The World Must Compel the U.S. to Allow Korea to Have Peace

KOREAN BELOW THE ENGLISH

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, October 26, 2019

I’ve never heard of or even seen fantasized a society or a government that wasn’t deeply flawed. I know neither North nor South Korea is an exception. But the primary impediment to peace in Korea appears to be the United States: its government, its media, its billionaires, its people, and even the arm of the U.S. called the United Nations.

The U.S. public has, and chooses to have, very little control over its government, and is easily manipulated by the corporate media. But public opinion still matters. In U.S. national mythology, the wars most easily twisted into glorious undertakings loom largest. The U.S. war for independence is glorious because, obviously, as everyone knows, Canada, India, and the rest of the British Empire remain brutally enslaved by the English monarch. The U.S. Civil War is glorious because it was against slavery, while much of the world ending slavery and serfdom without similar slaughters is a freak occurrence one can draw no lessons from. And, above all, World War II is glorious because it was to save the Jews from the Nazis, even though it wasn’t that until after it was over.

These wars all involved something else that living members of the U.S. military know only from distant legends. They involved surrenders by defeated enemies. The surrenders may have been primarily to the French in one case and to the Russians in another, but they happened, and it’s not hard to pretend they were surrenders of evil to goodness. In fact it’s heresy to even hint at anything subtler than that.

Nobody β€” not even Barack Obama, who tried β€” has figured out how to effectively sell what they call the Korean War as a glorious victory. And so one hears very little about it. Most things that happened in the United States at the time of the Korean War are simply described as happening β€œafter World War II.” The transformation of the peace holiday Armistice Day into the war holiday Veterans Day, for example. Or the development of the permanent military industrial complex, and permanent wars, and CIA wars with nothing off limits, and nuclear threats, and deadly sanctions.

Nobody gives the Korean War era credit for all the wonderful and lasting things the United States did to itself in that period. Without the accomplishments of those days it’s even possible that something could go wrong in the United States today and not be blamed on Russia. Imagine having to live in such a world.

When the Korean War is mentioned it is often mentioned purely as an occasion when the sainted Troops obeyed orders and served. Never mind served what. One must oneself be a good troop and not ask that question. Or it is depicted as a defensive war that rescued freedom from aggression. I have no doubt that more people in the United States could tell you that North Korea started the war than could tell you where Korea is on a map, what language is spoken there, or whether the United States has any troops there.

So, I think it’s important that we remember a few things. The United States government divided Korea in half. The United States government imposed a brutal dictatorship on South Korea with a U.S.-educated dictator. That dictator, with U.S. complicity, massacred South Koreans. He also sought out war with North Korea and launched raids across the border prior to the official start of the war. The U.S. military dropped 30,000 tons of explosives on North Korea, much of it after pilots began complaining about the β€œscarcity of strategic targets” left standing. The U.S., in addition, dropped 32,000 tons of napalm on the Korean Peninsula, principally targeting civilian human beings where they lived. Still not satisfied, the United States dropped insects and feathers containing bubonic plague and other diseases in hopes of starting epidemics. A side benefit of those efforts is very probably the spread of Lyme disease, very likely spread from Plum Island off the tip of Long Island, New York. The U.S.-led war on North Korea may have killed some 20 to 30 percent of the population of the North, not to mention those in the South killed by both sides. Few Koreans in the North do not have relatives who were killed or wounded or made homeless. U.S. politics is still twisted by the U.S. Civil War of over 150 years ago, but few in the United States imagine that the Korean War of less than 70 years ago has anything to do with current North Korean behavior.

The United States has prevented the war from officially ending or the two Koreas from reuniting. It has imposed deadly sanctions on the people of the North, which have been failing spectacularly to accomplish their stated purpose for several decades. It has threatened North Korea and militarized South Korea over whose military it has maintained war-time control. North Korea negotiated a disarmament agreement with the United States in the 1990s and for the most part abided by it, but the United States did not. The United States called North Korea part of an axis of evil, destroyed one of that axis’s other two members, and has threatened to destroy the third member ever since. And ever since, North Korea has said that it would re-negotiate but has built the weapons it thinks will protect it. It has said it would renegotiate if the United States will commit to not attacking it again, will stop putting missiles in South Korea, will stop flying practice nuking missions near North Korea.

That we have seen steps toward peace and reunification is remarkable, and greatly to the credit of nonviolent activists from the South and the North, with some small assistance from others around the world. Success would present a model to the world, not only of how to end a long-standing war. We’ve just seen a Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia for that feat. Success would present the world with a model of how to end a long-standing war that the U.S. government does not want ended. The whole world has a stake in what happens in Korea, not only because we are all brothers and sisters, and not only because the notion of a contained nuclear war is a product of dangerous ignorance, but also because the world needs examples of how to keep the peace against the will of the world’s self-appointed policeman.

Because people in the United States hear almost nothing about the Korean War, they can be told that North Korea is simply evil and irrational. Because they have no idea how many people live in North Korea, they can be told that North Koreans are going to take over the United States and remove their freedoms. Because dozens of U.S. wars have been marketed as bringing human rights to people by bombing them, the U.S. public can be told that North Korea is being threatened for human rights. And because they have identified with one or the other of the two big U.S. political parties, members of the U.S. public can be outraged if Donald Trump talks peace with North Korea, far beyond their outrage when he threatens nuclear war in violation of the UN Charter and all human decency. The United States sells weapons to 73 percent of the governments that the United States calls dictatorships, and trains most of them in the use of those weapons. Surely merely speaking with a dictator is preferable to the typical U.S. relationship with dictators.

When somebody compliments Trump on his hair or whatever it is, and he swings from threatening apocalypse to proposing peace, the appropriate response is not partisan outrage, not a declaration that U.S. troops must never leave Korea, but rather relief and encouragement. And if the President of South Korea believes that giving Trump a Nobel Peace Prize would cause him to allow peace in Korea, then I’m all for it. The prize has been given out before to people who never earned it.

I think, however, that there are other means available to us to encourage peace. I think we need to shame and reform and take over and replace U.S. media outlets that cheer for war and condemn peace talks. I think we need to shame those who profit when weapons stocks soar on Wall Street because Trump threatens Armageddon, and who lose fortunes when the danger rises of peace breaking out. We need our local governments and universities and investment funds to take our money out of weapons of mass destruction.

The world, through the United Nations and otherwise, needs to demand a permanent and complete end to war rehearsals in and near South Korea. The U.S. Congress needs to restore the Iran nuclear agreement, making it a treaty, and uphold the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and comply with the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, so that the government of North Korea begins to have some basis for believing anything the U.S. government says.

