Posted on 02/10/2005 2:29:18 AM PST by HAL9000
The following text is the full statement released on Thursday by North Korea's KCNA news agency. North Korea refers to itself as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)."Pyongyang, February 10 (KCNA) - The DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement Thursday to clarify its stand to cope with the grave situation created by the US hostile policy toward the DPRK.
The statement says:
The second-term Bush administration's intention to antagonize the DPRK and isolate and stifle it at any cost has become quite clear.
As we have clarified more than once, we justly urged the US to renounce its hostile policy toward the DPRK whose aim was to seek the latter's "regime change" and switch its policy to that of peaceful co-existence between the two countries. We have closely followed with patience what policy the second-term Bush regime would shape after clarifying the stand that in that case it would be possible to solve the nuclear issue, too.
However, the administration turned down our just request and adopted it as its policy not to co-exist with the DPRK through the president's inaugural address and the state of the union address and the speech made by the secretary of State at the Congress hearing to get its approval, etc.
The remarks made by senior officials of the administration clarifying the official political stance of the US contained no word showing any willingness to co-exist with the DPRK or make a switchover in its policy toward it.
On the contrary, they have declared it as their final goal to terminate the tyranny, defined the DPRK, too, as an "outpost of tyranny" and blustered that they would not rule out the use of force when necessary.
And they pledged to build a world based on the US view on value through the "spread of American style liberty and democracy."
The true intention of the second-term Bush administration is not only to further its policy to isolate and stifle the DPRK pursued by the first-term office but to escalate it. As seen above, the US has declared a new ideological stand-off aimed at a "regime change" in the DPRK while talking much about "peaceful and diplomatic solution" to the nuclear issue and the "resumption of the six-party talks" in a bid to mislead the world public opinion.
This is nothing but a far-fetched logic of gangsters as it is a good example fully revealing the wicked nature and brazen-faced double-dealing tactics of the U.S. as a master hand at plot-breeding and deception.
The DPRK has clarified its stand that it would not pursue anti-Americanism and treat the US as a friendly nation if it neither slanders the political system in the DPRK nor interferes in its internal affairs. It has since made every possible effort to settle the nuclear issue and improve the bilateral relations.
However, the US interpreted this as a sign of weakness, defiled the dignified political system in the DPRK chosen by its people and wantonly interfered in its internal affairs. The US, turning down the DPRK's request to roll back its anti-DPRK hostile policy, a major stumbling block in the way of settling the nuclear issue, treated it as an enemy and, not content with this, totally rejected it, terming it "tyranny." This deprived the DPRK of any justification to negotiate with the U.S. and participate in the six-party talks.
Is it not self-contradictory and unreasonable for the US to urge the DPRK to come out to the talks while negating its dialogue partner? This is the height of impudence.
The US now foolishly claims to stand by the people in the DPRK while negating the government chosen by the people themselves. We advise the US to negotiate with dealers in peasant markets it claims they are to its liking or with representatives of "the organization of north Korean defectors" on its payroll if it wishes to hold talks.
Japan is now persistently pursuing its hostile policy toward the DPRK, toeing the US line.
Moreover, it fabricated the issue of false remains over the "abduction issue" that had already been settled in a bid to nullify the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration and stop any process to normalize diplomatic relations with the DPRK. How can we sit at the negotiating table with such a party?
It is the trend of the new century and wish of humankind to go in for peace, co-existence and prosperity irrespective of differing ideology, system and religious belief.
It is by no means fortuitous that the world people raise their voices cursing and censuring the Bush administration as a group pursuing tyranny prompted by its extreme misanthropy, swimming against such trend of the world.
We have shown utmost magnanimity and patience for the past four years since the first Bush administration swore in.
We can not spend another four years as we did in the past four years and there is no need for us to repeat what we did in those years.
The DPRK Foreign Ministry clarifies as following to cope with the grave situation created by the US hostile policy toward the DPRK:
First. We have wanted the six-party talks but we are compelled to suspend our participation in the talks for an indefinite period till we have recognized that there is justification for us to attend the talks and there are ample conditions and atmosphere to expect positive results from the talks.
The present deadlock of the six-party talks is attributable to the US hostile policy toward the DPRK.
There is no justification for us to participate in the six-party talks again given that the Bush administration termed the DPRK, a dialogue partner, an "outpost of tyranny", putting into the shade the hostile policy, and totally negated it.
Second. The US disclosed its attempt to topple the political system in the DPRK at any cost, threatening it with a nuclear stick. This compels us to take a measure to bolster its nuclear weapons arsenal in order to protect the ideology, system, freedom and democracy chosen by its people.
It is the spirit of the Korean people true to the Songun politics to respond to good faith and the use of force in kind.
We had already taken the resolute action of pulling out of the NPT and have manufactured nukes for self-defence to cope with the Bush administration's evermore undisguised policy to isolate and stifle the DPRK.
Its nuclear weapons will remain nuclear deterrent for self-defence under any circumstances.
The present reality proves that only powerful strength can protect justice and truth.
The US evermore reckless moves and attempt to attack the DPRK only reinforce its pride of having already consolidated the single-minded unity of the army and people and increased the capability for self-defence under the uplifted banner of Songun. The DPRK's principled stand to solve the issue through dialogue and negotiations and its ultimate goal to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula remain unchanged."
Is Howie Dean now the spokesman for Kim Jong "Very" Ill?
But since the damage has been done, its up to another Republican to fix a Demwits mess.
The ronery one in North Korea must be living in some alternate reality to be hearing this anti-North Korea rhetoric 24/7. The only time I hear about North Korea is when he says the US better stop talking about regime change there. The man is certifiably insane and is just begging for someone to invade and take his weapons away.
It will probably have to happen because he's too mentally unstable to have nukes.
This one statement puts the lie to the whole.
Bailiff, whack his Nuclear Reactor..
Reading this statement it occurs to me that these idiots have totally lost sight of the line where the propaganda used on the imprisoned population within their borders leaves off and the propaganda they feed the rest of the world begins.
They cannot seriously expect that anyone not subjected to 24/7/365 brainwashing would buy this tripe.
This guy is really scary.
Personally, I don't think he has nukes.
Either that, or he can't KNOW that he does.
The fact is, they have not tested one. And until you test one you don't know if you've got one, I don't care how great you think your design is.
I think if they had a working design they'd test one, they have mine shafts in N Korea so thy wouldn't have to do it above ground. We would be able to detect it and that would end the debate on whether or not her's got them
He may have processed the fuel rods. Hey may have *some* Pu-239 if he did it right. He may have some design in one for or another. I am skeptical that he has any fully operational weapons assembled.
I believe it when he tests one. Until then, I will not discount the possibility (that would be foolish) but you have to think, no truth will ever come out of that country.. his technicians may have flubbed the reprocessing and now they've got a lump of alpha-emitting sh** that he can't do anything with. Remember, he likes to show off. When he was working on his big phallic missiles he launched them over Japan for a big show to let everyone know how bad ass he thinks he is. "I'm so ronery, i buird a three stage missre"
Seems like a lot of big talk to me, a big mouth with no nuts behind it.
I call Kim's bluff. Set one off, big dog, then we'll talk.
Bones
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