June 14, 2004

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Xinhuanet, the English language website of China's official Xinhua new agency, contains an intruiging poll (about half way down the left hand side). The question is Why did CIA chief Tenet resign? They give three choices which I quote verbatim:

a. "For personal reasons"
b. For providing wrong information on Iraqi weapons
c. For failing to catch Bin Laden
At the time of writing 24.51% believe option a, despite it appearing in quote marks with all that implies. Option b gets 66.59% and c gets 8.89%. If only they'd left option d, personal reasons without the quote marks.

It seems like they've taken a leaf out of the KCNA book. For example the KCNA has two great ones today...

Firstly:

Nationwide Struggle for Independence against U.S. Called for

Pyongyang, June 13 (KCNA) -- The past four years for the south Korean people since the publication of the historic June 15 joint declaration are characterized by their worship of leader Kim Jong Il, a great man, and their glorious struggle, said Jo Il Min, chief of the Pyongyang Mission of the National Democratic Front of South Korea when interviewed by KCNA Saturday on the occasion of the 4th anniversary of the publication of the joint declaration. He said:
What is most characteristic in the present movement of the south Koreans for change is that the people's anti-U.S. sentiment has grown stronger than ever before and their struggle is being focused on actions against the U.S. and war and for the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from south Korea, a struggle at a high stage to achieve national independence.
The ways and mode of anti-U.S. and anti-war struggle are getting more diverse and the political situation and trend in south Korea turning progressive.
A shortcut to implementing the joint declaration to the letter and bringing earlier a victory in the sacred war for independence against the U.S. is to wholeheartedly uphold Kim Jong Il's Songun politics, a treasured sword for independence, peace and reunification, and wage a vigorous struggle to force the U.S. troops to withdraw from south Korea through national cooperation against the U.S.
The NDFSK will take the lead in the nationwide struggle to make 2005, which will mark the 60th anniversary of the national liberation and the lapse of 60 years since the national division, a year when the U.S. troops are withdrawn from south Korea and contribute to putting an end to the U.S. domination and occupation and bringing earlier the dawn of national reunification without fail.

Secondly:

Pyongyang, June 13 (KCNA) -- The U.S. redeployment of armed forces worldwide aimed to realize its invariable wild ambition for aggression only betrays its blacked-hearted nature as it goes against the trend of the times, says Minju Joson in a signed commentary. The commentary continues:
The U.S. is pushing forward the redeployment of its armed forces in real earnest in different parts of the world. It is evidenced by the fact that the U.S. decided to dispatch some of its armed forces in south Korea to Iraq under the pretext of the "urgent Iraqi situation."
What matters is that the redeployment of the U.S. armed forces is not just an adjustment or replacement of armed forces but it pursues a very sinister aim which should never be overlooked. It is part of the U.S. vicious moves for a war of aggression to realize its invariable wild ambition for world domination at any cost.
It is the U.S. strategy for world domination, Asia-Pacific strategy, to dominate the whole world by holding a grip on the Asia-Pacific region.
The U.S. primary target in implementing the strategy is to establish military domination over Northeast Asia including the Korean peninsula. It is clear from this fact that the redeployment of the U.S. armed forces in and around the Korean peninsula is aimed at military domination over the Asia-Pacific region. Even the U.S. itself does not hide this.
The U.S. is desperately working to militarily stifle the DPRK, accelerating the redeployment of its armed forces in and around the Korean peninsula under the pretext of "reexamining" someone's "military strategy."
The reality requires everyone to be vigilant against the U.S. adventurous moves for the redeployment of armed forces.
The U.S. wild ambition for world domination is nothing but a daydream.
The Bush administration is well advised to behave itself, though belatedly, bearing in mind that its moves to realize its invariable wild ambition for aggression are only driving the U.S. to thorough isolation. This would do the U.S. good.

That last sentence is a cracker. These people have some of the funniest writers since Seinfeld. Shame 22 million people have to suffer it.

posted by Simon on 06.14.04 at 05:56 PM in the




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Comments:

Oh lord, how I do love the KCNA. I can't go a single day without reading the latest "happenings" over in Chosun.

My latest favorite is the one from a few days back about the Pyongyang circus. Truly classic comedy.

posted by: Max on 06.14.04 at 08:03 PM [permalink]

Shouldn't the SKs be chanting this? You know, to sort of ease the transition to the time when the Glorious Leader rules.
(to the tune of the Batman TV themesong)

na-na-na-na-na-na-na Leader.
na-na-na-na-na-na-na Leader.
Leader.
Leader.
Leader.


posted by: Rusty Shackleford on 06.14.04 at 11:32 PM [permalink]




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