Dear friend,
The Biden administration wants to spend another $24 billion dollars – most of it on weapons –to continue the war in Ukraine even though the counter-offensive has been a disaster for Ukrainians in terms of lives lost and wounded. This announcement comes right after a new CNN poll reveals 55% of respondents oppose spending more to continue the war in Ukraine.
Tell Congress to vote NO on endless war funding!
The White House request, if granted, would put the cost of this war at nearly $140 billion for US taxpayers while millions of people in this country live paycheck to paycheck. Diplomacy is how wars end for good. Diplomacy is how we stop the killing.
You aren't acting alone. This week CODEPINK's phone banking team is making hundreds of calls to members of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees echoing your demands.
Act before Congress votes on $24 billion more to Ukraine: Tell them Negotiations not Escalation!
The answer to the war in Ukraine is not more weapons. Cluster munitions, tanks coated in depleted uranium, long range fighter jets or nuclear-capable F-16s will only line the coffers of weapons manufacturers in the U.S., while pushing the world to the precipice of World War III.
Together, we can make peace visible as we move into our last month of the Summer of Peace! Take the pledge to make peace a reality!
Onwards towards peace,
Marcy, Medea and the Whole CODEPINK Team
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