{"id":17121,"date":"2013-03-31T23:26:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T03:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=17121"},"modified":"2013-03-31T23:26:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T03:26:44","slug":"u-s-to-blame-if-two-koreas-start-a-world-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2013\/03\/u-s-to-blame-if-two-koreas-start-a-world-war\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. to Blame if Two Koreas Start a World War"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A prominent analyst says the United States will be responsible if the state of war on the divided Korean Peninsula escalates into a world war,\u00a0Press TV\u00a0reports.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201cThe question is whether or not the United States as a superpower wants to escalate this thing to a world war that could be nuclear, or whether sensible diplomacy is going to prevail. The ball is not in the North Korean court, it\u2019s in the US court,\u201d said Jeff Steinberg with the\u00a0Executive Intelligence Review<\/i>\u00a0weekly in an interview with Press TV on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, North Korea announced, \u201cAs of now, inter-Korea relations enter a state of war and all matters between the two Koreas will be handled according to wartime protocol.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pyongyang also warned that any military provocation near the North-South land or sea border would lead to \u201ca full-scale conflict and a nuclear war.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Steinberg put the blame on Washington and the West for further fueling North Korea\u2019s provocations, saying, \u201cWe could end this whole game but the danger is that you could escalate it into a confrontation that does get out of control.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He added that North Korea\u2019s bellicose statements should not be taken seriously since Pyongyang only wants to move beyond the Armistice situation, where the Korean war is still at a ceasefire point and has not yet ended.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if you look at the history in the Middle East of the countries that were accused of going for or having nuclear weapons but never really intended to and never got them, they were subjected to completely illegal regime change, [and] military action,\u201d the analyst added.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On March 28, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the US is \u201cprepared to deal with any eventuality\u201d from North Korea and that Washington takes Pyongyang\u2019s threats very seriously.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

South Korean and US forces completed an annual war game codenamed \u2018Key Resolve\u2019 on March 21, a move which drew widespread condemnation from North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

The United Nations also approved a fresh round of sanctions against Pyongyang following its nuclear test in February, a move that added to Pyongyang\u2019s escalating rhetoric against Washington and Seoul.<\/span><\/p>\n

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