The conflict soon became a proxy war between Egypt’s principal backer, the Soviet Union, and Israel’s patron, the United States. Things became so dire that U.S. global forces went to a Defcon 3 alert, the highest state of peacetime readiness, reflecting the risk of nuclear confrontation with the Soviets………………………………………………………………………………………

more https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/10/10/yom-kippur-war-defcon-nuclear/— #nuclear #antinuclear #NuclearFree #NoNukes #NuclearPlants

October 13, 2023 Posted by | history, weapons and war | Leave a comment

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