“If we have good reason to believe there’s going to be an
attack, I believe we have the right to take preemptive action to protect
ourselves,” Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y
“I don’t think we have to wait until Americans are killed or
wounded or injured in any way,” King continued. “I’m not saying we should be
rushing into war, don’t get me wrong, but if we have solid evidence that
North Korea’s going to take action, then I think we have a moral obligation
and an absolute right to defend ourselves.” Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y
You can go to Information Clearinghouse to
watch the CNN video of King making these remarks.
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DPRK’s “State of War” Declaration Is a Faulty Translation: Not an Official Policy Statement from Kim Jung Un
Global Research, April 04, 2013
“from that time” becomes “from this time
on” and “from this moment“…
little change, big difference.
As much as our leaders would like
them to have taken the bait, North Korea
has not declared war on the South or the U.S. in response to our unprecedented
provocations. So when all else fails, leave it to yellow journalism like this piece of work from the New York Times or this obviously Photoshopped image that came out this
past week.
The much touted “state of war”
declaration is not a declaration of war from
Kim Jung Un but rather a statement of support for whatever decision he has too
make from the “the government, political parties and organizations of the
DPRK.” It claims only they will declare themselves in a state of war WHEN their
leader makes that decision showing they are completely behind him.
It is a statement of support from the people and perhaps a warning to the South
that the North will not fold under their attack. But not a declaration of war
from Kim Jung Un.
There is a campaign of propaganda
underway this week in Korea
and I will show you that this latest crisis is nothing more than a continuation
of that warmongering effort.
It’s being reported across the
globe that “North Korea” made these statements in a recent official release via
state media Korean Central News Agency : “From this time on,
the North-South relations will be entering the state of war and
all issues raised between the North and the South will be handled accordingly,”Ria
Novoski
“Now that the revolutionary armed
forces of the DPRK have entered into an actual military action,
the inter-Korean relations have naturally entered the state of war,” Huffington Post
“From this time on,
the North-South relations will be entering the state of war and
all issues raised between the North and the South will be handled accordingly,”Reuters via Prison Planet
As you can see, this rhetoric spans
quite a wide political divide from the fake alternative left to the equally
fake alternative right and very thing in between. CNN, Fox, NBC News all of them are reporting this crucial
development as fact.
Trouble is, it may be another lie.
It’s hard to say because no one links to the actual original source of this
statement. Also important to note, which is not being covered by most outlets,
the statement is NOT from the usual official offices of the North Korean
government but rather from “the government, political parties and organizations
of the DPRK” and what that means is, it’s not so much a declaration of war as
it is a statement to show the unified resolve of the North Korean people
against the aggressive stance and provocations undertaken by the South Koreans
and their masters, the United States.
But with that in mind, it may not
even be an accurate translation of the statement.
Ria Novosti, to their credit,
caught the “mistake” from the AFP and published a retraction calling it a
“faulty translation”. A noncommittal way of saying a “lie” I suppose. “Faulty”
is right.
Later on Saturday, however, Russian
media reported that a faulty translation might have been to blame for this
apparent uptick in bellicose rhetoric.
The North Korean original statement
apparently stressed that the country would act “in accordance with
wartime laws” if attacked, and that “from
that time, North-South relations will enter a state of war.” Ria Novosti
What they are saying is if they
are attacked they will be ready to enter “the state of
war” with the South and their puppet masters the United States.
Seems quite rational when you
consider the fact that the Unites States is running practice drills dropping dud tactical
nukes on islands off the shores of North Korea. Were the North Koreans to
have done that off our shores, Shock and Awe would have already begun. Hell, we
claim the “right” to “pre-emptive warfare” on other countries and millions of
people are dead and suffering as a result right now.
This interpretation of their quote
also blends seamlessly into what appears to be the North Korean’s official
position gleaned from several other quotes released on the official media site.
“He declared the revolutionary
armed forces of the DPRK would react to the U.S. nuclear
blackmail with a merciless nuclear attack, and war of aggression with an
all-out war of justice.”
“The army and people of the DPRK
are full of the spirit to defend the country as
was displayed in the 1950s.” KCNA
“The powerful countermeasures of
the DPRK to defend the
sovereignty are a manifestation of the firm will of its army and
people to defend the country and
socialism at the cost of their lives from the hostile forces’ aggression
moves.” KCNA
“If the
enemies finally ignite a war of aggression, they will turn to ashes
without having time to regret themselves over not paying due heed to the
significant warning issued by the Supreme Command of KPA that they will have
hardest time with their destiny at stake the moment they make a provocation.
The strong countermeasures taken
by the DPRK are not to threaten others but to
defend the dignity and the sovereignty of the country and the
nation.
