STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Have you visited eBayTM lately? The Worlds Marketplace where you can buy and sell practically anything keeps getting better. From consumer electronics to movies, find it all on eBay. What are you waiting for? Try eBay today. http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/ebay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . .Rodong Sinmun calls for strengthening armed forces Pyongyang, June 28 (KCNA) -- A nation with a weak army is bound to lose its country and become slaves of imperialists but a nation with a strong army can defend its country and enjoy an independent life, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article. The article goes on: President Kim Il Sung enunciated the proposition that "people are bound to become slaves when rifles get rusty." This explains the idea of giving priority to the army which should be maintained in the revolution and construction. In order to defend independence of the working people it is necessary to strengthen the armed forces. The independence of the popular masses is guaranteed by the army. It is a powerful force to crush the counter-revolutionary forces and emerge victorious in the revolution. The force of arms should be countered by the force of arms. This is the only way of preventing people from being reduced to slaves and achieving independent development. If armed forces are ideologically disarmed, a country is bound to go to ruin. Rifles in the hands of those forces are worse than wooden sticks and an army disloyal to the cause of independence of the popular masses can never defend its country and nation. It is a lesson and truth grasped by the army and people of the DPRK in the acute confrontation with imperialists that the most right way of protecting the destiny of the country and nation is to give priority to the army. The Korean people have been able to decisively counter the reckless military offensives of imperialists because they have more tightly held rifles in hands. It is absolutely impossible to defend socialism by begging the enemy or making concession to him. Army-first politics is the main political mode maintained by leader Kim Jong Il in the revolution and construction. The Korean people have defended national independence and averted a war on the Korean peninsula despite ceaseless moves of the imperialist allied forces to stifle and isolate the DPRK. This proves the great vitality of the army-first politics. All the countries of the world desirous of independence and peace should always hold fast to the idea of giving priority to the army and keep their armies strong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
