Ignoring UN call for pandemic ceasefire a bi-partisan cave-in to war party

As expected, the Trump administration said ‘nyet’ to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterrez who urged warring parties worldwide to lay down their arms to support the bigger battle against Covid-19, the common enemy that is now threatening all mankind. The US position is such a move would hamstring US efforts to eliminate alleged bad guys trying to attack the homeland. Using that twisted logic to blast away at warring factions ten thousand miles away allows perpetual US wars to grind on while thousands are dying from the pandemic as well as US bombs.

Supporting US acceptance of the UN ceasefire request should be a no-brainer for presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. It would be a principled, humane move to distinguish his vision for a saner, safer America; indeed the world, from that of the malevolent Trump. Alas, Joe has been silent on the ceasefire call, proving again the power of the US war party to suffocate dissent.

Calling for an end to US warfare throughout the Middle East and Africa, squandering trillions while the domestic economy crumbles from a pandemic requiring our entire arsenal of resources, is the policy that dare not appear on the campaign trail.