On the eve of the second Trump-Kim summit, during which an announcement
on ending the 1950 Korean War was presented as a possibility, lawmakers
in the House introduced a resolution that would also call for an end to the conflict.
The resolution calls for a “clear roadmap for achieving permanent peace
and the peaceful denuclearizaiton of the Korean Peninsula.” There is as
of yet no Senate version of the bill announced.
Whether or not there will be one likely is going to depend heavily on
what progress the summit yields of peace talks. If Trump is making
progress toward peace, the Republican Senate will likely endorse it.
That this is being introduced in Congress at all is a huge positive
sign, as both parties have been broadly dismissive of North Korean calls
to end the war for decades. It is only within the past year of
diplomatic engagement that such a bill even seems possible.
An armistice which no one expects to be broken is useless garbage.
Another fake resolution going nowhere.