“트럼프는 핵전쟁 위협 중단하라!”

“Mr. Trump stop nuclear threat to Asia!”

트럼프 아시아 방문중 미국의 최대 핵자산들이 한반도에 총 집결(總集結)하고 있습니다. 이런 협박을 받고 있는 대한민국, 도대체 주권 국가입니까? 나라입니까?

미국 의회가 의회 동의 없이 트럼프 대통령의 북한 선제 공격을 불법화하는 법안을 발의하고 있습니다. 대한민국 국회는 미국 의회의 10분의 1만큼이라도 해 주십시오.

트럼프의 한반도 전쟁 위기 고조에 대 국민 저항 평화 운동으로 전 세계 언론이 서울에 집중할때 한민족의 평화를 위한 염원을 전 세계 시민들에게 호소합시다!

a ray of hope

Dems to introduce bill barring Trump from preemptive strikes without Congress approval Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) 커네티컽 주 상원 의원 의회 동의 없이 트럼프 선제 공격 위헌 법안 발의

Friend—an update! Stop a nuclear war between the United States and Asia!

“Nuclear war ends everything, but the United States always plays with fire.” –Noam Chomsky

1. North Korea wants the United States to “STOP HOSTILE POICY” against 20 million people in North Korea

That’s all. North Korea is not asking for money, North Korea is not asking for food, North Korea is not asking for anything from the United States but one thing: the United States just stop bullying and stop hostile policy against 20 million of men and women in North Korea!

“North Korea has “nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles,” but won’t deploy them in the absence of a threat”.

“Our weapons are designed for the protection of our homeland from the constant nuclear threat from the US,” she added.

North Korea will not attack other nations in the absence of a threat.

https://www.rt.com/news/407292-us-nuclear-status-nkorea/

2. Mr. Trump’s response? Nuclear threat to Northeast Asia?

••Trump’s visit to Asia on Nov. 3: Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines, and Hawaii.

•American strategic assets including its powerful stealth fighters and three nuclear-powered aircraft carrier strike groups to be gathered in Northeast Asia around the Korean Peninsula

•The USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike group arrived in Busan for a five-day maritime exercise with the South Korean Navy last week that ended Friday and return back to Japan Saturday.

•The USS Nimitz, escorted by its cruisers, destroyers and submarines, joined the Roosevelt and Reagan carrier strike groups

•The San Diego-based USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier accompanied by the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill and guided-missile destroyers.

•The Roosevelt carrier to be present during Trump’s visit to the region

•A dozen U.S. Air Force F-35A stealth fighters to be deployed to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa next month—the first operational deployment in the Asia-Pacific.

•12 F-35A Lightning IIs and some 300 airmen to the Kadena base in early November for a six-month rotational deployment to supplement the F-35B fighters permanently stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture since January.

3. American people’s response? Diplomacy! Approximately three quarters of Americans support diplomacy with North Korea

“The survey data underscore that sizeable majorities support the message that a growing number of NGOs and Congressional leaders have been articulating in recent weeks about the importance of redoubling efforts to explore every possible diplomatic option to find a peaceful resolution to the growing tensions and to avoid the risk of war on the Korean peninsula.”

· There is strong bipartisan support for a diplomatic resolution to the US conflict with North Korea—at least 68% and possibly as high as 80%. However, support drops significantly when Americans are presented with specific concessions the US may need to make, and a significant minority is skeptical that the conflict can be resolved through non-military means.

4. American lawmakers’ courageous initiative for peace!

Max Greenwood. The Hill. Dems to introduce bill barring Trump from preemptive strikes without Congress approval

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Wednesday that he and two other Democratic senators will introduce a bill barring President Trump from launching a preemptive strike on North Korea without congressional consent. "Trump's North Korea threats are real. I will intro bill w brianschatz & CoryBooker to prohibit any preemptive action w/o vote by Congress," Murphy tweeted, referring to Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.).

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/357247-dems-to-introduce-bill-barring-trump-from-preemptive-strike-on-nk-without

https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/923355106527105024

Reaffirm Congress’s Congressional Power over a First Strike on North Korea.

