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U.S. Strategy Paper Deems N.Korea a 'Despotic System'
The Chosun IlboUpdated Mar.16,2006 21:12 KST
The White House on Wednesday published a new strategy paper that identifies six countries -- North Korea, Iran, Cuba, Syria, Burma, Zimbabwe and Belarus -- as “despotic systems” the U.S. needs to protect itself with “all necessary measures.”
The National Security Strategy denounces North Korea as a nation with a bad record of being dishonest in negotiations, especially on its nuclear development.
The paper comes three-and-a-half years after the Bush administration’s first in September 2002, which fatally identified Iraq as a “rogue state.”
The 2002 paper established the doctrine of “pre-emptive strikes” against countries deemed to possess so-called weapons of mass destruction.
While that concept is less prominent, the new 49-page paper insists that WMD pose the greatest threat to U.S. national security in the 21 century. In dealing with the threat, Washington says it does not rule out “the principle of self-defense” using armed force to anticipate attacks, even if it is uncertain when and where such attacks are going to be launched.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
03-16-2006, 09:01 PM
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