Tag: North Korea’s Nuclear

NOVANEWS By Stephen Lendman Global Research   Longstanding US hostility toward the DPRK poses a serious threat to its security – its leadership acting rationally to defend itself against feared US aggression. Failure to develop the strongest possible deterrent would be irresponsible. The menace America poses forced North Korea to prepare for the worst. The lesson of defenseless nations victimized by US aggression is not lost on its government and military officials. The root of the problem on the Korean peninsula lies in Washington, not Pyongyang. “The nature of the North Korea nuclear problem is a security issue. The core of it is the conflict between the US and North Korea,” China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying explained, adding: “The cause of escalating tensi...