Support to Songun policy and

call for pullout of Yankees from south Korea

Article by Comrade Narayan Man Bijukche,

President of the Nepal Workers & Peasants’ Party and

Co-chairman of the Nepalese Forum for Solidarity with the NDFSK and the South Korean People

Now the US, perking itself up as a “sole superpower” with high-handedness and arbitrariness, is driven to the wall in one place, i.e., the Korean peninsula.

In the peninsula -- forefront of the anti-US, anti-imperialist struggle-- the US hegemonist strategy for world domination is being disabled and the conclusion of the north Korea-US nonaggression treaty and withdrawal of the US troops from south Korea that have not been realized over half a century is becoming inevitable.

The change of situation on the Korean peninsula is an unheard-of great event made possible by the Songun policy of Comrade Kim Jong Il, great leader of the Korean nation.

1. Might of Songun policy and struggle to drive out Yankees

The US troops’ pullout from south Korea serves a key to the solution of the Korean peninsula problem.

It is because the origination and deterioration of the Korean issue is in close relation with the US troops’ stationing in south Korea.

As of now GIs are deployed in several other countries including Germany and Japan, etc., but they are not for dominating those countries. The USFK(US Forces to South Korea) alone, however, not only lords over south Korea in a political and military way but also assumes the capability of deciding even a nuclear war on the peninsula.

The fact shows that the Korean issue derived from the US occupation of south Korea and the root cause barring the peace and reunification process of Korea boils down to the US hostile policy towards north Korea.

And the growing threat of the US based on “force” manifests that the aggression troops of the US imperialism can only be pulled out of Korea by the overwhelming pressure of the military power of justice.

Penetrating deep into the historic and realistic requirements, Comrade Kim Jong Il set forth the unique Songun policy to bring up the Korean People’s Army into the strongest army of the world.

Now the KPA is strong with its military power able to destroy even the US mainland as well as the USFK. North Korea vividly proved that if the aggressors dare to ignite a war, they will not survive it by shooting down of the US helicopter in 1996 and launching the artificial satellite “Gwangmyongsong 1”.

All political, military, economic and diplomatic pressures of the US and its war threats against the DPRK were made helpless before the might of the Songun policy that replies to toughness with ultra-toughness and counters “punishment” with merciless revenge. Meanwhile, the USFK has turned into a “hostage” to be reduced into ashes by the first strike of the KPA.

The 2000 north Korea-US joint communiqué can be described as an instrument of surrender whereby the US recognized that its over-half-a-century-long anti-north Korea policy resorting to force was defeated by the might of Songun. The communiqué clearly showed that the Songun policy is the very policy that corners the US into a fix and the best option that drives out Yankees in the fastest and most perfect way.

The Songun policy is a strong anti-US policy accelerating the withdrawal of the US troops by turning the struggle for it into a conflict between the entire Korean nation and the US.

Those who are suffering domination and plunder of the US most in the world are none other than the south Koreans. Nevertheless, they did not wage a hot struggle against the US in the past. It was because they were too weak to defy their rulers.

At present, however, south Korea that once known as the doldrums of the anti-US struggle has turned into the eye of the strongest anti-US typhoon. Such a change is decisively attributable to the Songun policy.

The successive victories of the Songun policy obtained in the anti-US showdown convinced the south Korean people that the Korean nation is a powerful nation, and by forming a strong supplementary axis: improvement of south-north relations, inspired them to turn out in the nationwide joint struggle to root out Yankees.

People witnessed its might when the situation was dramatically changed on the Korean peninsula by a single historic meeting and document.

The June 15 inter-Korean joint declaration is the milestone of reunification of Korea in the 21^st century, and at the same time, can be described as a south-north joint declaration of resistance war warning the US that they will drive out Yankees to achieve the national independence by the concerted efforts of the nation.

The Songun policy has switched the inter-Korean relations from distrust and hostility, antagonism and jealousy into reconciliation and cooperation, unity and mutual assistance to open the sluice of reunification, and thus, dropped the USFK: source of division of Korea into a pressing danger. Thanks to the policy the air, land and sea routes are opened for the people of the south and north to visit each other across the wall of division. Such grand sights are unfolded just under the nose of the US troops.

After all, the US’s plot for perpetuating the stationing of its troops by abetting inter-Korean antagonism went amiss and its colonial ruling system began to shake to the foundations.

The Songun policy is a mighty anti-imperialist policy that has turned the struggle for the withdrawal of the US troops into an internationally common struggle for the peace and security of the northeast Asia.

It is not only a problem for the Koreans themselves but also an international task related to the safety of the northeast Asian countries to check the US threat of unleashing a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula and pull the US troops-- root cause of war-- out of south Korea.

By frustrating the US political and military pressures and laying a stable track for the Korean peninsular situation on the strength of its mighty military power, the Songun policy made a remarkable development in the foreign relations for the peace and safety of the northeast Asia with its independent diplomacy.

The DPRK-Russia, and DPRK-China relations are developed to meet the requirements of the new century. Many countries that once followed the anti-DPRK pressure campaign of the US are normalizing their relations with north Korea nowadays. Such a change of situation brought about a huge rupture in the US’s encircling net around north Korea.

The international support to and solidarity with north Korea’s active efforts to expel the USFK from the country, prevent the outbreak of nuclear war and keep the peace and security of the northeast Asian region by the might of the Songun policy are growing day by day. On the contrary, the US strategic plot aimed at dominating the northeast Asia, basing on its troops in south Korea, is receiving strong opposition from the international society.

2. US troops’ withdrawal is a matter of time

The struggle to drive out the USFK is now in real earnest on the Korean peninsula.

What is important and decisive here is north Korea’s strong political offensive against the US.

