Is the North Korean government really that stupid to even think about attacking us with Nuclear weapons? They have to know that they would be annihilated. If not by nukes then conventional means.
North Korea Says Only U.S. Can Settle Nuclear Row
Tue Dec 24, 3:23 AM ET
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea (news - web sites) said Tuesday it is only the United States that can solve the dispute of its nuclear weapons, warning Washington that internationalizing the issue would bring "uncontrollable catastrophe."
"There is no need for the third party to meddle in the nuclear issue on the peninsula. The issue should be settled between the DPRK (North Korea) and the U.S., the parties responsible for it," said the North's ruling-party newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun.
"If the U.S. persistently tries to internationalize the pending issue between the DPRK and the U.S. in a bid to flee from its responsibility, it will push the situation to an uncontrollable catastrophe," it said.
Earlier, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung (news - web sites) sharply criticized Pyongyang for turning a deaf ear while the "entire world is opposed to North Korea having nuclear weapons."
North Korea, denounced by President Bush (news - web sites) as a member of an "axis of evil" with Iraq and Iran, has set alarm bells ringing by removing U.N. monitoring equipment at a nuclear reactor capable of yielding weapons-grade plutonium.
North Korea Says Only U.S. Can Settle Nuclear Row
Tue Dec 24, 3:23 AM ET
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea (news - web sites) said Tuesday it is only the United States that can solve the dispute of its nuclear weapons, warning Washington that internationalizing the issue would bring "uncontrollable catastrophe."
"There is no need for the third party to meddle in the nuclear issue on the peninsula. The issue should be settled between the DPRK (North Korea) and the U.S., the parties responsible for it," said the North's ruling-party newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun.
"If the U.S. persistently tries to internationalize the pending issue between the DPRK and the U.S. in a bid to flee from its responsibility, it will push the situation to an uncontrollable catastrophe," it said.
Earlier, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung (news - web sites) sharply criticized Pyongyang for turning a deaf ear while the "entire world is opposed to North Korea having nuclear weapons."
North Korea, denounced by President Bush (news - web sites) as a member of an "axis of evil" with Iraq and Iran, has set alarm bells ringing by removing U.N. monitoring equipment at a nuclear reactor capable of yielding weapons-grade plutonium.