February 18, 2003

N Korea threatens to scrap truce

North Korea has threatened to pull out of the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War, accusing the United States of breaking its terms.
A statement, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), accused the United States of bolstering its forces in the region and mounting a naval blockade.

Earlier on Monday, the United States and South Korea announced they would stage joint military exercises in South Korea next month, in a move which was thought likely to heighten tensions with the North.

Tensions on the peninsula have risen dramatically since North Korea revived its nuclear programme and pulled out of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) late last year.

The Korean War ended with an armistice in 1953 - not a peace treaty.
This means that the peninsula is still technically at war. The border between the north and the south is one of the world's most heavily armed.[...]

The UN Security Council is due to discuss the crisis soon - a move the Koreans have fiercely condemned.

Pyongyang has said the imposing of sanctions would be seen as an act of war.

These people give new meaning to the words bellicose, intransigent and desperate.
Every day it's a new threat and more saber-rattling.
I'm afraid this is due to 2 things:
1. The fact that so far nothing has happened to Saddam Hussein when he flaunts UN resolutions and doesn't cooperate with IAEA inspectors.
So the NorKs are not worried about "consequences" in the least if they continue with nuclear proliferation.
2. They're learning to play the Saddam PR game and have had their "cause" espoused by the media and the "Western street."
Undeniably, the power behind the ANSWER protests are openly Marxist and among the bloody Communist regimes they support are Kim Jung-Il's in North Korea.
If you think that the NorKs didn't notice the "anti-America" protests--which they've been having for 50 years in NorK--you're sorely mistaken.
So, two conclusions can be drawn from this:
A. Take care of Saddam by force decisively and quickly with or without another UN resolution (preferable without, in my book).
B. Pray that the dupes and useful idiots that have participated in these "peace protests" get some clues right quick about who and what it is they're "supporting" with their "voices."