No one on earth can check the
people turned out for just cause.” KCNA
In this article, the
leadership of North Korea calls on progressives to stand against the U.S.’s
globalist expansion of late and in this article the
state run news agency points out the fact that the South Korean leadership is
attacking their own progressives who are still trying to push the reunification
agenda that came so close to succeeding not that long ago.
“A battle to be fought by the DPRK
against the U.S.
will become a war for national liberation to defend the sovereignty and dignity
of the country and, at the same time, a revolutionary war to defend the human
cause of independence and the justice of the international community.” KCNA
As to the mystery of the misquote:
The AFP quote about the statements made by the North Korean leadership seem to
come from a website called North Korean Leadership Watch. They cite the statement as
being published by KCNA, but AGAIN, like all the others, NKLW doesn’t provide a
link to that KCNA article.
However, they do make this
statement: “DPRK state media published a statement (tamhwa) on 30
March (Saturday) from “the government, political parties and organizations of
the DPRK.” Unlike the recent volley of statements, or
indeed most communications published and broadcasted in state media, the 30
March 2013 statement was not issued under the name of any specific organization
(s). The statement is not cited as the work of
the DPRK National Defense Commission, the KPA Supreme Command or Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces from the DPRK
national security community…” NKLeadershipWatch
According to the origin of the
quote, the statement isn’t directly from the government of North Korea and I am having a hell
of a time finding the original source. You can find the statement here at Rodong and a few other sites as well.
Take a look at how it is written in
the context of what is said: … The government, political parties and
organizations of the DPRK solemnly declare as follows reflecting the final decision
made by Kim Jong Un at the operation meeting of the KPA Supreme Command and the
unanimous will of all service personnel and people of the DPRK who are
waiting for a final order from him.
1.From this moment,
the north-south relations will be put at the state of war and all the issues
arousing between the north and the south will be dealt with according to the
wartime regulations.
The state of neither peace nor war
has ended on the Korean
Peninsula.
They are declaring they are at a
state of war BEFORE given the order from Kim Jong Un?
Now substitute what Ria Novosti
thinks is the actual translation: … The government, political parties and
organizations of the DPRK solemnly declare as follows reflecting the final
decision made by Kim Jong Un at the operation meeting of the KPA Supreme
Command and the unanimous will of all service personnel and people of the
DPRK who are waiting for a final order from him.
1.from that time,
North-South relations will enter a state of war and all the
issues arousing between the north and the south will be dealt with according to
the wartime regulations.
The state of neither peace nor war
has ended on the Korean
Peninsula.
If you look at the other statements
issued by the official parties of NK you see a certain pattern. They have
not declared war on the South though they fully expect the U.S. to instigate the conflict even
more.
They also clearly identify their
posture as being in “defense” of their nation and not the aggressor, which
given the circumstances, is rational.
This statement which appears to say
the North has declared war, is nothing of the sort, even if the Reuters
translation is accurate. It is merely a statement of solidarity with their
president at a difficult time.
But at worst, this deliberate
mistranslation is someone’s opportunistic attempt to create a narrative and a
history that mistakenly directs the blame for yet another war on the leadership
of North Korea. It is in that sense, blackmail, just of the sort the North
Koreans have been complaining about.
And given the fact that the
leadership of the organizations signed onto the statement would NEVER openly
declare war BEFORE given that order by their president, more than likely the
Ria Novosti translation make much more sense.
Therefore, given all of this, I
conclude (until such time as I can read the KCNA article myself) that the much
touted “state of war” declaration being presented to the American people is in
fact a “faulty translation”
The probably mistranslated
statement reprinted below.
DPRK state media published
a statement (tamhwa) on 30 March
(Saturday) from “the government, political parties and organizations of the
DPRK.”
The moves of the U.S. imperialists to violate the
sovereignty of the DPRK and encroach upon its supreme interests have entered an
extremely grave phase. Under this situation, the dear respected Marshal Kim
Jong Un, brilliant commander of Mt.
Paektu, convened an
urgent operation meeting on the performance of duty of the Strategic Rocket
Force of the Korean People’s Army for firepower strike and finally examined and
ratified a plan for firepower strike.
The important decision made by him
is the declaration of a do-or-die battle to provide an epochal occasion for
putting an end to the history of the long-standing showdown with the U.S.
and opening a new era. It is also a last warning of justice served to the U.S., south
Korean group and other anti-reunification hostile forces. The decision reflects
the strong will of the army and people of the DPRK to annihilate the enemies.
Now the heroic service personnel
and all other people of the DPRK are full of surging anger at the U.S.
imperialists’ reckless war provocation moves, and the strong will to turn out
as one in the death-defying battle with the enemies and achieve a final victory
of the great war for national reunification true to the important decision made
by Kim Jong Un.
The Supreme Command of the KPA in
its previous statement solemnly declared at home and abroad the will of the
army and people of the DPRK to take decisive military counteraction to defend
the sovereignty of the country and the dignity of its supreme leadership as
regards the war moves of the U.S. and south Korean puppets that have reached
the most extreme phase.