The United Nations needs to cease providing cover for U.S. wars. The U.N. instructed the United States in 1975 to dissolve the so-called United Nations Command in South Korea, to take the U.N. name off a U.S. imperial enterprise. The U.S. is in violation of that resolution. The U.S. builds, tests, and threatens to use nuclear weapons far beyond what North Korea does, yet the U.N. sees fit to sanction North Korea, and not to sanction the U.S. government.

It is long since time for the world to hold the United States to the rule of law on an equal basis with every other government. It is long since time for the world to follow through on banning all nuclear weapons. I know seven people in the United States called the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 who are at risk of 25 years in prison for protesting nuclear weapons. There was a man not long ago in South Korea who burned himself to death in protest of U.S. weapons in his country. If these people can do so much, surely the rest of us can do more than we have.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill not yet agreed to by the Senate which, among other things, would support ending the Korean War, and would require that the Pentagon justify every foreign military base as somehow making the United States safer. Those two steps would allow a peace agreement in Korea and, if truly followed through on, require the closure of every golf course and chain restaurant in every mini-United-States-fortress in South Korea and around the globe, since these bases do not make the United States safer, and in many cases generate hostilities. So, we need to keep those measures in the so-called National Defense Authorization Act.

Ultimately, we need public pressure from around the world and within the United States, and through global institutions, to compel the U.S. government to plan and begin a withdrawal from Korea. This need not be an abandonment of Korea. It could be a deeper friendship with a unified or unifying Korea. I certainly manage to be friends with people who don’t oversee armed occupations of my house. Such friendships may be rare and treasonous and isolationist, but I think they’re possible nonetheless.

But Korea is one corner of the world. We need with some urgency to similarly advance toward an ending of wars and war preparations everywhere. That’s the mission of a global organization I direct called World BEYOND War. I encourage you to go to worldbeyondwar.org and sign the declaration of peace there which has been signed in 175 countries. Together we can make war and the threat of war things of the past.

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데이빗 μŠ€μ™„μ†(David Swanson) μ—°μ„€λ¬Έ , μ „μŸμ—†λŠ”μ„Έμƒ(WorldBeyondWar) μ„€λ¦½μž κ²Έ λŒ€ν‘œ.

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μ˜€λŠ” 10μ›” 26일 λ‰΄μš• μ†Œμž¬ μ›”λ“œμ²˜μ§€ μ„Όν„°(World Church Center)μ—μ„œ μ—΄λ¦¬λŠ” ν•œκ΅­ν‰ν™”λ₯Ό μœ„ν•œ κ΅­μ œνšŒμ˜μ—λŠ” λ‰΄μš•μ— κ±°μ£Όν•˜λŠ” λ‚¨λΆν•œ 인사듀과 ꡐ민듀 그리고 미ꡭ의 λ°˜μ „ 평화단체듀과 ν•œλ°˜λ„ κ΄€λ ¨ 싱크탱크 연ꡬ원 λ“± κ΄‘λ²”ν•œ 인사듀이 μ°Έμ—¬ν•œλ‹€. 마침 세계적인 λ°˜μ „ν‰ν™”λ‹¨μ²΄μΈ β€˜μ „μŸμ—†λŠ” 세상(WBW: WorldBeyondWar)β€™μ˜ μ„€λ¦½μžμ΄μž λŒ€ν‘œλ₯Ό 맑고 있고 2015λ…„ 이래 5λ…„κ°„ 연속 λ―Έκ΅­μ‹œλ―Όλ‹¨μ²΄κ°€ μΆ”μ²œν•œ 노벨평화상 μˆ˜μƒ 후보이며, 2018λ…„ λ―Έκ΅­ν‰ν™”μž¬λ‹¨μ΄ λͺ…μ˜ˆμ˜ 전당에 μ˜¬λ¦¬λŠ” ν‰ν™”μ‹œλ―Όμƒμ„ μˆ˜μƒν•œ 데이빗 μŠ€μ™„μ†μ΄ 당일 νŠΉλ³„μ°¬μ‘°μ—°μ„€μ„ μ˜ˆμ •ν•˜κ³  μžˆλ‹€. μ•„λž˜μ˜ λ‚΄μš©μ€ μŠ€μ™„μ†μ˜ μ—°μ„€λ‚΄μš©μ„ ν•œκ΅­ λ‚΄μ˜ λ°˜μ „ν‰ν™”μš΄λ™μ„ ν•˜λŠ” λͺ¨λ“  μ‹œλ―Όλ“€κ³Ό ν•¨κ»˜ κ³΅μœ ν•˜κ³ μž 사전에 λ²ˆμ—­ν•œ λ‚΄μš©μ΄λ‹€.

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아무 λ¬Έμ œκ°€ μ—†λŠ” μ‚¬νšŒλ‚˜ μ •λΆ€λ₯Ό λ“€μ–΄λ³Έ 적도, 그런 μ‚¬νšŒλ‚˜ μ •λΆ€λ₯Ό κΏˆκΎΈλŠ” 이듀을 본적도 μ—†λ‹€.

λΆν•œλ„ λ‚¨ν•œλ„ μ˜ˆμ™Έκ°€ μ•„λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·ΈλŸ¬λ‚˜ ν•œλ°˜λ„ ν‰ν™”μ˜ κ°€μž₯ 큰 κ±Έλ¦ΌλŒμ€ λ‹€λ¦„μ•„λ‹Œ 미ꡭ인 λ“―ν•˜λ‹€. 미ꡭ의 정뢀와 μ—¬λ‘  맀체, κ±°λŒ€ λΆ€μžλ“€, 보수적 지식인측, 심지어 사싀상 미ꡭ의 λ“€λŸ¬λ¦¬ 격인 μœ μ—”(μ•ˆλ³΄λ¦¬)κΉŒμ§€λ„ ν•œλ°˜λ„ ν‰ν™”μ˜ μž₯μ• κ°€ 되고 μžˆλ‹€.

미ꡭ의 μ‹œλ―Όλ“€μ€ 행정뢀에 λŒ€ν•΄ 맀우 μ•½ν•œ 견제λ ₯을 μ§€λ‹ˆκ³  μžˆλŠ”λ°, μ΄λŠ” κ·Έλ“€μ˜ μ„ νƒμ΄μ—ˆλ‹€. κ±°λŒ€ λ§€μŠ€μ»΄λ“€μ€ μ‹œλ―Όλ“€μ„ μ‰½κ²Œ μ‘°μ’…ν•  수 μžˆλ‹€. κ·ΈλŸ¬λ‚˜ μ—¬μ „νžˆ 여둠은 μ€‘μš”ν•œ λ¬Έμ œλ‹€. λ―Έκ΅­ λ‚΄μ—μ„œλŠ” 마치 μ‹ ν™”(거짓말)처럼 과거의 μ „μŸλ“€μ΄ μœ„λŒ€ν•œ κ³Όμ—…μ΄μ—ˆλ˜ κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ λ‘”κ°‘λ˜μ–΄, 맀우 μ€‘μš”ν•œ μ‚¬κ±΄μœΌλ‘œ λ°›μ•„λ“€μ—¬ 지고 μžˆλ‹€.

