KCNA Commentary Accuses U.S. of Stepping up Preparations for War of Aggression against DPRK

 Pyongyang, May 30 (KCNA) -- The U.S. is stepping up its preparations for a war of aggression against the DPRK in real earnest.
    It is set to get the U.S.-south Korea joint division formally operational, openly revealing its scenario to deploy THAAD in south Korea under the pretext of "coping with the nuclear and missile threat from north Korea."
    The commander-in-chief of the U.S. forces in the Pacific, the commander of the U.S. forces present in south Korea and other brass hats of the U.S. military already underscored the necessity to deploy THAAD in south Korea.
    Against this backdrop, U.S. Secretary of State Kerry cried out for deploying THAAD in south Korea to "contain the provocation" of the DPRK during his recent inspection of a U.S. military base in south Korea.
    The whole string of reckless outbursts let loose by U.S. authorities calling for THAAD deployment vividly reflect the Obama administration's policy to put the Korean peninsula under its control by force.
    No one can be convinced of the U.S. and the south Korean puppet group's assertion that THAAD should be deployed in south Korea to "defend" themselves from the "biggest threat of nukes and missiles" from the DPRK.
    The operational sphere of THAAD goes far beyond the boundary of the Korean peninsula.
    The projected THAAD deployment in south Korea is a product of the criminal collusion and conspiracy between the U.S. keen to seize hegemony in Asia-Pacific by building a missile shield under the pretext of "coping with the nuclear threat from north Korea" and south Korea working hard to do harm to the compatriots in the north by force of arms, pursuant to the former's scenario.
    The U.S. scenario to build the missile shield under the pretext of "protecting" its mainland is being pushed forward worldwide to threaten our planet.
    It is the strategic scenario of Washington to encircle the anti-U.S. independent countries including the DPRK and potential rivals with the MD system to upset the equilibrium of strength and thereby realize its wild ambition for dominating the world by seizing a military edge.
    The projected formal operation of the U.S.-south Korea joint division is also pursuant to the above-said strategy.
    The military activities of the division expected to begin in the U.S. military base in Uijongbu City of south Korea on June 3 are aimed to carry out a special task of making a preemptive strike at the nuclear and missile bases of the DPRK after making a surprise intrusion into its territory.
    The operation of the division, an advance unit and shock brigade of the U.S. for provoking a nuclear war, is touching off serious concern of the international community as it is rare to be found in the world.
    All facts go to clearly prove that the U.S. is the aggressor and provocateur that harasses peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and other parts of Northeast Asia and brings the dark clouds of a nuclear war to hang over there.
    The U.S. should not misjudge the on-going situation.
    Now that the U.S. scenario to make a preemptive strike at the nuclear and missile bases of the DPRK has entered the phase of implementation, the DPRK will redouble its efforts to beat back the strike.
    The U.S. reckless actions would only precipitate its self-destruction. -0-