Veterans for Peace Joins Call for Truce, Negotiations To End Ukraine War

Dec. 24, 2022 (EIRNS)—Veterans For Peace, in a statement issued on Dec. 22, is calling for a holiday truce, a ceasefire and negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. “Veterans For Peace is part of the Peace In Ukraine Coalition, which is calling for a ceasefire and diplomacy to end the war before it is too late,” the statement says. “Now, with the holiday season almost upon us, we join in the calls by religious leaders and others for a temporary truce in Ukraine, harkening back to the storied ‘Christmas Truce’ in 1914 during World War I, when German and British soldiers came out of their trenches to celebrate together.”

“We want urgent, good-faith diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine, not more U.S. weapons, advisors, and endless war,” they say further. “And certainly not a nuclear war. We want to see those billions of dollars going for climate, jobs, healthcare, and housing, not for weapons manufacturers and war profiteers.”

“It is time to reverse course now. Drop the weapons. Embrace diplomacy and peace. For the sake of Ukraine. For the sake of Russia, Europe, and the United States,” the statement concludes. “For the sake of all the peoples of the world. A holiday truce could be the first step toward peace.”

The statement is signed by 22 people, all members of VFP’s National Board or its Advisory Board, a few of which also have other affiliations, including Medea Benjamin, founder of CODEPINK and Ray McGovern and Ann Wright, both of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.