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Sovereignty Is Defended and Guaranteed by Arms

KCNA

    Pyongyang, November 27 (KCNA) -- Sovereignty is the life and soul of a country and a nation and it can be defended by arms only, stresses Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article, the gist of which reads: The forces mocking, encroaching and trampling upon sovereignty are the reactionaries of history. They are dominationist and imperialist forces of aggression.
    The imperialists today take issue with the steps taken by independent countries to increase their defence capabilities as "possession of weapons of mass destruction" and fostering of "terrorism". But this is a sort of pressure not to allow those countries to build up military power obstructive to their war of aggression.
    The people who value the sovereignty of the country and love peace should deal with the false propaganda and pressure of the imperialists aimed to disarm them with heightened vigilance and push forward energetically the work of increasing defence capabilities to meet the specific conditions of the countries.
    Especially, those countries that are largely exposed to the imperialists' threat of aggression should concentrate particular efforts on increasing defence potential.
    If defence capabilities are to be increased and sovereignty be defended, it is essential to pursue the Songun policy. Only when one puts it forward as the state affairs of top priority to attach importance to military affairs and dynamically push ahead with the work of increasing defence capabilities can the sovereignty and security of the country be guaranteed so much reliably and the building of economy and improvement of the people's living be carried on with success.
    It is thanks to the Songun politics that the Korean people are now stepping up the construction of a great prosperous powerful nation of Juche, holding invariably high the banner of socialism, despite the ever-more vicious military pressure of the United States. Songun politics is, indeed, the banner of struggle and the treasured sword of victory in revolution which the people of those countries struggling for sovereignty should hold high.
    When all the countries and peoples attach importance to the military affairs and consolidate the defences of the country, the imperialists will not act rashly and a peaceful environment be created.