Pyongyang, February 1 (KCNA) — The Korean people, including servicepersons, are categorically rejecting the “resolution on sanctions”, cooked up by the UN Security Council at the initiative of the United States.
“Even those countries taking permanent seats at the UNSC sided with the U.S. in adopting the ‘resolution’, overpowered by its high-handed practices. Their behaviors tell the DPRK that it should counter the U.S. only with strength,” Kim Hyon Jin, an officer of the Korean People’s Army (KPA), told KCNA.
He further said:
“Any sanctions do not work on the DPRK. The tightened ‘sanctions’ against the DPRK will only give vent to surging indignation of its people.
The U.S.-led hostile forces should not run amuck, mindful that the KPA is in full readiness to fight a sacred war for justice.
This year will mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean people’s victory in the Fatherland Liberation War (July 27, 1953). The KPA will deal a telling blow to the U.S. imperialists so that they dare not provoke the DPRK any longer, and thus adorn the anniversary with another victory in the showdown with them.”
Ju Ki Chol, a worker of the Chollima Steel Complex, said:
“We, workers, are thirsting for revenge on the U.S. seeking to disarm the DPRK and overthrow its social system.
We have a proud history of victory in the showdown with the U.S. In the 1950s the young DPRK won an all-out war with the U.S., which was boasting of being ‘the strongest’ in the world.
Today the DPRK has turned into a power in space science and there is nothing to be afraid of. The military might of Songun Korea should be displayed to them to significantly mark the 60th anniversary of the victory in the war.”
27 thoughts on “North Korea: Workers are “thirsting for revenge on the U.S.””
This bonkers yet dangerous state governed by this clown (likely controlled by its military) will continue until China finds them excess baggage.
From what I have read so far, I rather doubt this piece of propaganda is words out of the “Dear Leader’s” (or what ever they call junior) mouth.
I think thus far the only real decisions junior is yellow or Grey Poupon.
Too bad Pres. Obama doesn’t sit down with this guy over a beer and come out friends. Isn’t that the way Pres. Obama planned our future dealings with these nuts? I hope we are not giving money to N Korea!!
We’re not giving them money, per se. But we, along with many other countries, are giving them a lot of international aid in the form of food and medicine. A good chunk of the people in North Korea are on the brink of mass starvation. If you’re in the military or in government, you’re doing okay. If you are part of the other 90% or so in the country, you probably only have about a one or two day supply of food readily available. Most of the food aid and medicine is re-funneled back to the military or their government. Just like when we used to give food and medicine to a lot of African countries years ago, especially Somalia. Very little of it actually made its way to the people. Most of it was kept by the regime in power. A good chunk of North Korea’s money comes from selling arms to 3rd world countries. We, however, are still feeding those people.
@beiber-You talk about the DPRK and 3rd world arms sales. I believe the United States has about 44% of the worlds arms trade sowed up, and I would be forced to believe that some of those arms end up in 3rd world contries. So all your posts lead me to believe you have some kind of vendetta against the DPRK. Just curious. Do you?
This guy doesn’t have both oars in the water. He is fully capable of firing a nuke at us. He is different from the Kook in Iran. At least in Iran there is someone else who makes the final decisions. In North Korea there is only this nutcase. We need to do like the Jews and do a pre-emptive stirke on this dummy.
@LVS-Let me see if I get this right. If the Japanese would have called it a pre-emptive strike at Pearl Harbor, we would have been ok with it, since a surprise attack on an unsuspecting nation is not the same as a pre-emptive strike. Invading and attacking another nation, destroying property and killing their people is all right as long as you call it by another name. Hmmm, guess I will have to think about that one for awhile. Kind of funny. When the US does something, it’s ok. Let someone else do it, it’s wrong. The same as torture at Gitmo, or the killing of innocent civilians with drone strikes.
@a citizen-it works for me. I have been there several times and a more miserable country I can’t think of. It would help release those people from the slavery they now have. As for Gitmo-they should quit torturing them and just shoot them. It would rid the world of a lot of criminals and save us a bunch of money. Using drones is much better than having our young people shot to hell trying to defend people who don’t like us or want us there. So yes, using drones is just fine with me.
@LVS – After resding your post, I can see why some other counteries equate us with al-Qaeda, the Islamic Jihad, and the Taliban. The end justifies the means, whatever works, use it.
