The Wily Filipino

Thin-Skinned.

Sometimes "tyrannical dictators" speak the truth:

KCNA, North Korea's official news agency, said... that Rumsfeld's "outbursts ... can not be construed (other) than a desperate shrill cry of a psychopath on his death bed."

KCNA accused Rumsfeld and other "neo-conservatives"... of "wantonly harassing peace and security in different parts of the world and igniting wars."

"He is cursed and hated worldwide for this," KCNA said in North Korea's harshest personal attack on a U.S. official since it called Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton "human scum" in August for calling North Korean leader Kim Jong Il a "tyrannical dictator."

"Rumsfeld, whose political faith is to establish the U.S.-style world order by strength, is known to be a typical stupid man for professing 'neo-conservatism' censured and mocked at worldwide," the KCNA's official English translation said.

I certainly can't disagree. My favorite part, though, is the AP reporter's sentence the quotation above:

North Korea, whose media regularly churn out anti-American vituperations, is especially thin-skinned when outsiders attack its political leadership.

How about: "The United States, whose media regularly churn out anti-North Korean vituperations, is especially thin-skinned when outsiders attack its political leadership?" (Substitute "Iraqi," "Libyan," "Palestinian," "Chinese," "Afghani," "Cuban," etc. for "North Korean" as needed.) Posted by the wily filipino at September 28, 2003 08:46 AM