λ§ν•˜μžλ©΄, 미ꡭ의 λ…λ¦½μ „μŸμ€ μœ„λŒ€ν•˜λ‹€λŠ” 것이닀. λͺ¨λ‘ λŠλΌκ² μ§€λ§Œ μΊλ‚˜λ‹€μ™€ 인도λ₯Ό λΉ„λ‘―ν•œ λŒ€μ˜μ œκ΅­μ˜ λ‚˜λ¨Έμ§€ μ˜ν† κ°€ μ—¬μ „νžˆ 영ꡭ ꡰ주의 λ…Έμ˜ˆλ…Έλ¦‡μ„ ν•˜κ³  μžˆμœΌλ‹ˆ 말이닀. λ…Έμ˜ˆμ œμ— λ§žμ„œ μ‹Έμš΄ 미ꡭ의 λ‚¨λΆμ „μŸ μ—­μ‹œ μœ„λŒ€ν•˜λ‹€κ³ ? μ „μŸμ΄λΌλŠ” μ‚΄μœ‘κ³Όμ • 없이 λ…Έμ˜ˆμ œμ™€ λ†λ…Έμ œλ₯Ό 끝낸 λ‚˜λΌλ“€μ΄ λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ΄μ§€λ§Œ, μ˜ˆμ™Έμ μΈ κ²½μš°μ˜€μ„ 뿐인 미ꡭ의 μ—­μ‚¬μ—μ„œ λ”±νžˆ 배울 κ΅ν›ˆμ€ μ—†λ‹€.

무엇보닀도 λ‚˜μΉ˜λ‘œλΆ€ν„° μœ λŒ€μΈμ„ κ΅¬ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ μ‹œμž‘λœ 제2μ°¨ μ„Έκ³„λŒ€μ „μ€ μœ„λŒ€ν–ˆλ‹€κ³  μ™Έμ³λŒ€μ§€λ§Œ, μ΄λŠ” μ „μŸμ΄ λλ‚˜κΈ° μ „κΉŒμ§€ μ‹€μ œμ˜ λͺ©ν‘œκ°€ μ „ν˜€ λ‹€λ₯Έ μ΄μ•ΌκΈ°μ˜€λ‹€λŠ” 점을 숨기고 μžˆλ‹€. 이 μ „μŸμ—λŠ” μ˜€λŠ˜λ‚  미ꡰ이라면 과거의 μ „μ„€λ‘œλ§Œ μ•Œκ³  μžˆλŠ” 것 외에 λ‹€λ₯Έ 이야기듀이 μˆ¨μ–΄μžˆλ‹€. μ „μŸμ—λŠ” νŒ¨λ°°ν•œ 적ꡰ의 항볡이 μˆ˜λ°˜λœλ‹€. λ‚˜μΉ˜μ˜ 항볡은 λ―Έκ΅­λ³΄λ‹€λŠ” ν”„λž‘μŠ€κ΅°μ„ ν–₯ν•œ κ²ƒμ΄μ—ˆμ„ μˆ˜λ„, λ•Œλ‘œλŠ” λŸ¬μ‹œμ•„κ΅°μ„ ν–₯ν•œ κ²ƒμ΄μ—ˆμ„ μˆ˜λ„ μžˆμ§€λ§Œ, μ–΄μ¨Œλ“  적ꡰ은 ν•­λ³΅ν–ˆκ³  이λ₯Ό 마치 β€˜μ„ μ— λ¬΄λ¦Žμ„ 꿇은 μ•…β€™μœΌλ‘œ 포μž₯ν•˜κΈ°λž€ 어렡지 μ•Šλ‹€. 사싀상 이런 λ₯˜μ˜ 해석을 ν¬μ„ν•˜λ €λŠ” μ‹œλ„λ§ŒμœΌλ‘œλ„ μ΄λ‹¨μœΌλ‘œ λͺ°λ¦¬κΈ° 쉽닀.

그런데 λˆ„κ΅¬λ„ λ―Έκ΅­μΈλ“€μ—κ²Œ 그듀이 μœ„λŒ€ν•œ 승리둜 μΌμ»«λŠ” β€˜ν•œκ΅­μ „μŸβ€™μ„ 효과적으둜 λ‚©λ“μ‹œν‚¬ 방법을 찾지 λͺ»ν–ˆλ‹€.

심지어 버락 μ˜€λ°”λ§ˆ(Barack Obama)도 μ‹œλ„λŠ” ν–ˆμ§€λ§Œ μ‹€νŒ¨ν–ˆλ‹€. κ·ΈλŸ¬λ‹€ λ³΄λ‹ˆ 미ꡭ인듀은 β€˜ν•œκ΅­μ „μŸβ€™μ— λŒ€ν•΄μ„œλŠ” λ³„λ‘œ λ“£λŠ” λ°”κ°€ μ—†λ‹€. ν•œκ΅­μ „μŸ λ‹Ήμ‹œ λ―Έκ΅­μ—μ„œλŠ” λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ˜ 사건이 그런 κ²ƒμ²˜λŸΌ λ‹¨μˆœνžˆ β€œμ„Έκ³„2μ°¨ λŒ€μ „μ΄ν›„β€μ˜ ν•΄ν”„λ‹μœΌλ‘œ λ¬˜μ‚¬λ  뿐이닀. 예λ₯Ό λ“€λ©΄ 평화λ₯Ό κΈ°λ…ν•˜λŠ” (1μ°¨λŒ€μ „) νœ΄μ „μΌμ΄ μ „μŸμ„ κΈ°λ…ν•˜λŠ” 재ν–₯ꡰ인의 λ‚ λ‘œ 바뀐 것, λ˜λŠ” κ±°λŒ€ν•œ κ΅°μ‚°λ³΅ν•©μ²΄μ˜ 탄생, 영ꡬ적인 μ „μŸμ˜ λ“±μž₯, μ•„λ¬΄λŸ° μ œμ•½μ΄ μ—†λŠ”CIAμ „μŸ, ν•΅μœ„ν˜‘, 극단적인 제재 등에 λ¬΄κ°ν•œ κ²ƒμ²˜λŸΌ 말이닀. ν•œκ΅­μ „μŸ 기간에 미ꡭ은 슀슀둜λ₯Ό μœ„ν•΄ λ†€λžκ³  지속적인 행적듀을 μ΄λ£¨μ—ˆμ§€λ§Œ, λˆ„κ΅¬λ„ κ·Έ μ‹œλŒ€ 자체λ₯Ό ν•©λ‹Ήν•˜κ²Œ ν‰κ°€ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ”λ‹€. λ‹Ήμ‹œμ— μ„±μ·¨ν•œ 일듀이 μ—†μ—ˆλ‹€λ©΄ 미ꡭ은 였늘 같은 λͺ¨μŠ΅μ΄ μ•„λ‹ˆμ—ˆμ„ μˆ˜λ„, λŸ¬μ‹œμ•„λ₯Ό λΉ„λ‚œν•  μ²˜μ§€κ°€ μ•„λ‹ˆμ—ˆμ„μ§€λ„ λͺ¨λ₯Έλ‹€. ν•œλ²ˆ 그런 μ„Έμƒμ—μ„œ μš°λ¦¬κ°€ μ‚΄κ³  μžˆλ‹€κ³  상상해보라.

