June 9, 2023
Author’s Note:
This is the original draft of the letter to President Biden and the US Congress
published in The New York Times on May 16 by the Eisenhower Media Network. This
version, which is substantially longer than the published letter, is published
here amended from its original formatting as a group letter. This version goes
into much greater depth on the background of Russia’s invasion, the role of the
military-industrial complex and the fossil fuel industry in US policy-making,
and speaks to the toxic and dangerous diplomatic malpractice that has dominated
US foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. 
