North Korea Weighs In

Before I get into the NK story, here's a quick comment about Iran. It looks like they are still rioting over there. Lots of noise, but I don't see anything beyond the noise. I guess I would be happier if the rioters got some weapons, took a few hostages and made some demands, or if they had a credible leader. I have said that the U.S. should stay out of it, but maybe I'm wrong. The current government hates us, so if we back the rioters, are they going to hate us more? We may be missing a chance to make a big difference over there. I have always thought that our leaders in Washington are smarter and more experienced, and have more information at hand, so they are in a better position to make such decisions. I don't have much confidence in them right now.
Yesterday, while I was surfing the foreign news sources, I couldn't help wondering what the North Koreans were saying about the United Nations Security Council sanctions. According to the official news source, there was a rally in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang that drew about 100,000 people. Here is a sample of the fare that is fed to the folks over there. Kim Ki Nam, of the Workers Party of Korea, in a speech said that "the UNSC finally adopted an anti-DPRK 'resolution on sanctions' at the instigation of the U.S. over the DPRK's second nuclear test, another grave provocation. This is, in essence, a wicked pressure offensive launched by the U.S. imperialists to disarm the DPRK, strangle its economy, and undermine its ideology and system." Pak Jae Gyong, speaking on behalf of the Korean People's Army, vehemently denounced the UNSC "resolution" as a serious provocation, a wanton violation of the sovereignty and dignity of the DPRK and its people. He warned that the KPA will mercilessly frustrate any attempt to check, inspect, examine and blockade any ship and object for which the sovereignty of the DPRK is exercised with powerful military retaliatory blows.
Pay attention to this next bit, because it says quite a lot. Under the present situation where the KPA is technically at war with the U.S. imperialists as the Armistice Agreement has lost its legal binding force, the KPA will promply exercise the right to preemptive strike to beat back the enemies' slightest provocation. It will deal telling blows at the vital parts of the U.S. and wipe out all its imperialist aggressor troops no matter where they are in the world.
There is more to this article, but I think I've hit the high points. It would almost be laughable, but these guys who said this actually sit high up in the government. If any red buttons get pushed, these whack-o's are the ones who do it. Did you catch the part where they no longer consider the Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War to be binding? Our government has no choice but to take these threats seriously, crazy though they may be. They actually consider themselves to be in an active war with the U.S.!! Obama may have turned this over to the UN, but I hope we have a bunch of firepower lined up, just in case.