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by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity,* USA
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President [of the United States of America]
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: Nuclear Weapons Cannot Be Un-invented, Thus …
PRECEDENCE: Immediate
REF: Our Memo of 12/20/20, “Don’t Be Suckered on Russia”
Posted on May 1, 2022
by Guy Mettan,* freelance journalist, Geneva
(9 May 2022) [2 May 2022] We guessed it since the beginning of the conflict but it is now proven, peace will not take place in Ukraine before long.
(15 May 2022) “As editor-in-chief of Wikileaks and through the publication of whistleblower information on serious war crimes, Julian Assange has the greatest peace policy significance. Already in 2019, Northern Ireland's Mairead Corrigan nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. This year, further nominations have been added.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs,* USA
(2 May 2022) The two-pronged US strategy, to help Ukraine overcome the Russian invasion by imposing tough sanctions and by supplying Ukraine's military with sophisticated armaments, is likely to fall short.
What is needed is a peace deal, which may be within reach. Yet to reach a deal, the United States will have to compromise on NATO, something Washington has so far rejected.
by Prof. Dr Eberhard Hamer*
(2 May 2022) Ukrainian President Selenski demanded of the Western allies that the sanctions imposed on Russia be tightened and “maintained for at least 15 years”. US sanctions against Iran have lasted longer, also against Venezuela and others.
by Augusto Zamora Rodríguez,* Nicaragua
(2 May 2022) Editor: “Putin’s imperial delusions”: in the West, experts, journalists and politicians are unanimous when it comes to the causes of the conflict in Ukraine. But a cross-sectional view quickly shows that analysts from the global South come to a different conclusion. When looking at the Ukrainian crisis, it can be refreshing for the mind to follow the eyes and thoughts of a person who has his home in Estelí, Nicaragua.