It is now making tougher response to the US Bush administration that totally scrapped the bilateral relations established by the former administration, dubbed north Korea a “part of an axis of evil” and imposes a threat of “nuclear forestalling attack” on it.

Its withdrawal from the NPT last January did not aim at menacing the US with its nuclearization. Instead, it aimed at forcing the US to accede to the nonaggression treaty and pull out its troops from south Korea and thus realizing the full independence of the nation.

It is so obvious that the US which is stationing its troops in south Korea and is a party directly concerned in the Korean war and the truce should come out as a party concerned in the conclusion of the nonaggression treaty. If the nonaggression treaty is concluded, war state will be transferred into peace state on the Korean peninsula and the US troops should pull out in the result.

The US is recently plotting to put the “nuclear issue” even on the table of the UN, talkative about north Korea’s threat of “nuclear development”. But its ulterior intention is to evade the conclusion of the treaty decisive of the future destiny of the USFK. But it can never escape it.

North Korea has already firmly collared the US by bolting the NPT. Its separation from the NPT gives a telling blow to the US strategy for world domination based on the NPT, aftermath of which will be more lethal for the US as compared with the withdrawal of the USFK.

The US is advertising about “multilateral talks” but such a hanky-panky is a vain attempt, because it will meet tougher counterattack from the Songun policy of north Korea.

The anti-US independence struggle vitalized in south Korea, too, is adding greater pressure to the withdrawal of the USFK.

Some typical aspects have been witnessed in the south Korean situation since the publication of the June 15 joint declaration.

First, the south Korean’s worship of Comrade Kim Jong Il as the leader to reunify the country and defender of the national independence is making a rapid boost. They eulogize Kim Jong Il who has safeguarded the national sovereignty and right to live by leading the north Korea-US showdown to victory, improved the inter-Korean relations to open a decisive phase of reunification as the peerless patriot and legendary hero. Besides, they speak highly of the mighty Songun policy as the entire nation’s policy for independence and peace that benefits not only the north but also the south.

Second, a notable change is made in their understanding of the US, and hence, the struggle to drive out Yankees has begun in earnest.

Since the inter-Korean reconciliation and cooperation are given impetus and the anti-north antagonism of the Cold War time diminishes, the true color of the US aggressors begins to be spotlighted.

Last year an explosive and nationwide anti-US struggle was occasioned by the GIs’ killing of two schoolgirls, which well manifested that the protest against war and demand for the reunification and the withdrawal of the USFK has become an irreversible trend of the times.

The south Koreans people are now waging a dynamic anti-US independence struggle with the firm determination to expel Yankees and reunify the country by means of a nationwide death-defying resistance side by side with the north Koreans.

Embarrassed by the fierce political offensive of the Korean nation, the US military are clamoring about the “removal of its troops to the south of River Han” and “partial retreat”. The fact helps us estimate the might of the Songun policy.

North Korea’s strenuous struggle now enjoys warm support and solidarity of the international society. The international community appreciates that the political and military response of north Korea against the arrogant threat of the US is quite justifiable and reasonable. Meanwhile it strongly urges the US to conclude the nonaggression treaty with north Korea and pull out its aggression troops without delay from south Korea. Its allies, too, demand the north Korea-US bilateral talks.

Even in the United States the Bush administration’s reckless anti-north Korea policy is strongly rejected by the people. Those of the US political, public and press circles repeatedly blame the Bush administration’s DPRK policy, describing it as “an inexperienced, tactless policy mistaken in the concept and unskillful in practice”, and urge it to have a direct dialogue with north Korea. Even some of the White House and Pentagon argue that the “nuclear issue” of north Korea can be solved without recourse to war and the USFK must be evacuated.

The US soldiers, well aware of the fact that the USFK is simply the “hostage” of the KPA, are more reluctant to be dispatched to south Korea than to be deployed in the Middle East or Kosovo region. According to the USFK command, about 60, 000 US soldiers refused to be posted to south Korea in the three year period since 1998.

Since war or domination is no longer available on the Korean peninsula, the withdrawal of the US aggression troops from south Korea has become a matter of time.

With his almighty Songun policy Kim Jong Il is driving the US into the last ditch in the acute north Korea-US showdown, inspires the entire nation to the anti-US showdown and wins the international support and solidarity. Thus, he brings earlier the final day of the US troops’ withdrawal from south Korea by means of all-round offensive.

Though the US which has occupied Iraq is on its high horse as if it has dominated the whole world, the anti-US, anti-war unity front and joint action are activated on an international scale, contradiction between the US and several powers grows more intense, and the anti-war public opinion in the United States itself is driving the Bush administration to the wall.

Hence, in order to keep the NPT system and save itself, the US has no other choice but to accede to north Korea’s demands: conclusion of the nonaggression treaty, withdrawal of the USFK and abandonment of its intervention in the peaceful reunification process of Korea.

It is really a north Korean-style of expelling the US troops to defeat the “strong” enemy by virtue of great idea, great policy and great leadership in the hardest adversity without even a gunshot. Here lies the true might of the Songun policy.

To cap it all, Comrade Kim Jong Il is a great statesman and ever-victorious iron-willed brilliant commander who leads the world by having the US under his thumb.

I conducted solidarity activities supporting the Korean people for many years but it is really unusual for me to feel pride and confidence like nowadays. It is thanks to the great Comrade Kim Jong Il and the powerful Songun policy.

To warmly support the great Songun policy and strongly demand the withdrawal of the USFK has become the main trend of the international society.

Firmly believing that the Korean nation’s independence cause will surely emerge victorious with their great leader and great policy, I am determined to conduct more vigorous solidarity activities in support of the Korean people’s struggle.

Long live the great Comrade Kim Jong Il and the Songun policy!

Victory to the Korean nation’s struggle for the full independence and reunification of the country!

US troops, get out of south Korea at once!