Letter

In response to Trump’s Ukraine peace deal would leave the country vulnerable to future Russian

Seeking the truth about the war in Ukraine

On the war in Ukraine, Canadian academic James Horncastle writes much as almost all western mainstream commentator might: Ukraine good; Russia bad. Like so many others given a mainstream platform, he appears to support an ongoing war until a Ukrainian victory and the destruction of Russia. But does he have genuine concerns for Ukraine, its citizens, and the truth?

I’d urge Pearls and Irritations readers to consider US ambassador Chas Freeman’s address on the war that he presented to the ‘East Bay Citizens for Peace’ in September 2023. It’s lengthy; it challenges mainstream western thinking on the war, but it is illuminating. Ambassador Freeman pushes for diplomacy, truth-seeking and peace. His address is titled ‘The Many Lessons of the Ukraine War’.

— Susan Dirgham from Viewbank