Opinion | Why 'Doing Something' for Ukraine—Even With Best Intentions—Might Make Things Worse

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Opinion | Why 'Doing Something' for Ukraine—Even With Best Intentions—Might Make Things Worse
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'A no-fly zone, for instance, would require the U.S. military to shoot Russian warplanes out of the sky—effectively putting the world's two greatest powers, with 90% of the world’s nuclear warheads, in direct conflict.'

Yet it’s important to understand that these steps, while they may be well-intentioned, are likely to—and that there are better and more effective alternatives available. As a Quaker lobby, we oppose all war. But you don’t have to be a Quaker to understand the danger of some of the policy choices being proposed at the moment.

Rather than ratcheting up the violence and expanding its geographic scope, the U.S. government should focus on deescalating the conflict and bolstering diplomatic solutions. President Biden should make clear that the purpose of sanctions is to end the war, not to remove Putin from office or to punish the Russian public for its leader’s actions. Providing

at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development. By allowing the Iran nuclear accord to be resuscitated, Congress can show Russia that it will not stand in the way of negotiated agreements.

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