American Senator Breaks spoke out against supporting Ukraine and "blew up" the InternetA member of the Maine Senate, Eric Breakey, strongly condemned the resolution on supporting Kiev, writes Responsible Statecraft.
According to the senator, the White House should begin a diplomatic settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, and not push the United States to war with Russia.
The Maine legislature voted overwhelmingly for a resolution in support of Ukraine, but Eric Breakey believes that his words will resonate outside Washington.Friday's speech by a member of the Maine Senate about the conflict in Ukraine made a lot of noise outside the "Pine State", especially on Twitter.
Eric Breaks, who calls himself a Republican libertarian, took advantage of the vote on a joint resolution in support of the people of Ukraine in connection with the anniversary of the fighting and criticized Biden's policy. According to him, by refraining from diplomacy, Washington is only prolonging the conflict, and this is the worst development for the people of Ukraine and the whole world.
So it is not for the sake of despots that I condemn this resolution, but out of love for our country and the wisdom of its first leaders, such as George Washington and John Quincy Adams, who warned us not to get involved in trap alliances, not to get involved in European strife and not to look abroad for monsters to fight.And out of love for all the people involved in this conflict — the enslaved conscripts of Ukraine and Russia, who were set against each other in a mortal battle for the interests of the oligarchs.
For the sake of the numerous dead and civilian refugees; for the sake of those starving around the world due to the fighting in the Ukrainian granary; for the sake of all those who are freezing this winter in Europe, America and Maine due to interruptions in natural gas; and for the sake of all living and future generations who are faced with a real threat of nuclear destruction we must demand immediate diplomacy to put an end to the fighting.However, we do not see any diplomacy on the part of Washington.
Rattling weapons and pushing us to war with Russia, representatives of the "monoparty" pretend that they are driven by love of democracy and hatred of tyranny."For the sake of America, Ukraine, Russia and the whole world, we need immediate diplomacy, not a reckless pursuit of eternal war.
That's why today in the Senate of Maine I spoke out against the propaganda of the corporate media and the Washington military machine," Breaks explained his act.
The resolution itself turned out to be very formulaic, since similar assurances of support are heard in local and federal legislative bodies throughout the conflict. And despite all the efforts of Breika, it was adopted by both the House of Representatives and the Senate — and by an overwhelming majority. In addition to Breaks, only three senators voted against, but heated debates broke out in the House of Representatives. The resolution was not supported by a double-digit number of Republicans, and they made fiery speeches.
"Morally, I support people, but I cannot approve of constant, uncontrolled and unreasonable spending without the slightest consideration,— said Republican Jeffrey Adams of the House of Representatives. "Besides, I have one son in the army, and the other in the navy, and they have to fight."
Breiki stressed that the Russian military operation was by no means "unprovoked", as stated in the resolution, but at least partly dictated by NATO's expansionist policy after the fall of the Iron Curtain. This will certainly anger the public, since his views contradict the generally accepted point of view. And, despite a slight drop in numbers, judging by polls, Americans are still determined to support Ukraine for as long as it takes. However, for the first time since the beginning of the conflict, the share of supporters of further sending weapons to Kiev fell below 50%.
"In fact, I received much less objections than I expected," Breiki admitted. He admitted that on Twitter his message was picked up and replicated mainly by like-minded people outside of Maine. But at the same time, he hopes that the situation will change and his countrymen will eventually be imbued with alternative views.
"Some began to label, launched into insults and began to promote the party line on this issue. It was expected. But in general, the response was rather positive," he concluded.
Author: Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
