Tokyo talks of military strike on North Korea

July 12, 2006 D. H. McKee

Off

Japan ratcheted up the rhetoric against North Korea over its missile tests last week as a top government spokesman said Monday that Tokyo should consider whether its Constitution would allow pre-emptive military strikes. A U.S. envoy reiterated his call for the countries involved to take a unified stand in condemning the launchings.
Japan has reacted more strongly than other countries in the region to North Korea’s missile tests, fanning simmering rage here over Pyongyang’s past abductions of Japanese citizens and a test launch eight years ago that sent a missile sailing over Japan’s main island.
On Monday, Japanese officials made some of their most forceful comments yet when Shinzo Abe, the chief cabinet secretary and leading government spokesman, said Japan needed to consider whether the nation’s pacifist Constitution would allow pre-emptive attacks on North Korean missile sites as an act of self-defense.
Tokyo talks of military strike on North Korea – Asia – Pacific – International Herald Tribune

Comments are closed.

About This Site

As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.