Seoul, Sept 28: North Korea has blasted US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, calling him a "stupid" proponent of neo-conservatism for tarnishing the image of the Communist country and predicting its collapse. "Rumsfeld whose political faith is to establish the US-style world order by strength is known to be a typical stupid man for professing neo-conservatism censured and mocked at worldwide," North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said late yesterday.
The angry remarks came after Rumsfeld reportedly told US and South Korean business leaders last week that he had a night-time satellite picture of the divided peninsula showing North Korea almost entirely in darkness.
KCNA said, "he told nonsense that it is necessary to make sure that the rays of freedom reach the oppressed North Koreans, asserting that a satellite photo shows the rays of freedom on one part of the Korean peninsula and the darkness of dictatorship on the other part of it and communism is shaking on its own."
It said the remarks proved he was "just an old man (and) politically illiterate" who could not face the reality that "all countries are promoting peaceful co-existence, reconciliation and cooperation irrespective of ideologies and beliefs”.
The news agency said Rumsfeld was "obsessed with wantonly harassing peace and security in different parts of the world and igniting wars."
"He is, therefore, not a guy who the DPRK (North Korea) can deal with," it said. Bureau Report