• Forum
• SITREP
• Military

• WMD

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space
• Public Eye

Further Reading

U.S. urged to drop strong-arm policy

KCNA

Release Date: 10/22/2002

Pyongyang, October 22 (KCNA) -- The U.S. ruling quarters are now resorting to highhanded practices and war to retrieve their foreign and domestic policy setbacks. They should stop such criminal attempts and behave themselves, lending an ear to the demand of the world people for peace. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article as regards the strong-arm policy still pursued by the United States in the international arena in a bid to dominate the world.

Proceeding from the hegemonistic way of thinking based on upperhand in strength, the U.S. arrogantly insists that all other countries should accept its demand and unconditionally carry out what it dictates, whether they like or not, the article notes, and says:

Some time ago, the U.S. Congress adopted a resolution that allows its president to use armed forces against Iraq. This means that the present U.S. chief executive is allowed to start any war of aggression against Iraq and other countries anytime.

The U.S. strong-arm policy was manifested in what Kelly did while visiting Pyongyang some time ago in the capacity of the U.S. President's special envoy.

Kelly made an ultimatum-style notice that the DPRK-U.S. dialogue can not be expected and the favorably developing inter-Korean relations and DPRK-Japan relations might collapse unless the DPRK clears the U.S. of its "security concerns". Such threatening and highhanded practice of the envoy was a vivid expression of the U.S. imperialists' brigandish and arrogant nature.

The U.S. is now calling for "arms reduction" of the DPRK, making a hue and cry over its "threat". But such row does not stand to reason and it will get the U.S. nowhere.

If the U.S. persists in its moves to apply pressure and stifle the DPRK by force, the latter will have no option but to take a tougher counteraction. The U.S. will stand further isolated due to its anachronistic hardline policy to stifle the DPRK. The only way out for the U.S. is to opt for reconciliation and peace, not strong-arm policy.

The U.S. is now rejected with its influence waning in the Mideast and Northeast Asia including the Korean Peninsula. This is an inevitable result of the policy of the U.S. which acts an international gendarme.