On the Brink

It is high time for everyone, from every walk of life, to understand the path we are currently on. Left unchecked, events are propelling us down a highway to hell that leads to only one destination – a nuclear Armageddon that everyone agrees can’t be won, and yet the United States is, at this very moment, preparing to “win”.
  A nuclear “exchange” with Russia, even if the United States were able to execute a surprise pre-emptive nuclear strike, would result in the destruction of dozens of American cities and the deaths of more than a hundred million Americans.
  And this is if we “win”.
  And we know that we can’t “win” a nuclear war.
  And yet we are actively preparing to fight one.
  This insanity must stop.
  Now.
  The United States just held an election where the winning candidate, President-elect Donald Trump, campaigned on a platform which sought to end the war in Ukraine and avoid a nuclear war with Russia.
  And yet the administration of President Joe Biden has embarked on a policy direction which seeks to expand the conflict in Ukraine and is bringing the United States to the very brink of a nuclear war with Russia.
  This is a direct affront to the notion of American democracy.
  By ignoring the stated will of the people of the United States as manifested through their votes in an election where the very issue of war and peace were front and centre in the campaign, is an affront to democracy.
  We the people of the United States must not allow this insane rush to war to continue.
  We must put the Biden administration on notice that we are opposed to any expansion of the conflict in Ukraine which brings with it the possibility of escalation that leads to a nuclear war with Russia.
  And we must implore the incoming Trump administration to speak out in opposition to this mad rush toward nuclear annihilation by restating publicly its position of the war in Ukraine and nuclear war with Russia – that the war must end now, and that there can be no nuclear war with Russia triggered by the war in Ukraine.
  We need to say “no” to nuclear war.
  I am working with other like-minded people to hold a rally in Washington, DC on the weekend of 7–8 December to say no to nuclear war.
  I am encouraging Americans from all walks of life, all political persuasions, all social classes, to join and lend their voices to this cause.
  Watch this space for more information about this rally.
  All our lives depend on it.

Source: Excerpt from the article “On the Brink” of 24 November 2024;
https://scottritter.substack.com/p/on-the-brink