Advisors to the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council have coordinated influential op-eds in mainstream news outlets calling for more assistance to Ukraine - even slamming the prospect of negotiations as "Damaging and counterproductive" - while repeatedly failing to disclose their financial interests to the lobbying group's members: defense industry giants and the Ukrainian government.
The U.S.-Ukraine Business Council, which describes itself as a "Strong international voice for business in Ukraine now promoting U.S.-Ukraine business relations," represents over 200 companies including leading defense firms such as Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin.
Many of these members are direct beneficiaries of the multi-billion-dollar aid packages authorized by the White House for Ukraine.
Taylor and Kramer also pushed for more aid to Ukraine in The Washington Post in their op-ed, "The West Should do Whatever it Takes to Help Ukrainians Survive the Winter."
"The Ukrainians have demonstrated that if the United States and our allies continue to provide the kind of military and economic support Ukraine needs, they will know how to deploy such weapons effectively against the Russians. Yet there is a rising chorus of voices clamoring for a negotiated end to Russia's war against Ukraine, creating music to ears in the Kremlin while demoralizing the brave Ukrainians doing the fighting," he writes before calling for continued aid packages and weaponry.
"So a Ukrainian victory is possible if we continue to support Ukraine with the weapons it needs and the financial assistance to cover its hemorrhaging budget. Ukrainian victory is in our national interests, to ensure that Putin and his forces never again invade Ukraine or any other neighbor for that matter. Negotiations may, at some point, be necessary, but calls for them now are incredibly counterproductive and damaging to Ukraine."
Since the onset of the war, Kramer has also published articles titled "Defeating Putin in Ukraine Is Vital to the Future of Democracy," emphasizing that "The best hope for democracy in Russia-and all of Eurasia-is for the international community to support Ukraine in its efforts to defeat Vladimir Putin."
https://warroom.org/ukraine-defense-reps-behind-msm-chorus-for-ukraine-aid/
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