ν”νžˆ ν•œκ΅­μ „μŸμ€ μ‹ μ„±ν•œ κ΅°λŒ€κ°€ λͺ…령에 λ”°λΌμ„œ μΆ©μ„±ν•œ 사둀 μ •λ„λ‘œ μ–ΈκΈ‰λ˜λŠ” κ²½μš°κ°€ λ§Žλ‹€. 그듀이 섬긴 λͺ…령이 λ¬΄μ—‡μΈκ°€λŠ” μ€‘μš”ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šλ‹€. μš°λ¦¬λŠ” ν›Œλ₯­ν•œ ꡰ인이 λ˜μ–΄μ•Ό ν•˜λ©°, ν›Œλ₯­ν•œ ꡰ인은 κ²°μ½” λͺ…령에 μ§ˆλ¬Έν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ”λ‹€. λ˜λŠ” ν•œκ΅­μ „μŸμ€ 자유λ₯Ό μˆ˜ν˜Έν•œ λ°©μ–΄μ „μœΌλ‘œ λ¬˜μ‚¬λœλ‹€. ν™•μ‹ μ»¨λŒ€ λ―Έκ΅­μ—λŠ” ν•œκ΅­μ΄ 지도상 μ–΄λ”” μžˆλŠ”μ§€, μ–΄λ–€ μ–Έμ–΄λ₯Ό μ“°λŠ”μ§€, 미ꡰ이 μ£Όλ‘”ν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ”μ§€ μ—¬λΆ€λ₯Ό μ•„λŠ” μ‚¬λžŒλ³΄λ‹€ ν•œκ΅­μ „μŸμ€ λΆν•œμ΄ λ¨Όμ € μ‹œμž‘ν–ˆλ‹€κ³  μ•Œκ³  μžˆλŠ” μ‚¬λžŒμ΄ 훨씬 λ§Žμ„ 것이닀.

λ‚˜λŠ” λ‹€μŒμ˜ 사싀을 κΈ°μ–΅ν•˜λŠ” 것이 μ€‘μš”ν•˜λ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•œλ‹€. ν•œλ°˜λ„λ₯Ό 절반으둜 λ‚˜λˆˆ 것은 λ―Έκ΅­μ •λΆ€μ˜€λ‹€. λ―Έκ΅­μ •λΆ€λŠ” λ―Έκ΅­ μœ ν•™νŒŒμ˜€λ˜ ν•œκ΅­μ˜ λ…μž¬μž(이승만)와 ν•¨κ»˜ ν•œλ°˜λ„ 남μͺ½μ— μ•…λž„ν•œ λ…μž¬λ₯Ό λΆˆλŸ¬μ™”λ‹€. 그리고 κ·Έ λ…μž¬μžλŠ” λ―Έκ΅­κ³Ό 곡λͺ¨ν•˜μ—¬ μˆ˜λ§Žμ€ 양민듀을 ν•™μ‚΄ν–ˆλ‹€. λΆν•œκ³Όμ˜ μ „μŸμ„ μ›ν•œ 것도, ν•œκ΅­μ „μŸμ΄ 곡식 λ°œλ°œν•˜κΈ° μ „ 남과 뢁의 κ΅­κ²½μ—μ„œ ꡰ사곡격을 μžν–‰ν•œ 것도 κ·Έμ˜€λ‹€. 미ꡰ은 λΆν•œμ— 3만 톀에 λ‹¬ν•˜λŠ” ν­λ°œλ¬Όμ„ νˆ¬ν•˜ν–ˆλŠ”λ°, λͺ…령받은 쑰쒅사듀이 더 이상 λΆν•œμ— λ‚¨μ•„μžˆλŠ” β€œμ „λž΅μ  λͺ©ν‘œλ¬Όμ΄ 없닀”고 λΆˆν‰ν•œ 이후에 μ§€μ†λœ κ³΅κ²©μ΄μ—ˆλ‹€. κ²Œλ‹€κ°€ 미ꡭ은 ν•œλ°˜λ„μ— 3만2천 ν†€μ˜ λ„€μ΄νŒœ(napalm)탄을 νˆ¬ν•˜ν–ˆλ‹€. 주둜 민간인 주거지역을 λͺ©ν‘œλ‘œ ν•œ κ²ƒμ΄μ—ˆλ‹€. κ·ΈλŸ¬κ³ λ„ 성에 차지 μ•Šμ•˜λŠ”μ§€, μœ ν–‰λ³‘μ„ 퍼뜨릴 μš”λŸ‰μœΌλ‘œ 흑사병(bubonic plague)κ³Ό μ—¬λŸ¬ μ§ˆλ³‘κ· μ„ ν•¨μœ ν•œ κ³€μΆ©κ³Ό μ‘°λ₯˜λ“€μ„ νΌνŠΈλ Έλ‹€. κ·ΈλŸ¬ν•œ μž‘μ „μ˜ 결과둜 λΌμž„(Lyme)병이 ν•œκ΅­μ— νΌμ§€κ²Œ λ˜μ—ˆμ„ κ°€λŠ₯성이 λ†’λ‹€. λΌμž„λ³‘μ€ λ‰΄μš• λ‘±μ•„μΌλžœλ“œμ˜ λ„νŠΈλ¨Έλ¦¬μ— μžˆλŠ” ν”ŒλŸΌ μ•„μΌλžœλ“œ(Plum Island)μ—μ„œ μ‹œμž‘λœ μ§ˆλ³‘μ΄λ‹€.

