The U.S., however, let loose such rhetoric that there was no problem as it was an "annual" and "defensive" one.

Minju Joson Tuesday observes in a bylined commentary in this regard:

This was a revelation of extreme arrogance of the U.S. and a vivid manifestation of its nature as a burglar turning black into white.

It is well known that the U.S. entirely to blame for escalating the tension on the Korean Peninsula has talked like a monk's chanting prayers about someone's "provocation" in a sinister bid to brand the DPRK as a criminal.

Had the U.S. wanted to see the detente and peace on the peninsula, it would have refrained from staging the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises extremely rattling the nerves of the DPRK.

But no one can notice such logical behavior on the part of the U.S.

It stands for a war, not peace, and for escalated tension, not detente. That is why it keeps fanning up the war atmosphere by mobilizing latest warships and task forces.

This made the DPRK draw a conclusion that it did not misjudge the U.S.

The DPRK will remain unchanged in its will for toughest counteractions against the U.S. as long as the latter persistently sticks to its hostile policy toward the former.