And if you think I'm trusting the biased, one-sided war propaganda account.... just look at the skewed terminology:
"North and South Korean navies clash at sea; Some see incident as a provocation before Obama trip" by Kwang-Tae Kim, Associated Press | November 11, 2009
SEOUL - The navies of North and South Korea clashed at sea yesterday for the first time in seven years in what some analysts said was a provocation by the communist nation a week before President Obama’s visit to Seoul.
The North Korean ship retreated in flames....
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan told lawmakers that North Korean ships violated the South’s waters, although he said it was probably not intentional.
Then it is NOT a PROVOCATION!
He said the North Koreans may have been clamping down on Chinese fishing vessels operating in the area.
So it had nothing to do with provocations or any such thing!
South Korean analysts, however, said North Korea was sending a clear message ahead of Obama’s two-day visit starting Nov. 18. “It was an intentional provocation by North Korea to draw attention ahead of Obama’s trip,’’ said Shin Yul, a political science professor at Seoul’s Myongji University. He also said the North was sending a message to Obama that it wants to replace the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953 with a permanent peace treaty while keeping its nuclear weapons.
Now why would they want to do it this way when the guy is coming to the region??
Traveling with Obama on Air Force One, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the administration was aware of the clash and urged restraint on the part of North Korea....
Tell it to the South! It was the North Korean ship that limped home in flames!
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is closely watching the situation and called for “maximum restraint by both parties,’’ UN associate spokesman Farhan Haq said in New York.
Unlike the situation in Palestine, 'eh, Ban?
The incident shows the need to resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue and in a peaceful manner, Haq said....
I agree, now tell it to war-mongering Usrael, will ya?
Kim Yong-hyun, a specialist on North Korea at Seoul’s Dongguk University, also believes North Korea provoked the naval clash, but said it was careful not to let the situation escalate. “North Korea would not create conditions that could ruin its talks with the US, given the fact that Pyongyang has demanded them,’’ he said.
Yes, THAT is why THIS WHOLE ACCOUNTING in my MSM paper STINKS!!!!
A clash had been brewing for months in the disputed western sea border, which is a rich crab fishing area. Both sides regularly accuse each other of border violations and the rival militaries blamed each other for yesterday’s skirmish.
But this was about a CHINESE FISHING VESSEL!
A North Korean patrol boat crossed the disputed sea border before noon, drawing warning shots from a South Korean navy vessel, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
So the SOUTH FIRED FIRST, huh?
But it was a NORTHERN provocation?
It said the North Korean boat then opened fire and the South’s ship returned fire before the North’s vessel sailed back toward its waters.
So WHO did the PROVOKING again?
The ships were about 2 miles from each other during the clash, South Korean Rear Admiral Lee Ki-sik told reporters.
So they never even saw each other, huh?
Yeah, if I received "warning shots" I'd be firing back, too!!!
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Nothing like turning a story upside down and inside out, 'eh, MSM?
