[imc-korea] [nousbases] Fwd: [famoksaiyanfriends] Campaign to End the Korean War Action Alert – ONLINE PETITION AND LETTERS TO OBAMA

[Sung-Hee Choi]

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From: Martha Duenas <martduenas at yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 6:16 AM
Subject: [famoksaiyanfriends] Campaign to End the Korean War Action Alert –
ONLINE PETITION AND LETTERS TO OBAMA
To: Famoksaiyan Friends <famoksaiyanfriends at lists.riseup.net>


 *From APICAW - Asian Pacific Islander Coalition Against the War *

*  *

*dear everyone,

as many of you have no doubt heard, the obama administration--which has
pursued a reckless neoconservative policy in northeast asia--has recently
sent admiral mike mullen, the head of the joint chiefs of staff, to the
region to thump his chest.  recently, we've witnessed one massive joint
military exercise after another--u.s. and japan, u.s. and south korea--which
contributes greatly to regional instability.  the u.s., japan, and south
korea have reconsolidated their cold war alliance, and south korea recently
changed its rules of engagement so that it is positioned to strike north
korea not in tit-for-tat measure but with disproportionate force.  the
foundation is set for all-out conflict, and the stakes are nuclear.

with all this in mind, the national campaign to end the korean war has just
launched an online petition and letters to obama calling for the u.s. to
pursue the path of peace in korea.  we are circulating the following action
alert (see below).

a few urgent requests: *

   1. *could you take a moment to sign the petition as an individual?
   *
   2. *could circulate the below action alert to organizations that would be
   willing--as organizations--to endorse this petition?  (see #2 below.)
   *
   3. *could you circulate the following action alert widely to friends and
   allies?*

*christine*

*Action Alert – ONLINE PETITION AND LETTERS TO OBAMA

*
*P*lease join the National Campaign to End the Korean War (
www.endthekoreanwar.org<http://nodutdol.org/index.php/news/archives/339/www.endthekoreanwar.org>)
in an ongoing online demonstration.

We have launched a petition and letter-writing campaign to President
Obama, calling for the de-escalation of recent military hostilities
surrounding the Korean Peninsula. With our economy in desperate straits and
our military overstretched in Iraq and Afghanistan, now is the time to
prioritize peace in Korea. We object to the use of American taxpayer money
to stage costly and unnecessary military exercises in recurring massive war
games, involving tens of thousands of US and South Korean troops. These war
games intensify the risk that an accident could quickly spiral into general
warfare, which could kill millions of innocent people. We invite wide
participation by all who support the return to diplomacy to achieve peace in
Korea.

*1. Sign the petition, President Obama: Pursue the Opportunity for Peace in
Korea <http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/peace-in-Korea/>
http://bit.ly/korean-peace1%20
*
*
*
*2. Ask your organization to endorse the petition by sending a message to
info at endthekoreanwar.org.*
*
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*3. Join the letter-writing
campaign<http://peaceinkorea.posterous.com/letter-to-pres-obama-pursue-peace-in-korea>by
sending an electronic letter to President Obama. For details, see this
site, http://bit.ly/korean-peace*
*
*
*4. Send a paper copy of your letter to President Obama. If you prefer,
simply print out the Open Letter and add a note, card, or your own letter.
No matter how brief you cover note is, it would be most effective if it is
hand-written. This confirms that we are a growing movement of real, live,
concerned citizens.
*
*
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*5**. Contact your personal  and professional network through email,
Facebook, Twitter, personal blogs, phone calls, and ask your friends,
colleagues and family members to sign the petition and to send letters to
President Obama. *

*6. Have Twitter? Use the hashtag #koreanpeace in your tweets to make this a
trending topic. *

*7. Tweet your elected officials and other world leaders about the
escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula and demand an immediate halt to
the U.S.-South Korean war games.*

• Look for your Members of Congress on Twitter. Click
here<http://http//tweetcongress.org/members/> to
look for their twitter accounts.

• U.S. President Barack Obama (@barackobama <http://twitter.com/barackobama>),
the White House (@whitehouse <http://twitter.com/whitehouse>), and the U.S.
Department of State (@StateDept <http://twitter.com/StateDept>)

• South Korean Blue House (@BluehouseKorea<http://twitter.com/BluehouseKorea>)
and the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
(@mofatkr<http://twitter.com/mofatkr>
)

• United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
(@secgen<http://twitter.com/secgen>)
and the United Nations (@UN <http://twitter.com/UN>)

*8. Ask those in your network to consider making a
donation<http://www.endthekoreanwar.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38>to
the National Campaign to End the Korean War so that we can take out an
ad
in a major newspaper to publicize our Open Letter to President Obama.
http://bit.ly/korean-peace-donate*

Thank you for your support,
National Campaign to End the Korean War
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