Instead, it has tried to move things along by taking another approach: brinkmanship. That gameplan involves creating a major crisis — or the impression of it — in order to try and generate enough alarm for South Korea, the U.S. and others to come scrambling to the table with a peace treaty in hand.
The way to do that, the thinking goes, is to kick away the apparent barriers to full-blown conflict and display a readiness to fight. Hence, North Korea has said at least seven times that the armistice agreement is no longer valid, including in this latest cycle of tough talk, and has also said that the non-aggression pact with the South is “null and void.” It’s also said you can forget about denuclearization and there’ll be no phone calls, either.
Military drills, mass rallies in Pyongyang, statements about nuking Washington and late-night meetings over maps of attack plans are the other part of the routine.
What does today’s declaration of a “state of war” add to that? Frankly, nothing. South Korea says it hasn’t seen any unusual military movements in the North and workers from the South traveled into the Kaesong Industrial complex in the North as usual. North Korea later said it would close the Kaesong complex if the South continues to insult its integrity.
There are some other points to note. Today’s statement wasn’t attributed to any specific entity, which weakens its impact. Edicts issued by the National Defense Commission, North Korea’s most important decision making body, carry particular significance. Meetings of the central committee of the Korean Workers’ Party and the Supreme People’s Assembly, the rubber-stamp legislature, in coming days may produce similar war-like statements.
The “war declaration” was made in the conditional, as is standard for Pyongyang. Some of today’s wording says North Korea will “immediately punish any slightest provocation hurting its dignity and sovereignty with resolute and merciless physical actions without any prior notice.”
What the hell is wrong with the world!!!!!
Why should every city that has gases or oil be attacked or bombed, why cant just buy it or invest it or just be fine with it
What has the world come to
What the hell is wrong with the world!!!!!
Why should every city that has gases or oil be attacked or bombed, why cant just buy it or invest it or just be fine with it
What has the world come to
Americans are like having fun and everything, but I will ask them will it be a joke when N. Korea shows it's teeth.
Their bombs are jokes. That's the problem, the U.S does need to keep it's guard up at all times though. But honestly I think N.Korea is doing itself a big issue with trying to **** up S. Korea.
