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U.S. Promise to "Provide Nuclear Umbrella" to South Korea under Fire

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- The promise given by the United States to "provide a nuclear umbrella and military assistance" to south Korea is a product of its adventurous scenario to invade the DPRK.
    Rodong Sinmun Saturday observes this in a signed article.
    Referring to the "joint statement" released at the recent south Korea-U.S. "annual security consultative meeting" held in Seoul, the article goes on:
    The U.S. promised to return the "right to command the wartime operations" to south Korea till 2012. It is concerned over the fact that the above-said action may weaken its military domination and influence on south Korea. This "promise" was prompted by the U.S. intention to bind the south Korean forces more tightly to the "security alliance" under the pretext of "offering the nuclear umbrella and military assistance" while going ahead with its moves for the "strategic flexibility" of the U.S. forces in south Korea as planned.
    There is another point that merits attention. The adoption of the historical October 4 declaration created an environment favorable for the development of the inter-Korean relations, peace and prosperity. In case the relations of military confidence are established between the north and the south thanks to the successful implementation of the above-said declaration calling for an end to the relations of military confrontation and ensuring detente and peace, there will be no justification for the U.S. forces to remain in south Korea any longer. Therefore, the U.S. is becoming evermore vociferous about the "offer of a nuclear umbrella and military assistance", etc. in a bid to bar the implementation of the declaration and keep the south Korean military under its control.
    Ridiculing the U.S. for asserting that it made the above-said promise to south Korea at the request of its military, the article cites facts to prove that this is nothing but a revelation of the reckless scenario of the U.S. warlike forces to invade the DPRK.
    The above-said promise cannot be construed otherwise than an intention to mount a preemptive nuclear attack on the DPRK any time and use the south Korean troops as a shock force in that criminal war.
    These facts go to clearly indicate that though the U.S. is paying lip-service to "dialogue" and "peace" it is, in actuality, watching for a chance to attack the DPRK while pursuing hostile policy toward it.
    The U.S. war hawks are chiefly to blame for escalating the military tension and increasing the danger of war on the Korean Peninsula, concludes the article.