Isikhathi Sokuqeda Impi Emide Kakhulu YaseMelika - ECorea

Ngu-Gar Smith, Juni 19, 2020

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YiKorea, hhayi i-Afghanistan, enesihloko esithi: "Impi ende kunazo zonke yaseMelika." Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ingxabano yaseKorea ayizange iphele ngokusemthethweni. Esikhundleni salokho, yamiswa kulandela umdonsiswano wezempi, zonke izinhlangothi zivuma ukusayina Isivumelwano Sokuxolelana esasibiza ukuthi kumiswe ukudubulana okwakumane kumise ukungqubuzana.

The 70^th isikhumbuzo sokuqalwa kweMpi YaseKorea sizofika ngoJuni 25. Nakuba impi yaseWashington e-Afghanistan isiqhube iminyaka engu-18, iMpi YaseKorea engaxazululiwe iye yashuba izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezine. Ngenkathi ingxabano yaseWashington e-Afghanistan ibize umgcinimafa waseMelika ngaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili zamaRandi, izindleko eziqhubekayo "zokuvikela" iNhlonhlo YaseKorea-ngokuhlomisa isifunda nokwakha inqwaba yezikhungo zamasosha ase-US ngaphakathi eNingizimu Korea-zibe zinkulu nakakhulu.

Ngaphezu kokusingatha imilindelo nezikhumbuzo zokubungaza lolu suku, kuzoba nekhwelo lokuthi amalungu eCongress asayine ku-Rep. Ro Khanna's (D-CA) Isinqumo Sendlu 152, efuna ukuba iMpi YaseKorea iphele ngokusemthethweni.

Emasontweni amabili edlule, bengingomunye wezishoshovu ezingama-200 ezibambe iqhaza eViki Lokumela Ukuthula laseKorea (KPAW), isenzo sikazwelonke esihlanganiswe yiKorea Peace Network, Korea Peace Now! I-Grassroots Network, iSivumelwano Sokuthula Manje, kanye ne-Women Cross DMZ.

Ithimba lami labantu abayisithupha lalihlanganisa nabesifazane abambalwa baseKorea-America abanothando, kuhlanganise nomenzi wefilimu/isishoshovu sase-Bay Area uDeann Borshay Liem, umqondisi wedokhumentari. I-Women Cross DMZ.

Imizuzu engu-30 yethu, i-Zoomchat ebukhoma nommeli ka-Barbara Lee's (D-CA) e-Washington ihambe kahle. Ukuhlangana ubuso nobuso kunikeze ukukhululeka okujabulisayo ekudidekeni okuvamile “kwe-laptop-activism”—ukugcwalisa igagasi lezicelo zansuku zonke ze-inthanethi. Njengomnikelo wami, ngabelana ngomunye womlando oqoqwe ngenkathi ngilungiselela i-North Korea Fact Sheet World BEYOND War. Iphawule ngokwengxenye:

• Iminyaka engaphezu kwe-1200, iKorea ibikhona njengombuso obumbene. Lokho kwaphela ngo-1910 lapho iJapane ithatha insimu. Kepha yi-US eyadala iNorth Korea.

• Kwakungo-August 14, 1945, ngemva kokuphela kweWWII, lapho izikhulu ezimbili zeButho Lase-US zidweba umugqa ebalazweni elihlukanisa iNhlonhlo YaseKorea.

• Ngesikhathi "sesenzo samaphoyisa" se-UN ngawo-1950, amabhomu ase-US ashaya iNyakatho ngamabhomu angu-635,000 namathani angu-32,000 e-napalm. La mabhomu acekele phansi amadolobha angu-78 aseNyakatho Korea, izikole ezingu-5,000 1,000, izibhedlela ezingu-600,000 XNUMX kanye nemizi engaphezu kwengxenye yesigidi. Kwabulawa izakhamuzi zaseNyakatho Korea ezingu-XNUMX.

Ngakho-ke akumangalisi ukuthi iNorth Korea yesaba i-US.

• Namuhla, i-North Korea izithola isizungezwe izisekelo zase-US—ezingaphezu kwezingu-50 e-South Korea nezingaphezu kuka-100 e-Japan— ezinamabhomu e-nuclear e-B-52 apakwe e-Guam, ebangeni elimangalisayo le-Pyongyang.

• Ngo-1958 - ngokwephula Isivumelwano Se-Armistice - i-US yaqala ukuthumela izikhali ze-athomu eNingizimu. Ngesinye isikhathi, cishe izimpi zenuzi zase-US ze-950 zagcinwa eNingizimu Korea. 

• Izwe laseMelika lizishaye indiva izicelo zamazwe aseNyakatho zokusayina “isivumelwano sokungachukuluzi” esiyisibopho. Abaningi eNyakatho bakholelwa ukuthi uhlelo lwabo lwenuzi ukuphela kwento evikela izwe odlameni lwase-US. 

• Sibonile ukuthi idiplomacy iyasebenza. 

