Candidate Jong-seop Lee and their perception of the military… Split the army

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Candidate for Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop criticized reporters, saying, "The mental world and values ​​of the soldiers are not centered," followed by the National Assembly's National Defense Committee. ", he determined.

This is a statement that clearly reveals the minister's perception of the military.

Candidate Jong-seop Lee is not the only one who thinks like this.

Many of Yoon Seok-yeol's reservist generals and security experts tend to split the Moon Jae-in administration's military.

It is a unique perspective to look at the military of the Moon Jae-in administration as if it were a different entity from the military of the Yun Seok-yeol administration, which will be launched next month.

There are liberal and conservative media, there are liberal and conservative politicians, there are liberal scholars and conservative scholars, but there are no progressive and conservative soldiers.

The military of the Moon Jae-in administration and the military of the Yun Seok-yeol administration are no different.

There is only an army that protects the country, that is, the national army.

However, in accordance with the guidelines of the civilian government, we are sometimes passive and sometimes active.

This is democratic civilian control.

When did our military's great enemy waved?

Candidate Jong-seop Lee responded to questions from National Assembly National Assembly Chairman Min Hong-cheol, saying, "The weakening of the enemy tower has led to the relaxation of the vigilante posture", "We need to make sure our soldiers have a sense of state, security, and military spirit", "What should we keep? "It's important to have a clear understanding of who is our enemy and why we have to fight."

"We should see North Korea as an enemy as long as it continues provocations in various forms and makes our people uneasy," he said.

Our soldiers are well aware of why they train with heavy guns in uncomfortable uniforms in the heat of the three days and the freezing cold.

With our eyes, ears, and heart, we are acutely aware of the enemy of the North Korean military beyond the ceasefire line armed with nuclear, missile, and conventional power.

Since we have to fight against the enemy of the North Korean army, we have to put aside all the pleasures enjoyed by civilians and devote our youth to the land, sky, and sea of ​​the enemy.

Just because the military was defensive in the progressive Moon Jae-in government does not mean that the nature of our military is defensive and passive.

They simply obeyed the civilian government.

If the military does not obey the civilian government, civilian control will fail and democracy will be at risk.

The Yun Seok-Yeol government's military will aggressively push North Korea as if it had ever been, following the guidance of the commander-in-chief.

The military will be faithful to the guidelines of the Yun Seok-yeol government in accordance with the principle of civilian control, so candidate Lee Jong-seop does not need to worry.

The military of the Moon Jae-in government and the military of the Yun Seok-yeol administration are not separate.

A security expert who worked at Yun Seok-yeol's camp said to those around him, "I am a general of Moon Jae-in who was promoted under the Moon Jae-in government," and, "I surrendered to Yun Seok-yeol's camp, but I am not reflecting."

It is a wrong view that separates the military of the Moon Jae-in administration and the military of the Yun Seok-yeol administration.

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Kim Yong-hyeon, former head of operations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is said to have built a division under Yoon Seok-yeol, publicly remarked, "The security of the Moon Jae-in government is disgusting."

This is an opinion that comprehensively denies the Moon Jae-in administration's security policy and military.

I'm sorry.

I reiterate that there is no military under the Moon Jae-in administration and the military under the Yun Seok-yeol administration.

Depending on which political force takes power, North Korea policy and security policy change, and the behavior of the military also changes accordingly.

The progressive civilian government implements a policy of dialogue and cooperation toward North Korea, while the military acts passively and defensively.

The conservative civilian government pursues a principled North Korea policy, and the military acts aggressively and offensively.

The military is moving in the direction the civilian government is pointing.

The civilian government is entirely responsible for the respective consequences of the carrot policy and the stick policy, and the military is judged on whether it obeyed and implemented the policy, whether it was right or wrong.

This is the principle of democratic civilian control.

The powerful people who will be responsible for the security of the Yun Seok-yeol government do not seem to fully understand the democratic control of civilians.