North Korean Official Blasts U.S.

[Kare]

CBS/AP) North Korea's defense minister warned Saturday that a pre-emptive strike is not the monopoly of the United States, in comments carried by the North's official news agency.

"We will never sit with arms folded and watch until the U.S. attacks us," said Kim Il Chol, vice marshal of the North's Korean People's Army, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. "A pre-emptive strike is not the monopoly of the U.S.," he said.

The warning, which is not new, came as North Korea's top nuclear envoy was in Japan for a security conference that also is drawing his counterparts from the U.S. and other participants in six-nation talks on the North's nuclear program.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/08/world/main1482951.shtml

[Syrinx]

1. I hate the lunatics running North Korea

Too bad our lunatics are running our asylum.

[darkmaestro019]

2. Oh, that's really fantastic.

Lovely. What an example we're setting for the "children"

Hey, look, you guys. All THEY have to say is "So and so is possibly gonna consider bothering me at some point in the future!" and then they're allowed to attack them! We should try this!

[rpannier]

3. Another joint US-Korean Military exercise is starting four days...

Everytime these things happen, the north korean government issues a new threat.
I've lived in Korea for almost a decade...It's predictable.

[Deja Q]

4. That guy has said the same thing before. This is just a big ego stroke.

Not that Bush saying it less often has made any of us feel better, mind you...

[Pavulon]

5. Translation

We haven't had any press for a while..We should go say something crazy.