Kevin Martin

At this time of dire threat, we can't sit back and rely on politicians to get it right.

The president, unwittingly, has leverage if he wants to use it.

We have simply not dedicated the resources to wage peace in the same determined, relentless way we have waged war. This must change.

There's still time to undo Trump's reckless abandonment of diplomacy. The last thing the world needs is another regional arms race, or another war.

If we continue to live by the bastardized meaning and practice of endless wars and escalating Pentagon budgets, we will get what we pay for, militarized domestic and foreign policies and a society in deepening decay.

Amid such suffering and with the risk of escalation increasing by the day, our call must be clear: End the war now.

As the US and the West provide weapons and other forms of defense or intelligence support to Ukraine, military and civilian leaders must guesstimate what Russia's response will be.

Diplomacy and de-escalation remain the most urgent priorities. We can't risk putting out the fire with gasoline.