미ꡭ이 λΆν•œμ„ νƒ€λ„ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ μ£Όλ„ν•œ 이 μ „μŸμœΌλ‘œ λ‚¨ν•œμΈκ΅¬μ˜ 희생은 말할 것도 μ—†κ³ , λΆν•œμΈκ΅¬μ˜ μ•½20~30 νΌμ„ΌνŠΈκ°€ ν¬μƒλ˜μ—ˆλ‹€. λΆν•œμ—μ„œλŠ” μ£½κ±°λ‚˜, λ‹€μΉ˜κ±°λ‚˜, 주거지λ₯Ό μžƒμ€ μΉœμ²™μ΄ μ—†λŠ” 가쑱이 거의 μ—†μ—ˆλ‹€κ³  ν•œλ‹€. 미ꡭ의 μ •μΉ˜μΈλ“€μ€150λ…„ 전에 μΌμ–΄λ‚œ λ‚¨λΆμ „μŸμ˜ 의미λ₯Ό ν™•λŒ€ν•˜κΈ° λ°”μ˜μ§€λ§Œ, κ·Έλ“€ λŒ€λ‹€μˆ˜λŠ” μ˜€λŠ˜λ‚  λΆν•œμ˜ 미ꡭ에 λŒ€ν•œ μ λŒ€μ‹¬μ΄ κ³ μž‘ 70년도 λ˜μ§€ μ•Šμ€ ν•œκ΅­μ „μŸκ³Ό μ—°κ΄€λ˜μ–΄ μžˆμ„ κ²ƒμ΄λΌλŠ” 점은 상상쑰차 ν•˜μ§€ λͺ»ν•œλ‹€.

미ꡭ은 ν•œκ΅­μ „μŸμ˜ 곡식적인 μ’…κ²°κ³Ό λ‚¨λΆν•œμ˜ μž¬κ²°ν•©μ„ 막아왔닀. λŒ€μ‹ μ— λΆν•œμ£Όλ―Όμ—κ²Œ 극단적인 제재쑰치λ₯Ό μ‹œν–‰ν•˜κ³  μžˆμœΌλ‚˜, μˆ˜μ‹­ λ…„μ§Έ 미ꡭ이 λͺ…μ‹œν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” λͺ©ν‘œμ˜ 달성(μ •κΆŒμ˜ λΆ•κ΄΄)은 μš”μ›ν•˜κΈ°λ§Œ ν•˜λ‹€. κ·Έ λ™μ•ˆ 미ꡭ은 λΆν•œμ„ μœ„ν˜‘ν•˜λŠ” ν•œνŽΈ, μ „μ‹œμž‘μ „κΆŒμ„ 손에 μ₯κ³  ν•œκ΅­μ„ 무μž₯μ‹œμΌœ μ™”λ‹€. λΆν•œμ€1990λ…„λŒ€μ— λ―Έκ΅­κ³Ό κ΅°μΆ•ν˜‘μ•½μ„ λ…Όμ˜ν–ˆκ³ , μ‹€μ œ ν˜‘μ˜λœ λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ˜ λ‚΄μš©μ„ μ€€μˆ˜ν•˜μ˜€μ§€λ§Œ, 미ꡭ은 약속을 지킀지 μ•Šμ•˜λ‹€. 였히렀 λΆν•œμ„ β€˜μ•…μ˜μΆ•β€™ 쀑 ν•˜λ‚˜λ‘œ 지λͺ©ν•˜λ©΄μ„œ, β€˜μ•…μ˜μΆ•β€™μœΌλ‘œ 지λͺ©λœ λ‹€λ₯Έ 두 κ΅­κ°€(리비아, 이라크)λ₯Ό νŒŒκ΄΄ν–ˆκ³ , μ΄ν›„λ‘œλŠ” 쀄곧 λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰ β€˜μ•…μ˜μΆ•β€™(μ΄λž€)을 νŒŒκ΄΄ν•˜κ² λ‹€λ©° μœ„ν˜‘ν•΄ μ™”λ‹€. κ·Έ 후에도 λΆν•œμ€ μž¬ν˜‘μƒμ˜μ§€λ₯Ό λ°ν˜”μœΌλ‚˜, 슀슀둜λ₯Ό λ³΄ν˜Έν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ ν•„μš”ν•˜λ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•œ 무기λ₯Ό λ§Œλ“€κ²Œ λ˜μ—ˆλ‹€. μ΄μ œλΌλ„ λΆν•œμ€ 미ꡭ이 λ‹€μ‹œλŠ” κ³΅κ²©ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šκ² λ‹€κ³  ν™•μ–Έν•˜κ³ , ν•œκ΅­μ— 미사일 배치λ₯Ό μ€‘λ‹¨ν•˜κ³ , λΆν•œ μ˜κ³΅κ·Όμ²˜μ—μ„œ 핡무기 μ—°μŠ΅ν›ˆλ ¨μ„ λ©ˆμΆ”λ©΄, μž¬ν˜‘μƒμ— λ‚˜μ„œκ² λ‹€λŠ” 것이닀.

μš°λ¦¬λŠ” ν•œλ°˜λ„μ˜ 평화와 톡일을 ν–₯ν•œ λ°œκ±ΈμŒμ„ λ³΄μ•˜κ³ , μ΄λŠ” λˆˆλΆ€μ‹  성과이닀. 특히 λ‚¨λΆν•œμ˜ 비폭λ ₯ μš΄λ™κ°€λ“€μ˜ 곡이 크닀. μ΄λ“€μ—κ²Œ 크고 μž‘μ€ 손길을 보탠 μ „μ„Έκ³„μ˜ 도움도 빼놓을 수 μ—†λ‹€. μ΄λ“€μ˜ 성곡은 세계에 였랜 μ „μŸμ„ λλ‚΄λŠ” 방법을 보여쀄 뿐 μ•„λ‹ˆλΌ, ν•˜λ‚˜μ˜ 본보기가 λ˜μ–΄μ€„ 것이닀.

