North Korea: Threat or Blackmailer?

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I am sure most everyone is done with this, I still tend to think they are waiting till after the planting season for any provocations, but they have also changed out the commanders in 3 of their front line Army divisions in the last 2 months, with younger (50ish) generals.

Anyway, today's 5oclock charlie segment is about Mr Helen Thomas, former white house press corps member. (bet you thought he was a she, alas NK is so much smarter than all of us!)

Mockery of Press



Greeting World Press Freedom Day, Kerry, U.S. secretary of state called on all countries of the world to provide pressmen with "freedom of report".

What a ridiculous sophistry.

"Freedom of report" in the U.S. is infringed upon without any ground under the pretext of "national security".

In 2006 the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and other media gave wide publicity to the U.S. Administration's "counter-terrorist war" as unjustifiable.

At this the U.S. authorities got enraged, saying such report activities of the press organs plunged the country into a very disgraceful status, did a very great harm to the U.S. interests and brought a greater difficulty to victory of "counter-terrorist war".

In April last year a reporter of U.S. news website "Politico" visited the DPRK in connection with its launch of globe observation satellite "Kwangmyongsong-3".

The reporter exposed that the White House said reports on the DPRK's launch of satellite is free propaganda for the DPRK and demanded news reporters not conspire with "Korea"s propaganda activities".

The U.S. pressmen are cripple reporters under gag law.

A vivid proof of it is an early retirement of Helen Thomas, one of a few White House reporters.

Requested by his colleague to comment on the Israel issue, he said Israel should withdraw from Palestine, an occupied territory.

There was nothing wrong in his remark.

But, unable to bear down the repeated pressure of the U.S. authorities siding with Israel, Thomas made public a statement of "apology" and made the last parting with his job.

Media in the U.S. distort the truth and mislead the public opinion to curry favor with power.

That is freedom of speech and report called for by the U.S.

The U.S. is well-advised to keep silence because it is not in a position to teach others.

Jin Chol