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U.S. Feeds North
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NewsMax.com Wires and NewsMax.comSEOUL, South Korea – Thanks to U.S. aid, starving North Korea is spending even more money on its 1.1-million-strong army – to fight the United States. In a show of civilian support for the military, tens of thousands of students, workers and farmers joined a massive military parade Thursday in central Pyongyang to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the armed forces. Pyongyang's state-run newspaper said all citizens in the communist regime would join hands with army troops to make the so-called People's Army even bigger to ward off what it described as threats from the "U.S. warmongers" who, it claims, have tried to provoke a nuclear war with North Korea. Rodong Sinmun, the mouthpiece of the dictatorship's ruling Workers' Party, cited the Pentagon's recent nuclear posture review that described contingency plans for using nuclear arms against North Korea as a sign that the United States was ready to conduct nuclear attack. "Our country is turning into the main target of U.S. imperialists' military plot and the fiercest battlefield for our military confrontations with the U.S. imperialists," it said. The newspaper called for all-out national efforts to expand North Korea's military power even more. "The people should support and assist the army, and the army and the people should defend the sovereignty of the nation," Rodong Sinmun said. Feeding the Mouth That Bites Us And how is the poverty-stricken failure of communism able to afford to rattle its sabers at America? Because America keeps abetting it! President Bush, continuing the astonishing policies of the Clinton administration, has actually boasted that this enemy nation is on the U.S. dole. And this is the same nation he described as part of the "axis of evil." "I can't tell you how sorry I feel for the North Korean people," Bush said in February on a visit to South Korea. "My heart breaks for people who live in a society that is not free, and where there is tremendous starvation." Bush said that if the regime were not pouring the country's resources into weapons, it could feed its people. But of course, why should North Korea fulfill its responsibilities if the U.S. will? North Korea, with a population of 22 million, has an armed force of 1.1 million, the world's fifth largest. The regime has asked for all North Koreans to uphold "military-first politics" created by Kim Jong Il, who rules in the capacity of the top military official. "Our citizens have to be unconditional adherent and stanch supporters of the army-first thought, a treasured sword for complete triumph in the struggles to accomplish the cause of self-reliance," Rodong Sinmun said. 'Rare Strategy' Indeed Kim has led "a war minus gun reports against the imperialists to a victory with steel-strong will, matchless courage and rare strategy to save the fates of the country and the nation," it said. Kim reviewed the military parade held at the Kimilsung Square crowded with government officials and citizens, the North's television footage showed. Taking part were members of "the worker-peasant red guard and the young red guard," as well as students of "revolutionary schools and military academies," the official Korean Central TV said. In a statement at the ceremony, People's Armed Forces Minister Kim Il Chol pledged "unconditional" loyalty to Kim Jong Il and vowed to defend the country from what he claimed was a U.S. scheme to stifle it with force. "It is our army's tradition to respond to any strong action with stronger action, and control fire with fire," Kim was quoted as saying. Analysts in Seoul said the North's campaign was a move to intensify control over the population that is suffering from food shortages. "North Korea's mobilization of many civilians for the military function is largely aimed at stressing the military-first policy as well as demonstrating its military capabilities," said Paek Seung-ju, a defense analyst. Copyright 2002 by United Press International. http://www.newsmax.com/cgi-bin/printer_friendly.pl |
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