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This vote is set to occur around, or just a little after 6:30pm EASTERN, today 2/10/2014. Please call your congressperson if he or she is listed below, and demand that they reverse their positions on the bill. Find your congressperson now.
Congress Set To Vote War-Starting Resolution
This evening, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on H. Res. 447, a resolution supporting the openly fascist-led opposition forces in Ukraine, in violation of U.S. treaty obligations, and all sane international and moral law. H. Res. 447, submitted Dec. 16, 2013 by Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, is supported by 53 Congressmen, both Democrat and Republican, and is being considered under a suspension of the rules, a method used when a resolution is expected to pass by a voice vote.
The resolution is based on lies and fraud. First, that “closer relations with the European Union (EU) through the signing of an Association Agreement will promote democratic values, good governance, and economic opportunity.” To the contrary, as detailed by leading Ukrainians, such as economist Natalia Vitrenko, and Russian scholars like Stephen F. Cohen of New York University, the Association Agreement would further destroy the industrial economy of Ukraine.
Second, the resolution claims that “Ukraine’s closer relations with the EU do not threaten any other country, and will benefit both Ukraine and its neighbors.” This is untrue, since part of the Association Agreement involves steps toward military integration into the EU, integration that specifically threatens neighboring Russia and its security.
Third, the Resolution fails to mention the explicitly fascist commitments and behavior of leaders of the Opposition, such as the supporters of Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera, and known anti-Semite Svoboda Party head Oleh Tyhanybok, declaring that support for the Opposition is a support for Democracy. This assertion is a provable lie, as EIR’s recent Dossier on Western support for Ukraine’s fascists documents.
In conclusion, the resolution moots the invocation of sanctions against “further violence by government authorities against peaceful protesters,” totally omitting the violent behavior of the opposition forces–which has included throwing Molotov cocktails at the police, setting them on fire, and other atrocities.
In sum, the resolution represents support for a coup against the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine, in violation of the 1994 Budapest memorandum on Ukraine signed by the United States, Russia, and the UK. That memorandum committed these nations to “refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind.” Action in line with the Engel resolution–combined with the recently revealed moves for a coup against the legitimately elected Yanukovych government by Obama’s ambassador Victoria Nuland–is a violation of U.S. treaty commitments.
Such a coup action, moreover, would lead directly to confrontation with Russia–which, Lyndon LaRouche has warned, would be thermonuclear and an extinction event for the human race.
Why then are 53 Congressmen, largely Democratic, moving to support this resolution? We, their constituencies, must act to prevent them from backing Obama in a drive for thermonuclear war, and demand they proceed with immediate impeachment instead.
The names of the supporters, in alphabetical order, are included below; text of resolution follows:
Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1];
Rep Bass, Karen [CA-37];
Rep Bentivolio, Kerry L. [MI-11];
Rep Bera, Ami [CA-7];
Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1];
Rep Cicilline, David N. [RI-1];
Rep Connolly, Gerald E. [VA-11];
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2];
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3];
Rep Deutch, Theodore E. [FL-21];
Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-35];
Rep Esty, Elizabeth H. [CT-5];
Rep Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [PA-8];
Rep Frankel, Lois [FL-22];
Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-8];
Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [NJ-11];
Rep Gabbard, Tulsi [HI-2];
Rep Garamendi, John [CA-3];
Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6];
Rep Gibson, Christopher P. [NY-19];
Rep Grayson, Alan [FL-9];
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4];
Rep Higgins, Brian [NY-26];
Rep Himes, James A. [CT-4];
Rep Jeffries, Hakeem S. [NY-8];
Rep Joyce, David P. [OH-14];
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9];
Rep Keating, William R. [MA-9];
Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5];
Rep Lance, Leonard [NJ-7];
Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1];
Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-9];
Rep Lowenthal, Alan S. [CA-47];
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-17];
Rep Marino, Tom [PA-10];
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4];
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-2];
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-5];
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-32];
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-9];
Rep Peters, Gary C. [MI-14];
Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2];
Rep Quigley, Mike [IL-5];
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-13];
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-27];
Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-39];
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9];
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13];
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-30];
Rep Shimkus, John [IL-15];
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-8];
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-25];
Rep Tonko, Paul [NY-20].
H. RES. 447
Supporting the democratic and European aspirations of the people of Ukraine, and their right to choose their own future free of intimidation and fear.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 16, 2013
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, and Mr. GERLACH) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
RESOLUTION
Supporting the democratic and European aspirations of the people of Ukraine, and their right to choose their own future free of intimidation and fear.
Whereas a democratic, prosperous, and independent Ukraine is in the national interest of the United States;
Whereas closer relations with the European Union (EU) through the signing of an Association Agreement will promote democratic values, good governance, and economic opportunity in Ukraine;
Whereas millions of Ukrainian citizens support closer relations with Europe and the signing of an Association Agreement;
Whereas the Government of Ukraine has declared integration with Europe a national priority and has made significant progress toward meeting the requirements for the Association Agreement;
Whereas Ukraine has the sovereign right to enter into voluntary partnerships of its choosing, in keeping with its interests;
Whereas Ukraine’s closer relations with the EU do not threaten any other country, and will benefit both Ukraine and its neighbors;
Whereas on November 21, 2013, following several months of intense outside pressure, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych abruptly suspended negotiations on the Association Agreement one week before it was due to be signed at the EU’s Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania;
Whereas this reversal of stated government policy precipitated demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian citizens in Kyiv as well as in cities throughout the country;
Whereas the demonstrators have been overwhelmingly peaceful and have sought to exercise their constitutional rights to freely assemble and express their opposition to President Yanukovych’s decision, as well as their support for greater government accountability and closer relations with Europe;
Whereas on November 30, 2013, police violently dispersed peaceful demonstrators in Kyiv’s Independence Square, resulting in many injuries and the arrest of several dozen individuals;
Whereas on December 11, 2013, police raided 3 opposition media outlets and the headquarters of an opposition party;
Whereas on December 11, 2013, despite President Yanukovych’s statement the previous day that he would engage in talks with the opposition, police attempted to forcibly evict peaceful protesters from central locations in Kyiv; and
Whereas United States, European, and other leaders, as well as 3 former presidents of Ukraine, have urged restraint and warned against the use of violence against peaceful protesters, and have called for dialogue with the opposition to resolve the current political and economic crisis: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives–
(1) greatly values the warm and close relationship the United States has established with Ukraine since that country regained its independence in 1991;
(2) supports the democratic and European aspirations of the people of Ukraine, and their right to choose their own future free of intimidation and fear;
(3) calls on the United States and the European Union to continue to work together to support a peaceful resolution to the crisis, and to continue to support the desire of millions of Ukrainian citizens for closer relations with Europe through the signing of an Association Agreement, as well as for a democratic future;
(4) urges the Government of Ukraine, Ukrainian opposition parties, and all protesters to exercise the utmost restraint and avoid confrontation, and calls on the Government of Ukraine to live up to its international obligations and respect and uphold the democratic rights of its citizens, including the freedom of assembly and expression, as well as the freedom of the press;
(5) calls on the Government of Ukraine to bring to justice those responsible for violence against peaceful protesters, and to release and drop criminal charges against those detained for exercising their democratic rights;
(6) urges the United States and the European Union to continue to make clear to Ukraine’s leaders that those who authorize or engage in violence against peaceful protesters will be held personally accountable;
(7) states that in the event of further violence by government authorities against peaceful protesters, the United States House of Representatives may consider targeted sanctions against those who authorize or engage in this use of force; and
(8) urges all parties to engage in constructive, sustained dialogue in order to find a peaceful solution to Ukraine’s current political and economic crisis.