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North Korea critical of Bush speech (no, really!)
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea on Thursday said President Bush's State of the Union address was an "undisguised declaration of aggression." It was an undisguised act of rationality, but don't let us slow you down. In its first reaction to the speech, North Korea said it "will never allow the U.S. to wantonly encroach upon the sovereignty and dignity of the (North) and destroy its system." The NKors are doing a good job of encroaching their dignity all by themselves. "This policy speech is, in essence, an undisguised declaration of aggression to topple the DPRK system," an unidentified spokesman of the North's Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the North's official news agency, KCMNA. DPRK is the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. Memo to GWB: work on the subtle thing next time. Bush said in his address that North Korea was "an oppressive regime" ruling "a people living in fear and starvation." See, like that, George. Subtle! "The North Korean regime is using its nuclear program to incite fear and seek concessions. America and the world will not be blackmailed," Bush said. One would think somebody in NK-land would be getting the idea, seeing what happened to the Taliban and what's about to happen to Sammy. Striking back, the North said Bush was a "shameless charlatan." "Bush has so far earned an ill fame as an emotional backbiter, but his recent address clearly proves that he is a shameless charlatan reversing black and white under the eyes of the world and the incarnation of the misanthropy as he rejects the people out of his favor for no reason," the North Korean spokesman said. Ya gotta love the command of the language. Nobody does paranoid ranting better than an NKor spokesman! The North Korean official accused Bush of "trying to mislead the public opinion by spreading the rumor that the (North) is chiefly to blame for the nuclear issue." "This is the height of shamelessness," he was quoted as saying. "We will do our utmost to defend our system in view of the U.S. declaration of aggression." Though they seem to have a limited vocabulary. North Korea is demanding a nonaggression treaty with the United States before it gives up its nuclear programs. Washington has ruled out a formal treaty, but said it can provide a written security guarantee. I think we should give them a guarantee, allright: your time is coming, and we guarantee it. Posted by: Steve White 2003-01-31 |
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