From Veterans For Peace-Peace Is Possible

	Between now and November 8th, Veterans For Peace has a unique opportunity to highlight that #PeaceIsPossible.  We can and MUST use every venue to share our experiences and help people understand that war is not the answer. Every week, from now until the election, Veterans For Peace will release a list of questions for the presidential candidates, and we want YOUR help  Our focus this week: US Military and Foreign Policy in Korea. There are rising military tensions on the Korean Peninsula, with large-scale joint war drills, an alarming arms race, and increasing hostility between the U.S. and North Korea (DPRK). What would you do to reduce the current military tensions and help bring about permanent peace in Korea? There are no official contacts or exchange programs between the U.S. and North Korea at this time. Is this a good policy? Would you support people-to-people exchange programs between the two countries, including use of the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)? To help end the agony of the surviving family members of some 5,000 missing U.S. soldiers in North Korea—a painful legacy from the Korean War of 1950-53—do you think the U.S. should resume the Dept. of Defense’s search and repatriation operations to retrieve the remains of missing U.S. soldiers in North Korea, which were suspended in 2005? In September 2014, the Obama Administration announced a new antipersonnel landmine policy, which stated that the United States will “not use antipersonnel landmines outside the Korean Peninsula.” Is this exception a good policy for further development of international humanitarian law? If not, do you think the U.S should join the 162 nations that ratified the Mine Ban Treaty (a.k.a. Ottawa Treaty)? There are over 100,000 Korean American families, who have been separated from their loved ones in North Korea for more than 60 years. What measures do you think the U.S. should take to end this cruel human tragedy and achieve a speedy reunion of separated families? Submit your own question to the candidates! Help Us Put Peace Back In The Conversation! Send the above questions to each of the Presidential Candidates: Hillary ClintonDonald TrumpJill SteinGary Johnson Tweet to the Presidential candidates.  Make sure to use #PeaceIsPossible. Hillary Clinton:  @HillaryClinton Donald Trump:  @realDonaldTrump Jill Stein: @DrJillStein Gary Johnson: @GovGaryJohnson Find your local presidential campaign office and deliver the questionnaire in person. DONATE: Support the work of the Korea Peace Campaign, a national project of VFP whose mission is to achieve a peaceful end to the lingering, costly Korean War; heal the wounds of the War; and promote reconciliation and friendship between American and Korean people. The people of the world are crying out for a path different than the one we are on today. You are not fooled by those who are leading us down a path of division and hate.  We all know #PeaceIsPossible and working together we will bring about the world we seek, a world without war. Check out last weeks questions on nuclear weapons!
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