The United States is reported to have shipped enough war material
into south Korea to swiftly arm reinforcements from its main bases
inside the United States in the "event of a contingency on the
Korean Peninsula," according to U.S. military sources. Rodong
sinmun, organ of the Workers' Party of Korea, strongly denounced
this provocation in a September 14 commentary. The paper reminds
everyone that Korea and the U.S. are still at war, that a peace
agreement was never signed and the U.S. military still stations
large forces in and around the Korean Peninsula.
The paper warns the U.S. to remember that in such a situation
"a war may be ignited by any accidental factor." It suggests that
the DPRK-U.S. framework agreement gives "the impression that the
U.S. is interested in peace," but in reality it is propping up its
puppets in the south and increasing its military presence. It is an
unstable no war-no peace arrangement intended "to stifle the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea by force of arms under the
veil of 'peace'."
The U.S. maintains a strong military presence that could
launch a surprise attack on the DPRK at any minute under any
ridiculous pretext, such as they just did in Iraq - an attack that
even the U.S. imperialists are having difficulty justifying in
logic.
Rodong sinmun concludes: "Ours is a heroic people who defeated
two imperialist invasions of the nation (Japan and the U.S.) and
who do not yield to any threat at all. (Our) vigilant and
invincible revolutionary armed forces will not pardon any surprise
provocation by the enemy. If the U.S. thinks that by strength and
trickery they can defeat the DPRK, it is a mistake. The U.S. would
be well-advised to act with discretion."
Shawgi Tell
University at Buffalo
Graduate School of Education
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