Not content with letting B-52 make
sorties into the sky over south Korea
in succession despite the repeated warnings of the DPRK, the U.S. made B-2A stealth strategic bomber and
other ultra-modern strategic strike means fly from the U.S. mainland to south Korea to stage a bombing drill
targeting the DPRK. This is an unpardonable and heinous provocation and an open
challenge.
By taking advantage of the U.S. reckless
campaign for a nuclear war against the DPRK, the south Korean puppets
vociferated about “preemptive attack” and “strong counteraction” and even
“strike at the commanding forces”, openly revealing the attempt to destroy
monuments symbolic of the dignity of the DPRK’s supreme leadership.
This clearly shows that the U.S.
brigandish ambition for aggression and the puppets’ attempt to invade the DPRK
have gone beyond the limit and their threats have entered the reckless phase of
an actual war from the phase of threat and blackmail.
The prevailing grim situation more
clearly proves that the Supreme Command of the KPA was just when it made the
judgment and decision to decisively settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists
and south Korean puppets by dint of the arms of Military-First politics (So’ngun),
because time when words could work has passed.
Now they are openly claiming that
the B-2A stealth strategic bombers’ drill of dropping nuclear bombs was “not to
irritate the north” but “the defensive one”. The U.S. also says the drill is “to
defend the interests of its ally”. However, it is nothing but a lame pretext to
cover up its aggressive nature, evade the denunciation at home and abroad and
escape from the DPRK’s retaliatory blows.
The era when the U.S. resorted
to the policy of strength by brandishing nuclear weapons has gone.
It is the resolute answer of the
DPRK and its steadfast stand to counter the nuclear blackmail of the U.S.
imperialists with merciless nuclear attack and their war of aggression with
just all-out war.
They should clearly know that in
the era of Marshal Kim Jong Un, the greatest-ever commander, all things are
different from what they used to be in the past.
The hostile forces will clearly
realize the iron will, matchless grit and extraordinary mettle of the brilliant
commander of Mt. Paektu
that the earth cannot exist without Military-First (So’ngun) Korea.
Time has come to stage a do-or-die
final battle.
The government, political parties
and organizations of the DPRK solemnly declare as follows reflecting the final
decision made by Kim Jong Un at the operation meeting of the KPA Supreme
Command and the unanimous will of all service personnel and people of the DPRK
who are waiting for a final order from him.
1.From this moment, the north-south
relations will be put at the state of war and all the issues arousing between
the north and the south will be dealt with according to the wartime
regulations.
The state of neither peace nor war
has ended on the Korean
Peninsula.
Now that the revolutionary armed
forces of the DPRK have entered into an actual military action, the
inter-Korean relations have naturally entered the state of war. Accordingly,
the DPRK will immediately punish any slightest provocation hurting its dignity
and sovereignty with resolute and merciless physical actions without any prior
notice.
2. If the U.S. and the south Korean
puppet group perpetrate a military provocation for igniting a war against the
DPRK in any area including the five islands in the West Sea of Korea or in the
area along the Military Demarcation Line, it will not be limited to a local
war, but develop into an all-out war, a nuclear war.
It is self-evident that any
military conflict on the Korean Peninsula is bound to lead to an all-out war, a
nuclear war now that even U.S. nuclear strategic bombers in its military bases
in the Pacific including Hawaii and Guam and in its mainland are flying into
the sky above south Korea to participate in the madcap DPRK-targeted nuclear
war moves.
The first strike of the
revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK will blow up the U.S. bases for
aggression in its mainland and in the Pacific operational theatres including
Hawaii and Guam and reduce not only its military bases in south Korea but the
puppets’ ruling institutions including Chongwadae and puppet army’s bases to
ashes at once, to say nothing of the aggressors and the provokers.
3. The DPRK will never miss the
golden chance to win a final victory in a great war for national reunification.
This war will not be a three
day-war but it will be a blitz war through which the KPA will occupy all areas
of south Korea including Jeju Island at one strike, not giving the U.S. and the
puppet warmongers time to come to their senses, and a three-dimensional war to
be fought in the air, land and seas and on the front line and in the rear.
This sacred war of justice will be
a nation-wide, all-people resistance involving all Koreans in the north and the
south and overseas in which the traitors to the nation including heinous
confrontation maniacs, warmongers and human scum will be mercilessly swept
away.
No force on earth can break the
will of the service personnel and people of the DPRK all out in the just great
war for national reunification and of all other Koreans and overpower their
might.
Holding in high esteem the
peerlessly great men of Mt.
Paektu, the Korean people
will give vent to the pent-up grudge and realize their cherished desire and
thus bring a bright day of national reunification and build the best power on
this land without fail.
by Scott Creighton
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