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U.S. urged to accept DPRKâs proposal for concluding non-aggression treaty
Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary accuses the United States of describing the DPRK's proposal for concluding a non-aggression treaty as "brinkmanship tactics" to get a sort of "reward" from it. It goes on: The DPRK's proposal for concluding a non-aggression treaty with the U.S. is aimed to provide a legal binding force to keep the U.S. from posing a nuclear threat to the DPRK and it has nothing in common with "brinkmanship tactics." Do I see a theme here? The DPRK is bored with hypocritical U.S. promises devoid of any legal binding force. They can't be that bored if they want to deal... In the 1990s the then U.S. President sent a message of assurances to the DPRK. As part of our demands, we want him to be president again... But later, the U.S. threw it away like a pair of old shoes. ...and we built a couple of nukes. Moreover, the Bush administration says that it has no intention to invade the DPRK but its words do not match with its deeds. It turned down the DPRK's proposal for holding dialogues, while paying lip-service to the "peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue," and it said that it is not in a position to legally assure the DPRK of non-aggression despite its assertion that it would not invade the DPRK by force of arms. No matter how many security assurances that lack any legal binding force the Bush administration may give to the DPRK, it is not interested in them at all. We need this on paper so we can officially ignore it when it suits our purposes. That's why the DPRK calls for concluding a non-aggression treaty with a legal binding force to be approved by U.S. Congress. What we need is a legal guarantee to be provided by a treaty as valid as international law. The U.S. should not flee from its heavy responsibility for spawning the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula but promptly opt for direct talks with the DPRK to conclude a non-aggression treaty with the DPRK, the most aboveboard and reasonable proposal to provide the best solution to the pending issues between the two countries. Actually, this is pretty tame. But, damn, do they want to deal... Posted by: tu3031 2003-03-06 |
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