Posted on 07/12/2007 8:48:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's military proposed Friday holding direct talks with U.S. forces, an unusual plea amid recent progress on the nuclear standoff between the two countries.
The North's Korean Peoples Army proposed the talks, also be attended by a U.N. representative, "for the purpose of discussing the issues related to ensuring the peace and security on the Korean peninsula," the chief of the North Korean military's mission at the truce village of Panmunjom said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
"It is easy to miss a chance, but difficult to get it," the North warned.
The request came amid a lengthy statement by the North criticizing Washington for stoking tension on the peninsula through the international standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
The military said that if U.S. pressure persists, implementing recent agreements on the nuclear issue would not be possible. It added the North also "will have no option but to exert utmost efforts for further rounding off the means for retaliatory strike strong enough to cope with the U.S. nuclear attack and pre-emptive strike in order to protect its dignity, sovereignty and right to existence."
The request is based on a position of STRENGTH based on recent events.
"It's easy to own a country, but difficult to do anything with a radioactive wasteland."
S'matter, Chia Boy, getting hungry? Scared? Pissed off because nobody is listening?
OMG, please don't scare us again with another one of your awesome, world attention getting "nuclear fire power demonstrations!"
Chia Boy, talk to the hand.
Ummm, what tension? If there were any tension, there wouldn't be busloads of G.I. tourists going to the DMZ every weekend (book at least 3 weeks in advance, it's a popular tour).
Overthrow your leader, and then we’ll talk.
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