@a citizen-Ouch, that really hurts. Of course I feel that way. Liberals are the main reason our people are getting killed. War is not fun. If it was we would be at war all the time. If you are going to fight then fight. If not, stay home with the women and children. Those people want to kill us and people like you want to turn the other cheek. Not me, you slap me and I will rip your head off.
@LVS-You talk about fighting.Where is it getting us? We haven’t captured and kept any territory. The body count ratio per terrorist is only something the govt. tells us, and that is to make the situation look better than it is. Our troops look like star wars soldiers, and we still can’t win. When it takes one drone to take out two militants, with 4 or 5 collateral dammage, no wonder they hate us.You have to understand, they don’t think like we do. Look at 9/11 and all the suicide bombers if you don’t believe that. I don’t mind fighting, but I would like to a see a clear stragtegy for winning, with a viable end, rather than a perpetual military presence in a country with an open-ended exit date because no one, at this point of time, at least, seems to have the slightest idea of what’s going on over there.
@a citizen-when you put it that way it makes sense. I can go along with that.
The worst part of it is the relatively small territory that you have to defend and meneuver in. That’s what happened to the UN force back in 1950. The North Koreans came across and were able to back the US and South Koreans inside the Pusan perimeter. It was MacArthur’s landing at Inchon, behind the main spearhead of the North Koreans that enabled us to outflank the North and drive them almost into China. It just goes to show what happens when you fight a war with extremely limited military objectives or with those same objectives based on purely political objectives.
It’s interesting that it’s always the losers who make the excuses for losing. Never the winners who make excuses of winning.
Isn’t that kind of how it always goes, though? “To the victor goes the spoils…..” Another benefit of winning wars is that the people who win them are usually the ones who have the benefit of writing the history. Had Germany won WWII, I seriously doubt that you would have heard much about the Holocaust growing up. And, since the Korean Conflict ended in a truce with the military lines and political borders being reset to what they were prior to the war starting, we didn’t actually defeat the North Koreans, or the Chinese for that matter. Most people don’t realize that there is only a truce, or a cease-fire, in effect. There is no peace treaty between the North and the South. Technically, those two countries still remain at war. And us with it, for that matter. As such, you can tell from the article itself that the North Koreans see themselves as the victors in the original conflict. Which is funny, in a darkly twisted way, since the article then goes on to say how North Korean workers are thirsty for “revenge” on the United States. If they see themselves as the winners, what would they need revenge for? Just goes to show you how those commies think, I guess.
@beiber-Read the article before you make a total fool of yourself. It says they are “thirsting for revenge on the US seeking to disarm the DPRK and overthrow its social system”. They never mention the revenge is for their victory in the Korean conclict. In fact, a number of times in the article, they mention the victory over the US. Remember, they weren’t the ones who asked for the sit-down, and we weren’t the ones who dictated terms. It’s one thing to be patriotic. It’s another thing to face reality.
@ Wow – First of all, if you don’t want to make a fool of YOURSELF, maybe you should have read my entire comment. You said exactly the same thing I did, essentially, that the North Koreans see themselves as the victors in the Korean Conflict. I was speaking of their need for revenge in general terms, not specific ones. Besides, if they see themselves as the victors, what would they need revenge for in the first place? Otherwise, they would simply be retaliating against what they perceive as hostile intentions from the United States. As far as your comment about who “asked for the sitdown” and “who dictated the terms”, it is irrelevant to anything I wrote. I never mentioned anything about either one. I assume that you wrote those things to remind people that the United States did not intervene in Korea unilaterally but as part of an overall response authorized by the United Nations, in which you and I would be in agreement. People easily forget that it seems. Perhaps yet another reason why that conflict is often labeled “The Forgotten War”. And, while I’m at it, I’ll respond to another post of your further on up. You asked me if I have some kind of vendetta against North Korea, regarding their arms sales. Again, it is irrelevant to what I wrote. North Korea is an isolated communist country. Their only meaningful international involvement with the outside world comes in the form of international food and medical shipments that the United States participates in. Beyond that, North Korea also supplements its economy with international arms sales, many of which end up in 3rd world countries. Again, I would agree that the US is also a major international arms supplier. But that fact was irrelevant to North Korea’s situation. The arms sales from the United States isn’t the thin strand that separates our population between having enough to eat and mass starvation. And as far as my vendetta? I don’t have one. I do, however, have a healthy respect for ANY nuclear-armed country, especially one with a standing army of over one million troops and openly and brazenly threatens it’s INFINITELY more prosperous neighbor to the south. That’s why I think anyone who mentions any kind of pre-emptive strike against North Korea had better be damned careful of what they wish for. I respect their opinions and ideas, but I don’t agree with their thinking in that manner at all.
