Eleven lawmakers from Britain’s main opposition Labour Party have withdrawn their names from a statement criticising NATO over the Ukraine crisis. The statement was issued on Feb. 18 by the “Stop The War Coalition,” a leftwing organisation that was initially launched to oppose U.S. military action in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. In the statement, the group accused the British government of “aggressive posturing” and said NATO “should call a halt to its eastward expansion.” It said it rejects the idea that NATO is a defensive alliance, as it said NATO’s “record in Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Libya over the last generation, not to mention the U.S.-British attack on Iraq, clearly proves otherwise.” The group also criticised the British government for sending arms to Ukraine and deploying further troops to NATO allies in Eastern Europe, saying such moves “serve no purpose other than inflaming tensions and indicating disdain for …