μ‹€μ œλ‘œ μ–Όλ§ˆ μ „μ—λŠ” μ—ν‹°μ˜€ν”Όμ•„μ˜ 총리가 κ·ΈλŸ¬ν•œ μœ„μ—…μ„ 톡해 노벨평화상을 μˆ˜μƒν–ˆλ‹€. ν•œλ°˜λ„μ˜ 성곡은 κ±°κΈ°μ„œ ν•œλ°œ λ‚˜μ•„κ°€, λ―Έκ΅­μ •λΆ€κ°€ κ²°μ½” 끝내고 싢지 μ•Šμ€ β€˜μ˜€λžœμ „μŸβ€™μ„ λλ‚΄λŠ” 본보기가 λ˜μ–΄μ€„ 것이닀. μ΄μ œλŠ” 전세계 λͺ¨λ‘κ°€ ν•œλ°˜λ„μ—μ„œ λ²Œμ–΄μ§€λŠ” 일의 λ‹Ήμ‚¬μžμ΄λ‹€. 우리 λͺ¨λ‘λŠ” ν˜•μ œμžλ§€μ΄κΈ° λ•Œλ¬Έμ΄κ³ , ν•΅μœΌλ‘œ μ „μŸμ„ μ–΅μ œν•  수 μžˆλ‹€λŠ” 생각은 μœ„ν—˜ν•œ λ¬΄μ§€μ˜ 산물이기 λ•Œλ¬Έμ΄λ©°, 무엇보닀 μ„Έκ³„λŠ” 자칭 세계경찰이라고 λ‚˜μ„  미ꡭ의 λœ»μ— λ§žμ„œ 평화λ₯Ό μ§€ν‚€λŠ” 본보기가 ν•„μš”ν•˜κΈ° λ•Œλ¬Έμ΄λ‹€.

미ꡭ인듀은 ν•œκ΅­μ „μŸμ— λŒ€ν•΄ μ•„λŠ” λ°”κ°€ μ „λ¬΄ν•˜κΈ° λ•Œλ¬Έμ— λΆν•œμ€ κ·Έμ € μ•…λž„ν•˜κ³  λΉ„μ΄μ„±μ μ΄λΌλŠ” 말을 κ·ΈλŒ€λ‘œ λ―ΏλŠ”λ‹€. λΆν•œμ— μ–Όλ§ˆλ‚˜ λ§Žμ€ μ‚¬λžŒμ΄ μ‚΄κ³  μžˆλŠ”μ§€ λͺ¨λ₯΄κΈ° λ•Œλ¬Έμ— κ·Έμ € λΆν•œμ΄ 미ꡭ을 κ³΅κ²©ν•˜κ³  자유λ₯Ό μ•—μ•„κ°ˆ κ²ƒμ΄λΌλŠ” 말을 μ‚¬μ‹€λ‘œ μƒκ°ν•œλ‹€. μ‹­μ—¬ 건의 λ―Έκ΅­μ „μŸμ€ 적ꡭ에 폭탄을 νˆ¬ν•˜ν•΄ ν•΄λ‹Ήκ΅­ μ‹œλ―Όλ“€μ—κ²Œ μΈκΆŒμ„ μ°Ύμ•„μ€€ μ „μŸμœΌλ‘œ ν™λ³΄λ˜κ³  있기 λ•Œλ¬Έμ— 미ꡭ인듀은 λΆν•œμ˜ 인민듀이 μΈκΆŒμ„ μœ„ν˜‘λ°›κ³  μžˆλ‹€λŠ” 말을 μ‹ λ’°ν•˜λŠ” 것이닀. 였직 두 개의 κ±°λŒ€μ •λ‹Ήλ§Œμ΄ 미ꡭ인듀을 λŒ€λ³€ν•˜κ³  있기 λ•Œλ¬Έμ— λ„λ„λ“œ νŠΈλŸΌν”„(Donald Trump)κ°€ λΆν•œκ³Όμ˜ 평화λ₯Ό 이야기할 λ•Œ 미ꡭ인듀은 이에 κ²©λ…Έν•˜κ²Œ λœλ‹€. 미ꡭ인듀은 μœ μ—”ν—Œμž₯은 λ¬Όλ‘  μΈκ°„μ˜ ν’ˆκ²©μ„ λ¬΄μ‹œν•˜λŠ” ν•΅μ „μŸμΉ΄λ“œλ₯Ό μ“Έ λ•Œλ³΄λ‹€λ„ λΆν•œκ³Όμ˜ 평화에 λŒ€ν•΄ 훨씬 더 λΆ„λ…Έν•œλ‹€.

싀상은 미ꡭ이 μžμ‹ μ΄ λ…μž¬κ΅­κ°€λΌκ³  λΆ€λ₯΄λŠ” κ΅­κ°€λ“€ 쀑 73%에 무기λ₯Ό νŒλ§€ν•˜κ³  있으며, κ·Έ 쀑 λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ—λŠ” λ¬΄κΈ°μ‚¬μš© ν›ˆλ ¨μ„ μ œκ³΅ν•˜κ³  μžˆλ‹€. λ‹€λ§Œ λ…μž¬μžμ™€ 미ꡭ특유의 μ λŒ€κ΄€κ³„λ₯Ό λ§ΊλŠ” κ²ƒλ³΄λ‹€λŠ” λ…μž¬μžμ™€ 이야기λ₯Ό ν•˜λŠ” 게 λ‚˜μ€ 것은 ν™•μ‹€ν•˜λ‹€.

λˆ„κ΅°κ°€ νŠΈλŸΌν”„λ₯Ό(ν—€μ–΄μŠ€νƒ€μΌμ΄λ“  뭐든) μΉ­μ°¬ν•˜λ©΄, νŠΈλŸΌν”„λŠ” νŒŒλ©Έμ„ κ²½κ³ ν•˜λ‹€κ°€ λŒμ—° 평화λ₯Ό μ•½μ†ν•œλ‹€. 이럴 λ•Œ μ μ ˆν•œ λŒ€μ‘μ€ λ‹ΉνŒŒμ μΈ 뢄노도, μ£Όν•œλ―Έκ΅°μ€ ν•œκ΅­μ—μ„œ μ ˆλŒ€ λ¬ΌλŸ¬λ‚˜μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ”λ‹€λŠ” 선언도 μ•„λ‹Œ, μ•ˆλ„μ™€ 격렀가 λ˜μ–΄μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€.

그리고 ν•œκ΅­μ˜ λŒ€ν†΅λ Ήμ΄ νŠΈλŸΌν”„μ—κ²Œ 노벨평화상을 μˆ˜μ—¬ν•˜λŠ” 것이 ν•œλ°˜λ„μ— 평화λ₯Ό λΆˆλŸ¬μ˜¨λ‹€κ³  λ―ΏλŠ”λ‹€λ©΄, λ‚˜λŠ” 그에 μ „μ μœΌλ‘œ μ°¬μ„±ν•œλ‹€. 과거에도 노벨평화상은 κ·ΈλŸ΄λ§Œν•œ 업적을 남기지 μ•Šμ€ μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ—κ²Œ μˆ˜μ—¬λœ 적이 μžˆλ‹€. .

