US House Resolution Seeks New Conflict in Ukraine

US House Resolution Seeks New Conflict in Ukraine

Daniel McAdams, October 20, 2015 |  http://antiwar.com/blog/2015/10/20/us-house-resolution-seeks-new-conflict-in-ukraine/

The US House of Representatives, which never ceases sticking its nose in other people’s business, is tomorrow scheduled to take up H. Res. 348, a bill “Supporting the right of the people of Ukraine to freely elect their government and determine their future.” The bill can only increase tensions in Ukraine and threaten the fragile eight month old “Minsk II” ceasefire agreement.
The “Minsk II agreement” continues to produce relative calm in eastern Ukraine – earlier this month both Kiev and the breakaway regions of the east have agreed to withdraw remaining tanks, artillery and mortars from front line, in a move the Telegraph (UK) observed “could signal end of war.”
The US was not a party to the Minsk II talks, which took place earlier this year between Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany. US involvement from the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine – starting with open US support for the unconstitutional coup in 2014 – has been to exacerbate tensions rather than to help ameliorate them.http://antiwar.com/blog/2015/10/20/us-house-resolution-seeks-new-conflict-in-ukraine/