@beiber – My word, you do like to ramble on, don’t you. If you knew what you were talking about, I wouldn’t mind reading that tripe. You remind me of the politician who rambles on and on, and by the time he gets done, you’ve forgotten what the question was. And you sure do like that word irrelevant. I think I will just let our dialogue end here. There seems to be little or no continuity or reason behind your post, and it looks like you write more to try to impress your readers then to offer anything worthwhile. And I still stand by my prior posts. At least a person can understand them.
@ Wow – It is always easy to see the people on these kinds of forums who have something meaningful to add to a discussion. And then there are people like you who are simply on here to goad others and throw some non-to-veiled insults around. My original post wasn’t even a response to anything you wrote. You were the one who butted in. If you don’t like what someone has to say, it’s simple: DON’T POST! And I think I’ve easily demonstrated that I know a helluva lot more about the Korea situation than you do. I make it my business to know because, if an active war ever does break out again, I’m the only one of us who has a good chance of being in the middle of it. I’ve already done two tours in Iraq. And I would certainly HOPE that people can understand your posts. But that’s only because you write at about a third grade level, which is about par for the course with the knowledge you’ve demonstrated on Korea. Your posts might be understandable, but they don’t make much sense.
peter, peter, peter – Just to remind you, one of the purposes of commenting on here is because you don’t like what someone wrote. And as for your two tours in Iraq. Try 30 years retired military, one year Viet Nam, and I will put my one year of combat, kills, and wounds against your two years any day. By the way, what did you say you did in Iraq? But it’s not about us. Or your Korean knowledge driven ego. It’s about the DPRK. A country with an enormous ego, a multitude of problems, a citizenry fed daily on a diet of hatred toward the US, and a military that this country only has an idea of what their actual potential is. And no one has any real idea of what they are going to do next.
First of all, if you are truly a Vietnam Veteran, I want to thank you for your service. The reason I got a welcome home ceremony is because of people like you. If American learned ANYTHING from Vietnam, it is that you don’t treat your defenders that way. You all made sure there was no one to spit on me when I came home. I came home from my first tour, by the way, after a month’s stay in the hospital. My battle buddy didn’t make it. I would imagine you also know what that is like as well. War is still hell, no matter the time or the place. And I was in Transportation, by the way. I ran line haul missions on my first tour, got blown out of my own truck. I was part of a convoy security platoon on my second tour and ran a squad of four gun trucks to provide route security, clearance and convoy escort. Not bragging. It’s just what I did.
Like you, I study up a lot on North Korea because I am totally in agreement with you that they are the definition of a rogue country. And you’re right, NOBODY knows what they’re going to do next. They thrive on that. They have over a million troops on the line, millions more in reserve, over a million pieces of artillery, and that’s just the stuff we know about. If another war DOES break out on that peninsula, it is going to be brutal and ugly on a scale we haven’t seen in this century. And the United States isn’t ready for it.
At any rate, I apologize from my end for getting snotty and pissy in my last post. I would never knowingly treat a Veteran that way. And if we end up posting on the same topics again in the future, my responses may disagree from yours, but they will be respectful. I hope you will treat a fellow Veteran the same. Have a good day, sir.
This guy look like the cook on the Ponderowsa, Hap Sing, from Gun smoke. He look like any minute he will say, Come and get it, Mister Cart light, Little Joe, Hoss. Dinner on the table now.
I hadn’t thought of that until I watched a Bonanza re-run on Nickelodeon the other day. Now that you mention it, I can kind of see the resemblance…..
To bad Harry Truman didn’t listen to Genl Mc Arthur when he warned about them red slantys, he should of nuke them way back when. Our illegal alien we got now won’t dare blow them communist off the map but Mac sure would of yes.
Just nuke them and get it over with. Before he hurts someone.
Talk about nuts. This guy crazier than his dead old man.a
Wow, these inbred Korean people are really out there.
I wonder if Kim Jong Un is as good a golfer as his dad. His dad stated that he shot an 18 on the course.
I guess I don’t remember them having a victory against us in the 50’s, as I remember it, it was a turn tail and run deal, I think we were just there to help.