U.S. Monopoly on Preemption

“As we declared, our strong revolutionary might put in place all measures to counter possible U.S. pre-emptive strike. Pre-emptive strike is not the monopoly of the United States.”

… “We have built nuclear weapons for no other purpose than to counter U.S. nuclear threats.”

… “In a word, it is a robbery-like declaration of war. Through this document [U.S. national security report], the Bush administration declared to the world that it is a group of war fanatics.”

North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman.

Jae-Soon Chang, “North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability,” AP, 3/21/06.