Green Party Denounces U.S. Landmine Supply to Ukraine, Warns of Long-Term Consequences

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Posted on 11/22/2024 4:57:42 PM PST by Angelino97

The Green Party announced on Friday that it is joining international groups in condemning the Biden administration’s decision to supply anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine in response to changing military tactics. This announcement comes after the Biden administration stated this week that it would provide Ukraine with mines.

“Let’s be clear here,” said Cassandra Lems, co-chair of the Green Party, in a statement. “The United States should not be supplying landmines to anyone. All landmines do is kill innocent civilians, sometimes for decades to come.”

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would provide anti-personnel mines to Ukraine, citing the need to slow Russia’s advances on the battlefield. This decision follows another recent shift in U.S. policy, permitting Ukraine to deploy longer-range American missiles against Russian targets as its battle strategies evolve.

In response, the Green Party criticized the move as part of the ongoing “alignment of Democrats with Republicans on weapons proliferation.” The party warned that this decision would have long-term consequences for Ukrainians, including “indiscriminate death and maiming and the loss of land for the production of food and other industries.” It also expressed concern that providing long-range missiles risks escalating the conflict globally.

“Biden’s approval for the mines along with allowing Ukraine to use long-range US missiles on targets in Russia represents a dangerous escalation of hostilities, as Russia has lowered its threshold for the use of nuclear weapons in retaliation,” said Madelyn Hoffman, co-chair of the Green Party’s Peace Action Committee. “The Green Party calls for an immediate ceasefire, negotiations for peace, and an end to weapons shipments to Ukraine.”

The Green Party also reiterated its support for the 1997 Ottawa Convention, a United Nations-led treaty prohibiting the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel mines, further noting that the United States has never signed the treaty. According to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, the Ottawa Convention has led to “a virtual halt in global production of anti-personnel mines, and a drastic reduction in their deployment.”

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