Ngo-1994, i-Clinton Administration yasayina "Uhlaka Oluvunyelwene" olwaqeda ukukhiqizwa kwe-plutonium yasePyongyang ngokushintshana nosizo lwezomnotho.

• Ngo-2001, uGeorge Bush wasichitha isivumelwano futhi waphinde wehlisa unswinyo. INyakatho yaphendula ngokuvuselela uhlelo lwayo lwezikhali zenuzi.

• INyakatho inikeze ngokuphindaphindiwe ukumisa ukuhlolwa kwemicibisholo ukuze ishintshe ukumiswa kwezivivinyo zezempi zase-US-South Korean eziqondise eNyakatho. 

• NgoMashi 2019, i-US yavuma ukumisa ukujima okuhlangene okuhlelelwe intwasahlobo. Ephendula, uKim Jong-un umise ukuhlolwa kwemicibisholo futhi wahlangana noDonald Trump e-DMZ. NgoJulayi, nokho, i-US yaqala kabusha ukuvivinya umzimba ngokuhlanganyela futhi iNyakatho yaphendula ngokuvuselela ukuqaliswa kokuhlolwa kwemicibisholo yamaqhinga.

• Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi i-US ilandele ukuhola kweShayina futhi isayine ISivumelwano Sokuthula esiqeda ngokusemthethweni Impi YaseKorea. 

Ekupheleni kwesonto, sithole umbiko wokuthi u-Rep. Lee usihloniphile isicelo sethu futhi wavuma ukuxhasa i-HR 6639, efuna iqedwe ngokusemthethweni Impi Yase-Korea.

Nakhu ukusongwa kwemicimbi yesonto evela elungeni lethimba likazwelonke lokuhlela le-KPAW:

Ngo-2019, sasinabantu abangaba ngu-75 osukwini lwaminyaka yonke lwaseKorea Lokumela Ukuthula.

NgoJuni 2020, sibe nabahlanganyeli abangaphezu kuka-200 futhi abangaphezu kuka-50% bekungama-Korea-American. Amavolontiya avela ezifundazweni ezingu-26—kusuka eCalifornia kuya esiqhingini saseNew York—ahlangane namahhovisi angu-84 DC!

Futhi sinokunqoba kwangaphambi kwesikhathi okufanele sikubike:

• U-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY) kanye no-Rep Barbara Lee (CA) babe ngabaxhasi bokuqala I-HR 6639
• USen. Ed Markey (MA) kanye noSen. Ben Cardin (MD) bavumile ukuba yi-cosponsor S.3395 eSenate.
• Umthetho Wokusiza Abantu baseNyakatho Korea (S.3908) wethulwe ngokusemthethweni futhi umbhalo uzotholakala maduze. lapha:

Isonto lokumela ligcwele ithemba kanye nezindaba zomuntu siqu ezihlukumeza inhliziyo. Omunye wabavoti ukhumbule indlela afudukela ngayo e-US, eshiya abantu abathandayo eKorea—abanye behlala eNingizimu kanti abanye eNyakatho: “Nginomndeni ohlukene phakathi, kodwa iningi labo selishonile.”

Komunye umhlangano, lapho sitshela isisebenzi sekhongolose, “Lokhu sikwenza ngoba lona unyaka wama-70 weMpi YaseKorea,” sathola impendulo elandelayo enokungabaza: “Impi yaseKorea ayikapheli?”

Njengama-70^th isikhumbuzo seMpi YaseKorea sisondela, ithimba lesizwe le-KPAW kanye nezinhlangano ezixhasayo (Korea Peace Network, Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network, Peace Treaty Now, Women Cross DMZ) banxusa wonke umuntu ukuthi axoxisane nabamele ipolitiki futhi babakhuthaze ukuthi bakhiphe izingcingo zomphakathi zokuqeda iMpi YaseKorea—mhlawumbe, “ngesikhathi esithile phakathi kukaJuni 25 (usuku i-US oluqaphela ngokusemthethweni njengokuqala kweMpi YaseKorea) kanye noJulayi 27 (usuku okwasayinwa ngalo i-Armistice).”

Ngezansi kukhona "amaphuzu okukhuluma" avela ku I-Korea Peace Network:

• Unyaka wezi-2020 uphawula unyaka wama-70 weMpi YaseKorea, engazange iphele ngokusemthethweni. Isimo sempi esiqhubekayo siyimbangela yempi kanye nezingxabano eNhlonhlweni YaseKorea. Ukuze sifinyelele ekuthuleni nasekudelweni kwezikhali zenuzi, kufanele siqede iMpi YaseKorea.

• I-US manje ingena onyakeni wama-70 wokuvalelwa esimweni sempi neNyakatho Korea. Isikhathi sokuqeda ukungezwani nobutha futhi sixazulule le ngxabano.

• Isimo esingaxazululiwe sokungqubuzana sigcina izinkulungwane zemikhaya zihlukene komunye nomunye. Kumelwe siqede impi, sisize ukuhlanganisa imindeni, futhi siqale ukuqeda ukuhlukana okubuhlungu kwalokhu kungqubuzana osekuneminyaka engu-70 ubudala.