DPRK fully ready to retaliate against any U.S. military action
KCNA
Pyongyang, March 22 (KCNA) -- The U.S. imperialists sparked the second nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula in a planned and deliberate manner in a bid to aggravate the situation there and isolate and stifle the DPRK at any cost by charging it with "nuclear weapons development."
Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article.
Referring to the U.S. motive, the article says:
Through the second nuclear crisis the U.S. sought, above all, to bedevil the improved relations between the north and the south of Korea and between the DPRK and Japan and strain the situation on the Korean Peninsula in a bid to keep the U.S. Forces in South Korea for an indefinite period.
The U.S. caused the second nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula with an eye to find a pretext for scrapping the DPRK-U.S. Agreed Framework and evade its responsibility for the delayed LWR construction.
The strategic aim sought by the U.S. in the crisis is to invade the DPRK by force under the pretext of its "nuclear issue" and destroy man-centred Korean-style socialism as it encourages the world progressives.
The U.S. has escalated the DPRK-targeted war moves, while talking about "dialogue" and "peace". The U.S. belligerent forces are making endless war outcries after taking military measures, crying out for a sort of "attack" on the DPRK.
Timed to coincide with this, the U.S. imperialists launched together with the South Korean military north-targeted adventurous Foal Eagle war exercise which is going on in combination with Rsoi from March 19.
The final objective of the U.S. criminal moves is to provoke the second Korean war. There must be a train to ignite the war.
The second nuclear crisis is just to serve this purpose.
The U.S. is creating the impression that it is exerting "efforts" to render "assistance" to the DPRK. But this is nothing but a political gimmick to build up public opinion in favor of the U.S. before launching a war.
The DPRK and the U.S. are technically at war. This situation is inching close to an explosive phase.
The U.S. aggressive nature and its ambition to invade Korea remain unchanged.
A war may break out in Korea any moment as its danger is becoming real.
As no U.S. method would work on the DPRK, Washington seems to opt for starting the second Korean war.
The army and the people of the DPRK are heightening their vigilance and keeping themselves fully ready to cope with the U.S. belligerent forces' reckless nuclear showdown aimed to carry out its strategy to isolate and stifle the DPRK. It is the unshakable principled stand of the DPRK to reciprocate the good faith and react to the hard-line with the toughest stand.
Invariable is the DPRK's principled stand to conclude a non-aggression treaty through direct talks with the U.S. on the principle of impartiality, equality and confidence and peacefully settle the second nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula.
The DPRK has no place to step back and nothing to concede to the U.S. The DPRK does not avoid any showdown with the U.S.
It is fully ready to counter any military actions of the U.S. against the DPRK.
The DPRK has the army-based policy, the most treasured sword, single-hearted unity more powerful than any nuclear weapon and strong self-defensive power. They are our life and soul and a master key to all our victories.