κ·ΈλŸ¬λ‚˜ κ·Έ 외에도 평화λ₯Ό λ…λ €ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ 강ꡬ할 수 μžˆλŠ” λ‹€λ₯Έ μˆ˜λ‹¨μ΄ μžˆλ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•œλ‹€. μš°λ¦¬λŠ” μ „μŸμ€ μ‘μ›ν•˜λ©΄μ„œ ν‰ν™”νšŒλ‹΄μ€ κ·œνƒ„ν•˜λŠ” 미ꡭ언둠을 수치둜 여겨야 ν•˜κ³ , 이듀을 κ°œν˜ν•˜κ³  μΈμˆ˜ν•˜μ—¬ λŒ€μ²΄ν•΄μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€. μš°λ¦¬λŠ” νŠΈλŸΌν”„μ˜ κ±°λŒ€μ „μŸ μ˜ˆκ³ μ™€ ν•¨κ»˜ λ¬΄κΈ°μ—…μ²΄μ˜ μ£Όκ°€κ°€ μ†Ÿκ΅¬μΉ  λ•ŒλŠ” λˆμ„ 벌고, 평화가 λ“±μž₯ν•  λ•ŒλŠ” λˆμ„ μžƒλŠ” μ›”μŠ€νŠΈλ¦¬νŠΈ μžλ³Έμ„ λΆ€λ„λŸ½κ²Œ 여겨야 ν•œλ‹€. λ―Έκ΅­ λ‚΄μ˜ μ—¬λŸ¬ μ •λΆ€λΆ€μ²˜μ™€ λŒ€ν•™, νˆ¬μžνŽ€λ“œκ°€ 더 이상 λŒ€λŸ‰μ‚΄μƒλ¬΄κΈ°μ— 우리의 λˆμ„ νˆ¬μžν•˜μ§€ μ•Šλ„λ‘ ν•΄μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€.

μ„Έκ³„λŠ” μœ μ—” 및 μ—¬λŸ¬ 기ꡬ듀을 톡해 ν•œκ΅­κ³Ό μ£Όλ³€μ—μ„œ 영ꡬ적이고 μ™„μ „ν•˜κ²Œ μ „μŸμ˜ˆν–‰μ—°μŠ΅μ„ 끝낼 것을 μš”κ΅¬ν•΄μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€. λ―Έκ΅­μ˜νšŒλŠ” μ΄λž€ν•΅ν•©μ˜λ₯Ό μ‘°μ•½μœΌλ‘œ λ§Œλ“€μ–΄ λ³΅μ›ν•˜κ³ , μ€‘κ±°λ¦¬ν•΅μ „λž΅μ‘°μ•½(Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty)을 μˆ˜ν˜Έν•˜λ©°, 핡확산방지쑰약을 μ€€μˆ˜ν•¨μœΌλ‘œμ¨ λΆν•œμ΄ λ―Έκ΅­μ •λΆ€κ°€ ν•˜λŠ” 말을 μ‹ λ’°ν•  수 μžˆλŠ” κ·Όκ±°λ₯Ό λ§ˆλ ¨ν•΄ μ£Όμ–΄μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€.

μœ μ—”μ€ 미ꡭ의 μ „μŸμ— ꡬ싀을 μ œκ³΅ν•˜λŠ” 역할을 λ©ˆμΆ°μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€. μœ μ—”μ€ μ§€λ‚œ1975λ…„ λ―Έκ΅­μ—κ²Œ ν•œκ΅­ λ‚΄ μ†Œμœ„ μœ μ—”μ‚¬λ ΉλΆ€λ₯Ό ν•΄μ‚°ν•˜κ³ , 미ꡭ의 제ꡭ주의적 ν–‰μœ„μ— μœ μ—”μ˜ 이름을 뢙이지 말 것을 μ§€μ‹œν•œ λ°” μžˆλ‹€. 미ꡭ은 ν•΄λ‹Ήκ²°μ˜μ•ˆμ„ μœ„λ°˜ν•˜κ³  μžˆλ‹€. 미ꡭ은 λΆν•œμ΄ 핡무기λ₯Ό λ‹€λ£¨λŠ” μˆ˜μ€€μ„ 훨씬 λ„˜μ–΄ 핡무기λ₯Ό κ°œλ°œν•˜κ³ , μ‹€ν—˜ν•˜κ³ , μ‹€μ œ μ‚¬μš©ν•  κ²ƒμ²˜λŸΌ μœ„ν˜‘ν•˜κ³  μžˆλ‹€. κ·ΈλŸΌμ—λ„ μœ μ—”(μ•ˆλ³΄λ¦¬)은 λΆν•œμ„ μ œμž¬ν•΄μ•Ό ν•  κ΅­κ°€λ‘œ, 미ꡭ은 μ œμž¬κ°€ ν•„μš”ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ€ κ΅­κ°€λ‘œ 보고 μžˆλ‹€.

μ„Έκ³„λŠ” 이미 였래 전에 미ꡭ도 λ‹€λ₯Έ λͺ¨λ“  ꡭ가와 λ™λ“±ν•˜κ²Œ λ²•μΉ˜μ£Όμ˜λ₯Ό λ”°λ₯΄λ„둝 ν–ˆμ–΄μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€. λ™μ‹œμ— λͺ¨λ“  ν•΅λ¬΄κΈ°μ˜ κΈˆμ§€λ₯Ό μ™„μˆ˜ν–ˆμ–΄μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€. λ―Έκ΅­μ—λŠ” 핡무기에 λ°˜λŒ€ν•˜λ‹€κ°€25λ…„μ˜ 징역을 μ‚΄ μœ„ν—˜μ— μ²˜ν•œ7인의 ν‚ΉμŠ€λ² μ΄ ν”Œλ‘œμš°μ‰μ–΄μ¦ˆ (Kings Bay Ploughshares 7)κ°€ μžˆλ‹€. μ–Όλ§ˆ μ „ ν•œκ΅­μ—μ„œλŠ” 미ꡭ무기의 ν•œκ΅­λ°°μΉ˜λ₯Ό λ°˜λŒ€ν•˜λ©° μžμ‹ μ— λͺΈμ— λΆˆμ„ λΆ™μ—¬ μžμ‚΄ν•œ 남성(κ³  μ‘°μ˜μ‚Ό)이 μžˆμ—ˆλ‹€. 이듀이 μ΄λ ‡κ²Œ μš©κ°ν•œ 행동을 λ³΄μ˜€λ‹€λ©΄, μš°λ¦¬λŠ” 그보닀 더 λ§Žμ€ 일을 ν•  수 μžˆμ„ 것이닀.

