Thread by @BonicMichael

@ReiMurasame @JoeBiden Re 1: An Armistice is meant as temporary stopgap right? It can go on “forever” (e.g. the ”forever war” that Koreans allude to = 70 years is a long time), but ultimately it’ll be resolved thru one outcome of a binary set: [peace treaty; resumption of war]. B/t ☮️ or war imo

@ReiMurasame @JoeBiden everyone should be all in for ☮️. To put more weight on making KJU accountable for his so-called “crimes against Koreans” than ending the Korean War could put millions of lives at risk. It’s a tug-of-war b/t war & peace. There WILL be a winner. We cannot let it be Korean War 2.0.

@ReiMurasame @JoeBiden The Korean War hasn’t ended. The Armistice is innately volatile & deceptively projects a false sense of peace. The Korean Peninsula in under WARTIME. Relations b/t combatants remain a smoldering ember until the US/UNC, China & DPRK end the war. If there’s a nuclear Korean War 2.0

@ReiMurasame @JoeBiden then KJU’s so-called “crimes against the Korean people” will be a drop in the bucket compared to suffering that'll ensue if millions of North and South Korean lives are lost in the madness. So don’t you think ENDING the war first, and THEN trying to holding Kim accountable, is

@ReiMurasame @JoeBiden better - for the Korean people, N & S - than prolonging the Armistice & risking renewing conflict that could go nuclear & result in 10M deaths (which might include Japanese as well)? Imo, by default, a chance to END the 70-year K War takes priority over all else. ☮️ saves lives!

@ReiMurasame @JoeBiden Re 2: Not sure who the “arbiter” should be, but if the armies of the US/UNC, China & DPRK signed the Armistice, conventional wisdom is that these same 3 entities today must sign the document that officially ends the Korean War and ushers in (legal) peacetime. The US can’t be the

@ReiMurasame @JoeBiden arbiter b/c it’s one of the signatories. Ending the Korean War should happen in a multilateral setting and be celebrated.

Re 3: I agree in general except Trump is a once in a century opportunity. DC & the US MIC would never approach DPRK as he has. He’s on a roll w/ ☮️ treaties.

@ReiMurasame @JoeBiden No one has a crystal ball. The stakes in the KP are high. Trump’s sense is to END wars, bring troops home & save $$$. His good relationship w/ KJU could put ending the war on the table on 2021 (if Trump wins), or not. Time will tell. Either way US-DPRK relations are better w/ 45.

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