Little Red Blog

From the man who signed the "Agreed Framework" and now possesses nuclear weapons comes the word that North Korea will resume the six party talks if the United States will show "trustworthy sincerity." Kim also added that North Korea would "as ever stand for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and its position to seek a peaceful solution to the issue through dialogue remains unchanged."

Clearly the loon of the north was impressed by the Chinese envoy, Wang Jiarui, as he added "we will go to the negotiating table anytime if there are mature conditions for the six-party talks thanks to the concerted efforts of the parties concerned in the future."

The state department’s initial response is appropriately reserved. Spokesman Lou Finter says "the United States remains ready to resume the six party talks at an early date without preconditions."

Also today, the DPRK denounced Japan's new defense posture as a plot to reinvade the DPRK. Did you laugh when reading that? I did.

"The 'military threat' touted by the Japanese militarists is a far-fetched allegation fabricated by themselves. They have joined in the US hostile policy toward the DPRK and its moves to stifle the DPRK and, therefore, the situation in the Korean Peninsula has reached the worst phase."

On a related note, China expressed concerns today that the U.S. threatens their security on three fronts – east, west and south.

"The weekly [the source for this Dong-A report] says that the U.S. considers Japan and Taiwan as the first encircling net in the east and accordingly tries to strengthen its military alliance with Japan, sell advanced weapons to Taiwan, and push forward the establishment of an air base in Shadidiao.

Also, the U.S. is nurturing Guam as it core military base in Asia, setting the island as the second encircling net. To that end, the country augmented B-52 and B-2 strategic bombing planes, and deployed 64 air-launched cruise missiles to regions other than the U.S. mainland for the first time ever. It also decided to station three attack nuclear submarines at all times and deploy a Carrier Battle Group.

Meanwhile, the U.S. completed the western encircling net against China by setting up its military base in central Asia, while carrying out wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The country currently has 13 military bases in nine central Asian countries, including Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tadzhikistan. Against this backdrop, China faces a direct military threat from the U.S. also on land for the first time ever."