John Conyers Jr., Thomas Massie, Ro Khanna, Walter Jones, Barbara Lee, James P. McGovern, Mark Pocan, Ted Lieu

Few decisions are more needing of debate than a move to launch attacks, or declare war, on a nuclear-armed state such as North Korea. Military action against North Korea was considered by the Obama, Bush and Clinton Administrations, but all ultimately

determined there was no military option that would not run the unacceptable risk of a counter-reaction from Pyongyang that could immediately threaten the lives of as many as a third of the South Korean population, put nearly 30,000 U.S. service members and

over 100,000 other U.S. citizens residing in South Korea in grave danger, and also threaten other regional allies such as Japan. Recent polling shows that more than two-thirds of the American people believe that the U.S. should attack North Korea only if North

Korea attacks first, and Congressional debate would ensure the American people have a voice in the decision, as the framers of the Constitution intended.

http://dearcolleague.us/2017/10/closing-tmrw-reaffirm-congresss-constitutional-power-over-a-first-strike-on-north-korea/

References:

1. Before Trump arrives, strategic assets assemble. Korea JoongAng Daily http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3039916&utm_content=bufferc5641&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

2. CNN. North Koreans think "nuclear weapons will keep the peace," and stop the US "from bullying them,"

https://twitter.com/NewDay/status/923506494879932416

3. NBC News. Breakdown in North Korea Talks Sounds Alarms on Capital Hill

Yun, the deputy assistant secretary for Korea and Japan at the State Department, has told Congressional aides and government officials that the White House has “handicapped” diplomacy.

Corker used similar language when he said recently that tweets from Trump have raised tensions and undercut Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

“When you kneecap that effort you really move our country into a binary choice which could lead to a world war. So yes, I want him to support diplomatic efforts, not embarrass and really malign efforts that are underway,” Corker said on NBC’s TODAY on Tuesday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/lack-talks-north-korea-sounds-alarms-capitol-hill-n813951

4. The Guardian. North Korea: CIA director says regime nearly capable of nuclear attack

Separately, the US Navy said in a statement the aircraft carrier strike group Nimitz had entered the 7th fleet area of operation, which includes the western Pacific and Indian ocean.

It joins two other carriers, the Ronald Reagan and Theodore Roosevelt, in the region. Additional aircraft carriers are usually viewed suspiciously by China and North Korea.

Navy officials said the Nimitz, which was previously carrying out operations in support of the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, would be ready to support operations in the region before heading back to its home port, and that the movement had been long planned.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/20/north-korea-cia-director-regime-on-cusp-of-nuclear-capability

5. Reuters. North Korea diplomat says take atmospheric nuclear test threat literally

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-nuclear-warning/north-korea-diplomat-says-take-atmospheric-nuclear-test-threat-literally-idUSKBN1CU2EI

6. EPA. Radioactive Fallout From Nuclear Weapons Testing

https://www3.epa.gov/radtown/fallout-nuclear-weapons-testing.html

7. Simone Chun’s interview with Noam Chomsky

“Nuclear war ends everything, but the United States always plays with fire.”

http://timshorrock.com/2016/03/02/chomsky-on-korea-u-s-foreign-policy-sanders-and-clinton/

8. Tim Shorrock. The Nation. The United states and North Korea Are Edging Into Increasingly Dangerous Territory

South Korean officials who were there told the Yonhap wire service that Choe stated that the North “will never give up its nuclear weapons as long as the US’ hostile policy, including military activities, sanctions and pressure, continue.” Further details of her speech were broadcast on the Russian-state media outlet RT. “Our weapons are designed for the protection of our homeland from the constant nuclear threat from the US,” Choe said, adding that her government “won’t supply nuclear weapons to third parties, notwithstanding its withdrawal from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).” Moreover, “despite quitting NPT, we are committed to the idea of non-proliferation of our nuclear weapons.” Choe’s emphasis on the United States’ “hostile policy” offers a ray of hope, says Suzanne DiMaggio, a former United Nations official and a senior fellow at New America who spoke on the same Moscow panel as Choe. https://www.thenation.com/article/the-united-states-and-north-korea-are-edging-into-increasingly-dangerous-territory/

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