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| Spokesman for DPRK Foreign Ministry Slams U.S. Mandarin’s Invective |
| 2003-08-05 |
| Old news, but it’s always good to get the official statement... A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea today gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA as regards a string of vituperation let loose by Bolton, U.S. under-secretary of state, against the DPRK. According to a press report, during his recent visit to south Korea and Japan Bolton hurled malignant abuses at the top leader of the DPRK. Bolton asserted that "while he lives like royalty in Pyongyang, he keeps hundreds of thousands of his people locked in prison camps with millions more mired in abject poverty" and "for many in north Korea, life is a hellish nightmare." I’m surprised they put the quote in. Might make some average Norks start thinking about it. Bolton’s remarks make one doubt whether he is a man with an elementary faculty of thinking and stature as a man or not, to say nothing of whether he is a politician belonging to a hawkish faction or to a dovish one. OOOOOkay... We know that there are several hawks within the present U.S. administration but have not yet found out such rude human scum as Bolton. What he uttered is no more than rubbish which can be let loose only by a beastly man bereft of reason. Jimmy Carter would never say anything like that. We’re so hurt. Bolton was so completely seized with the inveterate habit of rejecting others out of reason that he made a malignant personal attack even on the top leader of other country. If he is allowed any longer to speak for the u.s. policy on the nuclear issue, this would adversely affect not only the fate of the policy but that of the administration itself. Yeah, right. Bolton’s reckless remarks cast a doubt as to whether the U.S. truly wants to negotiate with the DPRK or not. There is no change in our stand on holding the six-party talks including the bilateral talks between the DPRK and the U.S. for the peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula. We caved. Don’t tell anybody. A caravan is bound to go ahead though dogs bark. Now that’s deep. I’ll have to remember that one. Such human scum and bloodsucker is not entitled to take part in the talks in view of either the importance of the talks aimed to decide on peace and stability in Northeast Asia or human dignity. I’d make sure "Bolton" is front and center at the table. On the basis of a serious analysis of Bolton’s outcries in the light of his political vulgarity and psychopathological condition as they are quite different from the recent remarks of the U.S. president, we have decided not to consider him as an official of the u.s. administration any longer nor to deal with him. You don’t make that call, boys. We may exercise self-restraint as regards other matters but will never allow anyone to slander the top leader of the DPRK whoever he is and wherever he is on earth. In other news, the psychopathic little prick (will that get me on their list?) won the election. Got 100% of the vote. Can you believe that!? Althought the last world leader to get 100% of the vote in an election didn’t make out too well. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #12 "but have not yet found out such rude human scum as Bolton." I was ready to take PDRK off the Axis of Evil list for just a moment when my hopes were raised that they were talking about Michael... I'm just pleased that our press didn't get all worked up over our "provocative" statements. When Pyongyang threatens to turn Seoul into a "sea of fire" that is just there way of saying "let's talk." Oh wait, Chris Matthews just--at this moment--wondered if we should be saying harsh things on the eve of talks. Lord help us. |
| Posted by: BJD (The Dignified Rant) 2003-8-5 11:29:26 PM |
| #11 Mr. (Mad Mike) Boulton ought to fire off another salvo of vituperation™ and we will take some more readings of NORK response. This is an interesting experiment. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-8-5 5:43:33 PM |
| #10 ...Actually, there's days when I miss the kind of DPRK propaganda we used to listen to when I was in the ROK. Stories about how thousands of men die of heart attacks daily because the assembly lines are speeded up too fast, or how a family of ten must share a single 'frankerfurter'...those were the days. Of course, the Great Leader was in charge then, and the standards were a bit different. All kidding aside, I've got to agree with Ptah - Mr. Bolton's comments must have touched a serious nerve over there somewhere. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2003-8-5 2:20:58 PM |
| #9 Notice he never denied there being royalty in PY, prisons chock full of the oppressed, and raging poverty. |
| Posted by: Michael 2003-8-5 2:04:07 PM |
| #8 Wow... no Juche, no Songun, no "Dear Leader", no "sea of fire"... How utterly prosaic. Far below the standards of moon-howling I've come to expect from KCNA. Obviously they did not ask the right questions. No dirt and twig ration for that reporter today. |
| Posted by: Hodadenon 2003-8-5 1:55:26 PM |
| #7 A caravan is bound to go ahead though dogs bark. Ya know I'll bet the dawgs have learned not to bark in Nork. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-8-5 10:34:10 AM |
| #6 If Bolton is a US Mandarin, does he wear odd looking robes and stuff? |
| Posted by: SPQR 2755 2003-8-5 10:28:25 AM |
| #5 Boy, THAT sure got their panties in a bunch, didn't it? Practically watering the lawn with all that spittle... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-8-5 10:13:53 AM |
| #4 Ben: great comment, I was just about to say size-of-the-table myself!!!! It's the Den Beste influence at work. Spot on! Ptah: true, it's getting a bit yahwn BUT he did say : human scum and bloodsucker. Not only is this an interesting new addition but it will make me proud to be a US ally when the US present none other than the honourable Bolton as their representative at the multilateral talks. His first name isn't Michael is it? Every time I hear this on the news I start thinking of... sittin' on the dock of the bay... then I imagine htis flimsy junket moored about 100 meters off shore on which some little Korean men are jumping up and down waving their arms, pointing and shouting and throwing things into the water in his general direction as he sits and sings and watches the sun set. |
| Posted by: Anon1 2003-8-5 9:53:11 AM |
| #3 I'm not even going to bother rating this one. Metaphorically speaking, Bolton shot an arrow into the NKor forest. In response comes this loud, hysterical bellow of fact-free invective and insult. I think he got someone's doinker. *Yawns* Commies. They react like this when you get too close to the truth, in order to intimidate you into shutting up. It's a good indicator of their desperation. They're desperate. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-8-5 9:43:28 AM |
| #2 Its size and shape of the table negotiations here. They caved on the multilateral talks and are trying to get something in return to save face. Therefore they savage Bolton, hoping we'll replace him. White House said that Bush will make the final determination, and he does not seem to be rushing it. While the clock ticks on for DPRK |
| Posted by: Ben 2003-8-5 4:54:57 AM |
| #1 Other than Mommy and Daddy, is there anyone who has escaped their notice and failed to get the "annihilation" threat letter? I believe you have to present it to get into the ball. |
| Posted by: ·com 2003-8-5 3:35:22 AM |