Posted on 12/08/2001 6:25:13 AM PST by Bad~Rodeo
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of trying to start a war against the communist state, and said it will respond to war with war.
Saturday's statement came after President Bush issued a fresh warning last week to Iraq and North Korea that there would be consequences if they produce weapons of mass destruction. Bush demanded that the North allow U.N. experts to inspect its suspected nuclear weapons program.
The North's Stalinist regime regularly issues strident, hardline statements against the United States.
Bush's demand reflected an "attempt to provoke a new war of aggression against the (North)," Minju Joson, a state-run North Korean newspaper, said in a commentary.
"The Korean people and the People's Army do not want war but are not afraid of it," it said. "Now that the U.S. makes desperate efforts to unleash a war of aggression against the Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea, it is fully ready to react to the war with a war of justice."
The commentary was carried by the North's official foreign news outlet, KCNA, which was monitored in Seoul.
North Korea has escalated its anti-U.S. rhetoric after Washington deployed more fighter jets to South Korea last month to fill in for a U.S. aircraft carrier that left the region to support the American military campaign in Afghanistan.
The North has also ignored Bush's offer in June to open dialogue aimed at curbing North Korea's missile and nuclear programs and its massive deployment of troops near the border with South Korea.
The Korean peninsula was divided into the communist North and pro-Western South in 1945. The 1950-53 Korean War ended without a peace treaty, and the two sides are still technically at war.
I wonder how many defense related industries will
pop up...... hmmm... Time to buy stock in Raytheon?
They better be afraid of it. Somehow I don't believe this is a time for taunting the U.S.
I always used to get a kick out of the names the commies gave to their countries. As if we would say, "oh its a democratic country! Nothing to worry about here."
War, with North Korea?
Simple -- we set up two tables. The first one, located in between the two opposing forces, has a sign facing North that says "Place rifle here, and proceed South".
The second table, located well to the South of the border, has a sign that says "Place right hand here for rubber stamping, and line up to the right. Your free Happy Meals will be delivered as soon as you are processed into POW camp. Have a nice day."
"We will give the US the mother of all battles." - Saddam Hussein
"We are not afraid of America. Afghanistan will be a quagmire for them." - Taliban
That is not to say that they would prevail. They would not. The USMC Expeditionary Force on Okinawa as well as west coast units and USA units would be deployed fairly quickly. It is also believed that the North has such limited resources that their offensive would sputter in 7-10 days. But, it would be a hellish ten days.
If memory serves me correct, Chinese soldiers have been killed fighting alongside the TALIWEENIES
OOPSIES??
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