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NKorea vows to bolster military power
2007-03-26
North Korea vowed on Sunday to bolster its “self-defensive deterrence” saying a military exercise launched by South Korea and the United States could jeopardise nuclear disarmament talks. “If the aggressors ignite a war on this land, the army and people of the DPRK (North Korea) will resolutely retaliate against them with merciless deadly blows,” the Korean National Peace Committee said in a statement.

North Korea will bolster its “self-defensive deterrence for defending the dignity and sovereignty of the Korean nation to cope with the provocative moves of the US and south Korean warmongers,” it said. The North has used the word “self-defensive deterrence” in referring to atomic bombs since its nuclear test last October. The warning came as the week-long RSOI (Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration) and Foal Eagle exercise began across South Korea Sunday.
Posted by:Fred

#7  If the aggressors ignite a war on this land, the army and people of the DPRK (North Korea) will resolutely retaliate against them with merciless deadly blows

I still get nostalgic for the good ol' days of "seas of fire" and "running dogs" spittle-spewing rhetoric.
Posted by: xbalanke   2007-03-26 14:23  

#6  Here ya go...

U.S. and S. Korean Warmongers' DPRK-Targeted War Exercises Assailed

Pyongyang, March 25 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Korean National Peace Committee released a statement on Sunday to denounce the U.S. and south Korean warmongers for staging the DPRK-targeted RSOI and field mobile exercise in south Korea defying strong protest.

The launch of the above-said war maneuvers is a product of deliberately planned and systematic moves of the U.S. and south Korean bellicose forces to prevent the desire for peace and reconciliation from growing stronger and escalate tension on the Korean Peninsula in a bid to frustrate the process of dialogue and peace and, furthermore, ignite a war, the statement said, and continued: The above-said RSOI and field mobile exercise is an extension of the moves to provoke a war against the DPRK and an extremely dangerous preliminary war, a test nuclear war before going over to an actual war. This saber-rattling just launched behind the curtain of "dialogue" and "peace" is a very rude act proving their utter lack of good faith and courtesy and an unpardonable perfidy to the dialogue partner.

This clearly indicates that the U.S. and south Korean authorities' talk about "dialogue" and "improved relations" is nothing but hypocrisy and they are still persisting in their hostile policy toward the DPRK and confrontation with it.

The army and people of the DPRK will bolster the self-defensive deterrence for defending the dignity and sovereignty of the Korean nation to cope with the provocative moves of the U.S. and south Korean warmongers for a war of aggression against it. If the aggressors ignite a war on this land, the army and people of the DPRK will resolutely retaliate against them with merciless deadly blows.

The U.S. would be well advised to stop at once its reckless war exercises against the DPRK, which are harmful to the settlement of the nuclear issue and peace of the Korean Peninsula and driving the situation to a phase of confrontation and war.

The south Korean authorities should immediately halt their criminal acts of participating in the war moves of the outside forces against the Korean nation and peace, well aware that their involvement in the outside forces-led saber-rattling against the fellow countrymen is a treacherous act of driving the inter-Korean relations to a collapse in violation of the June 15 joint declaration.


They need to discover exclamation points and the cap lock key. Maybe they should read more Joe Mendiola...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-03-26 12:00  

#5  It's time for the annual KCNA Adjective Festival.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2007-03-26 11:31  

#4  That IS snark? isn't it?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-03-26 06:01  

#3  Personally, I think the 25 million being held back might be worth the mercy they'd show us, before they commence to 'blows'! We otta give them the cash, and thank our lucky stars that they'll hold back those 'blows'!
Posted by: smn   2007-03-26 03:00  

#2  Snort! From an economy that can't even put together its own version of a Cessna? Har!
Posted by: gorb   2007-03-26 01:29  

#1  1)bol·ster
Pronunciation: 'bOl-st&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English belg (bag)
1 : a long pillow or cushion

Maybe a window treatment too...
Posted by: mojo   2007-03-26 00:23  

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