"N. Korea military declares 'confrontational posture'; South raises its vigilance along border" by Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times | January 18, 2009
SEOUL - The North Korean military declared an "all-out confrontational posture" against South Korea yesterday....
South Korea ordered its military to heighten vigilance along the heavily fortified border with North Korea, said a spokesman of the South Korean military joint chiefs of staff.
North Korea's saber-rattling rhetoric against the South has increased in intensity since President Lee Myung-bak came to office in Seoul a year ago, vowing to take a tougher stance on North Korea, reversing 10 years of his liberal predecessors' efforts to engage the North with economic aid.
Well, you know what side the Zionist AmeriKan MSM is coming down.
But what made yesterday's threat unusual - and more worrisome to some South Korean analysts - was the way it was delivered: In a statement read on North Korean television by a uniformed spokesman for the North Korean military joint chiefs of staff....
Usually the North Korean government issues written statements that are delivered by North Korean media; sometimes the statements are read by press officers, not by a uniformed member of the military....
In yesterday's televised statement, the military spokesman warned of a clash along a disputed western sea border between the Koreas. The two navies fought skirmishes there in 1999 and 2002. It is always difficult to decipher the messages that North Korea's reclusive government is trying to send with its often bombastic missives.
In times of crucial bargaining, North Korea often tries to drive a wedge between Washington and South Korea to sow discord between the allies, and raises the stakes by increasing demands and issuing dire threats....
I'd be VERY ALERT for any type of FALSE-FLAG, folks!
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