졜근 λ―Έκ΅­ν•˜μ›μ€ λ²•μ•ˆ ν•˜λ‚˜λ₯Ό ν†΅κ³Όμ‹œμΌ°λ‹€. 아직 μƒμ›μ˜ ν•©μ˜λ₯Ό 얻은 것은 μ•„λ‹ˆμ§€λ§Œ, 이 λ²•μ•ˆμ€1) ν•œκ΅­μ „μŸμ˜ 쒅전지지와 ν•¨κ»˜, 2)κ΅­λ°©λΆ€(Pentagon)에 전세계 미ꡰ기지가 미ꡭ을 λ”μš± μ•ˆμ „ν•˜κ²Œ λ§Œλ“€κΈ° μœ„ν•œ κ²ƒμ΄λΌλŠ” 근거의 μ œμ‹œλ₯Ό μš”κ΅¬ν•  것이닀. μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ 두 λ‹¨κ³„μ˜ μš”κ΅¬λ‘œ ν•œλ°˜λ„μ˜ ν‰ν™”ν˜‘μ •μ΄ κ°€λŠ₯ν•˜κ²Œ 될 것이고, μ™„μ „νžˆ μ€€μˆ˜λœλ‹€λ©΄, ν•œκ΅­μ„ λΉ„λ‘―ν•œ 전세계에 흩어져 μžˆλŠ” 미ꡭ의 λ―Έλ‹ˆμš”μƒˆ, 즉 미ꡰ기지 λ‚΄μ˜ κ³¨ν”„μ½”μŠ€μ™€ λ ˆμŠ€ν† λž‘ 체인은 문을 λ‹«κ²Œ 될 것이닀. 이듀 κΈ°μ§€λŠ” 듀은 미ꡭ의 μ•ˆμ „μ„ 도λͺ¨ν•˜κΈ° λ³΄λ‹€λŠ”, λ§Žμ€ 경우 μ λŒ€ν–‰μœ„λ₯Ό λ§Œλ“€μ–΄λ‚΄κΈ° λ•Œλ¬Έμ΄λ‹€. κ·ΈλŸ¬λ―€λ‘œ μš°λ¦¬λŠ” μ΄λŸ¬ν•œ μ‘°μΉ˜λ“€μ„ 이λ₯Έλ°” κ΅­λ°©μˆ˜κΆŒλ²• (National Defense Authorization Act)에 λ‹΄μ•„μ•Ό ν•  것이닀.

κΆκ·Ήμ μœΌλ‘œλŠ” λ―Έκ΅­μ •λΆ€κ°€ ν•œλ°˜λ„μ—μ„œ 손을 λ—„ κ³„νšμ„ μ„Έμš°κ³  μ‹€μ²œν•˜λ„λ‘ κ°•μ œν•  μ „μ„Έκ³„μ‹œλ―Όκ³Ό λ―Έκ΅­ λ‚΄ μ‹œλ―Όμ‚¬νšŒ, ꡭ제기ꡬ의 μ••λ ₯이 ν•„μš”ν•  것이닀. 이것이 ν•œλ°˜λ„λ₯Ό ν¬κΈ°ν•œλ‹€λŠ” 것을 μ˜λ―Έν•˜λŠ” 것은 κ²°μ½” μ•„λ‹ˆλ‹€. 였히렀 ν†΅μΌλœ λ˜λŠ” 톡일을 ν–₯ν•΄κ°€λŠ” ν•œκ΅­κ³Ό λ”μš± κΉŠμ€ μš°μ •μ„ λ‚˜λˆŒ 수 μžˆλ‹€. λΆ„λͺ…νžˆ λ§ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ λ‚˜λŠ” (미ꡰ이) μžμ‹ μ˜ 집을 무λ ₯으둜 μ κ±°ν•˜λŠ” 것을 κ±°λΆ€ν•˜λŠ” μ‚¬λžŒλ“€κ³Ό μš°μ •μ„ 맺을 수 μžˆλ‹€. κ΅­κ°€λΌλŠ” κ΄€μ μ—μ„œλŠ” κ·ΈλŸ¬ν•œ μš°μ •μ€ ν”μΉ˜ μ•Šκ³  λ°˜μ—­μ μœΌλ‘œ 듀릴 μˆ˜λ„ 있으며, 고립주의적인 κ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ λ“€λ¦¬κ² μ§€λ§Œ, κ·ΈλŸΌμ—λ„ λΆˆκ΅¬ν•˜κ³  λ‚˜λŠ” κ·ΈλŸ¬ν•œ μš°μ •μ΄ κ°€λŠ₯ν•˜λ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•œλ‹€.

ν•œλ°˜λ„λŠ” μ „μ„Έκ³„μ˜ 일뢀일 뿐이닀. ν•œλ°˜λ„μ™€ λ§ˆμ°¬κ°€μ§€λ‘œ 세계 λͺ¨λ“  κ³³μ—μ„œ μ „μŸκ³Ό μ „μŸμ€€λΉ„λ₯Ό 끝내기 μœ„ν•΄ μ ˆλ°•ν•¨μ„ 가지고 λ‚˜μ•„κ°€μ•Ό ν•œλ‹€. 이것이 λ°”λ‘œ λ‚΄κ°€ μ΄λ„λŠ” κΈ€λ‘œλ²Œ 단체인WBW(WorldBeyondWar)의 λͺ©μ μ΄κΈ°λ„ ν•˜λ‹€. μ§€κΈˆμ΄λΌλ„ worldbeyondwar.org의 ν™ˆνŽ˜μ΄μ§€λ₯Ό λ°©λ¬Έν•˜μ—¬ 175κ°œκ΅­μ—μ„œ μ„œλͺ…μž‘μ—…μ΄ μ§„ν–‰λ˜λŠ” 평화선언에 동참해쀄 것을 μš”μ²­ν•œλ‹€.

μš°λ¦¬κ°€ ν•¨κ»˜ νž˜μ„ λͺ¨μœΌλ©΄ μ „μŸκ³Ό μ „μŸμœ„ν˜‘μ„ 과거의 기둝으둜 돌릴 수 μžˆλ‹€. μ •ν˜œλΌ λ²ˆμ—­.

2 thoughts on “The World Must Compel the U.S. to Allow Korea to Have Peace”

  1. David, I keep forgetting to comment and thank you for the work you do. However I do copy and paste and send to various people I know, I wish with more influence than myself, but then, every little bit matters. You, and World Beyond War, are a resource for all of us who act as ell as we can in our own spaces.

  2. A profound and encompassing essay, David. I am with you all the way except for one word:

    “But the primary impediment to peace in Korea appears to be the United States: its government, its media, its billionaires, its people, and even the arm of the U.S. called the United Nations.” — “billionaires”. Not all billionaires are evil; becoming rich through productive work that provides benefits to willing customers is not a crime. Those who become rich through demagoguery and government manipulation are not primarily billionaires but predators. Perhaps the word needed in your sentence is “weapons manufacturers” and “war profiteers”. Please do not condemn all rich people for what a few bad ones do.

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