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Do Not Provoke War with North Korea!
U.S. President Donald Trump's pro-war rhetoric is heightening the danger of nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula. Trump has publicly stated that he would be willing to unleash "fire and fury" on North Korea. And according to Senator Lindsey Graham, the U.S. president said that in the event of a war, "If thousands die, they're going to die over there." Those words show the whole world the true nature of the United States as an imperialist nation that holds no regard for the lives of the Korean people.
Since the Korean people's liberation from Japan in 1945, there have been many regimes and administrations that have come and gone in South Korea. What has remained unchanged for over 70 years, however, is the presence of the U.S. government and military in South Korea. The peace treaty that was supposed to be finalized three months after the signing of the armistice agreement in July of 1953 has yet to be signed today, 64 years later, because of the United States' refusal to participate in a permanent peace process.
This on-going state of suspended war, in addition the decades of US-South Korea joint military exercises and threats of nuclear war have pushed North Korea to develop nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM). Thus at this juncture, a war between these nuclear states would result in a catastrophic level of genocide and destruction. Therefore, this is not just a problem of our Korean people but also a problem of the American people and the whole world. Additionally, we believe that the hard-earned tax dollars of Americans being used for the military instead of education, health care, and jobs will have a significantly negative impact on the well-being of the American people.
We Korean Americans oppose the outbreak of any nuclear war on our Korean Peninsula or the United States. The root cause of these on-going tensions is the U.S.' hostile policy against North Korea. The United States must give up its hostile policy against North Korea as well as its strategy to establish hegemony in the Northeast Asia region. We strongly urge the U.S. government to actively take the path toward dialogue and peace instead of continuing on the current path of sanctions and war. We wish for all Korean and American people to co-exist peacefully in this land and in our homeland.
Therefore we make the following demands to the U.S. government:
1. Stop all war provocations against North Korea and immediately engage in talks with North Korea!
2. Give up the hostile policy against North Korea that is the root cause of its nuclear weapons program!
3. Declare an end to the Korean War and sign a peace treaty!
August 14, 2017
Korean American and U.S.-based Peace Activist Organizations and Individuals Calling on the Trump Administration to Stop U.S. War Provocations Aimed at North Korea