Ben and Jerry’s founder Ben Cohen is running a media campaign aimed to end the funding of Ukraine’s war effort against Russia.

Eisenhower Media Network have been contacting journalists to raise concerns over the amount of money being spent by the Biden Administration in its efforts to help Ukraine in its war efforts. The total thus far is approximately 75 billion US dollars.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. ⁰⁰We call on President Biden to de-escalate tensions and work for peace rather than prepare for war. ⁰⁰Sending thousands more US troops to Europe in response to Russia’s threats against Ukraine only fans the flame of war.

— Ben & Jerry's (@benandjerrys) February 4, 2022

Cohen told The Daily Beast: “I think the U.S. should use its power to negotiate an end to the war, not prolong the death and destruction by supplying more weapons.”

From Yahoo News: Email blasts to reporters from EMN included the claim during the debt ceiling crisis that spending on Ukraine was so high that the U.S. government may have to default on its basic duty to pay the salaries of members of the military and to cut social security and pension checks. The message included a quote from EMN’s associate director, Matthew Hoh, a former State Department staffer and Marine Corps captain, who said: “The outrageous federal spending on the Ukraine war is missing from the discussion on the national debt… It’s time to think about pausing funding for Ukraine if we cannot afford it.”

Hoh and his colleagues have been quoted by media outlets in recent months criticizing the West’s approach to the war in Ukraine. In January, Newsweek and the Inter Press Service both quoted Hoh saying the U.S. and NATO agreeing to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request for tanks to be delivered would not win the war. “Rather we should expect a reciprocal escalation by Russia that solidifies the stalemate and threatens expansion of the war. Only de-escalation, ceasefires and negotiations will bring an end to the war,” he said.

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Director of EMN, Dennis Fritz told The Daily Beast “I have never talked about that before but it is Ben Cohen, remember him—Ben & Jerry’s—he is our biggest funder. He is the reason we came about. We do feel that our military budget is too large in some ways, and he believes that if we just target our budget on what we actually need, then we buy more social programs for the United States of America, more social programs that people might also need in Ukraine.”

EMN’s push to end the funding of the war in Ukraine will continue later this month when they hope to generate more coverage by linking the war funding to the 20^th anniversary of the War in Iraq.