Apparently the US is supposed to sit back and let the little tyrant in Pyongyang do whatever he wants -- including launch missiles at the US on the Fourth of July.

North Korea criticized the U.S. on Monday for positioning missile defense systems around Hawaii, calling the deployment part of a plot to attack the regime and saying it would bolster its nuclear arsenal in retaliation.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said he ordered the deployment of a ground-based, mobile missile intercept system and radar system to Hawaii amid concerns the North may fire a long-range missile toward the islands, about 4,500 miles away.

"Through the U.S. forces' clamorous movements, it has been brought to light that the U.S. attempt to launch a pre-emptive strike on our republic has become a brutal fact," the North's main Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary.

The paper also accused the U.S. of deploying nuclear-powered aircraft and atomic-armed submarines in waters near the Korean peninsula, saying the moves prove "the U.S. pre-emptive nuclear war" on the North is imminent.

The commentary, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, said the North will bolster its nuclear arsenal in self-defense.

Yeah, that's right -- it is all the fault of the US that the NorKs are violating international law by building an illegal nuclear arsenal. And the fact that the US is responding to that illegal activity is grounds for more illegal activity! Kim Jong-il had better hope that the US doesn't decide to act against him -- his forces are likely to be wiped off the map in under 24 hours if we do.

It's inevitable.

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