Posted on 07/23/2006 3:13:22 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
North Korea Claims It Is Not Little Boy
By Park Song-wu
Staff Reporter
North Korea is not a ``little boy'' as it already has nuclear weapons and will not succumb to the pressure from ``big brothers,'' Kim Gye-gwan, North Korea's vice foreign minister, told three Americans visiting Pyongyang when the North launched missiles.
The plural form of brother indicates that the North was irritated by the pressure not only from the United States but also from China, its long-time communist ally and the main provider of humanitarian goods.
The Nautilus Institute, a U.S. think tank on security and sustainability, posted on its Web site a report of the trip written by Paul Carroll, program officer at the Ploughshares Fund, one of the three Americans present in Pyongyang, July 4-8.
During a meeting with Kim on July 6, a day after the North launched seven missiles, the North Korean official made what seemed to be a reference to the Pyongyang-Beijing relations.
``With respect to our missile launch, I am awaiting responses from other parties,'' Kim was quoted by Carroll as saying. ``What I hear is Big Brothers saying to Little Brother 'don't do that' but we are not a little boy, we have nuclear weapons.''
Other comments of note Carroll got over the next two days from other North Korean officials were that such tests were a way to strengthen North Korea's strength overall so that it could contribute to the ``balance of power'' in the region, thus ensuring stability.
``Upon our departure, my own impression was some wonderment that not only were three Americans allowed in during this timeframe, but the level of interaction we had and its long duration _ perhaps 10 hours of face time over three days _ was startling,'' Carroll said.
He concluded his report by underlining the necessity of engagement with North Korea on many fronts, ``particularly in the absence of official relations.''
Interesting choice of words, 'little boy,' since it is a code-name for Hiroshima nuke. The choice could be coincidental, though.
Ping!
And a teenager without a license joy riding in his parents' car has the judgment and maturity of an adult.
I wonder what Kim Jong has sold to Ahmadinejad.
North Korea is really a troubled nation. They can't stand to be without attention and they have nothing positive to offer. So they have to misbehave. Like a bad kid in school. With the missiles they have and the nuclear weapons they could have, they need to be the object of further positive attention from the U.S......
"Waaaaa...look at me! Look at me!" NK certainly sounds like a spoiled brat. With the TV cameras all in Israel, they are trying to regain the spotlight. The world should just ignore them as adults ignore temper childish temper tantrums.
"The choice could be coincidental, though."
OPINION: It is an interesting choice of words.
The "little boy" wording seems very immature.
I wonder if Little Kim & Co. are choosing these
words deliberately just to build up the hype and
fear.
Afterall, what do they have to loose, but another
missile into the ocean -- while the people starve
in North Korea.
Note to the Ronery one:
dear leader Kimmy, you haven't detonated one yet, and till you do, you ain't in the Club.
5.56mm
Not only is DPRK a 'little boy', their Great Leader is a 'fat man'. If you get my allegoric twist here! If they don't watch it, they may get two of these dropped on Mt. Chonma.
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