KCNA Commentary Slams Reckless Remarks of Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Forces in Pacific

Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- Some days ago, the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Forces in the Pacific blustered that the best way of deterring north Korea from developing nukes and missiles for striking the U.S. is to maintain strong combat capability and boost the ties with its allies.
    The "threats" much touted by the U.S. is nothing but an excuse to justify its hostile policy towards the DPRK and strategy for Asian domination and they are, in actuality, a product of a foolish intention to contain the potential rivals in the Asia-Pacific region and save the U.S. from its decline by beefing up its military forces and forming a military nexus for aggression, pursuant to the pivot to Asia-Pacific strategy.
    It is the U.S. hostile policy towards the DPRK and its pivot to Asia-Pacific strategy that pose grave threat to the DPRK and Asia and, furthermore, to global peace and security.
    The U.S. is pursuing a dangerous scenario to dominate the Asia-Pacific and the rest of the world by laying a siege to Russia and China and containing them with every possible means and method after occupying the whole of Korea.
    These hegemonic moves of the U.S. cannot but trigger off strong opposition and vigilance of the international community as they usher in the era of new worldwide confrontation and arms race.
    "North Korea's threats" noisily trumpeted about by the U.S. are aimed at misleading strong world criticism and justifying its moves for dominating the world.
    The U.S. seeks an ulterior aim to contain China which rapidly emerged an economic power in Asia and finally deter Russia from restoring the position as a power by hastening the reinforcement of military forces in the Asia-Pacific region and tightening the formation of military alliance with Japan and south Korea under the pretext of coping with the "threats".
    The U.S. is now finding itself in pretty fix due to its excessive spending of funds for war, vulnerable economic structure and the world trend of multi-polarization. It seeks a way out of it in establishing domination over the Asia-Pacific region which has rich resources and vast markets and gets strategically more important.
    This goes to prove that "north Korea's threats" are nothing but sophism reeled off by the U.S. to justify the military moves to contain the powers in the Asia-Pacific and get rid of its quagmire.
    The Washington Post on Jan. 14, 2002 disclosed the facts that the CIA designated Russia and China as potential rivals capable of challenging the U.S. interests as early as in the 1990s and later listed the DPRK as a "state posing threat" in a bid to find a justification for beefing up armed forces in Asia.
    No matter how frequently the U.S. cites "north Korea's threats" it can never conceal its hypocritical and criminal nature.
    The DPRK's nuclear force is means for just self-defence to protect the security of the country and the nation.
    It can never be a threat to any country unless it provokes the DPRK.
    The U.S. should stop trumpeting about "north Korea's threats" and halt unreasonable military actions threatening the DPRK and regional countries. -0-