Ladies and gentlemen, I am Taishou.
The situation on the Korean Peninsula has become tense again.
During the inspection of the South Korean Army's Fifth Infantry Division of the South Korean Army, the South Korean front force, on the 28th, South Korea's ** Yoon Suk-yeol issued an order to the army:
In case of provocation, shoot before you report!
"Preemptive strike" is the core point of Yoon's policy toward North Korea. Since ascending to the throne, Yoon Suk-yeol has emphasized this philosophy countless times in various internal and external meetings, and is determined to carry out radical and tough to the end.
However, I have the impression that this is the first time that Yoon Suk-yeol has given such an order in front of the officers and soldiers of the front-line troops. Therefore, this move will inevitably directly aggravate the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
And today, when the international situation is becoming more and more unstable, what should South Korea do?What should I do to prepare?
This is undoubtedly the biggest problem that plagues Yoon Suk-yeol.
In the past few years, the two wars that broke out from Russia and Ukraine to the Middle East have touched Yoon Suk-yeol tremendously.
Yoon Suk-yeol learned a lot from these two wars.
From the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Yoon Suk-yeol realized that if he wants to be undefeated, he must rely on foreign aid. Therefore, in the past two years, Yoon Suk-yeol has emphasized the speed of promoting the United States and Japan, trying to enhance his own defense capability.
Therefore, whether it is on issues such as foreign policy or domestic events, Yoon Suk-yeol has taken measures that are extremely flattering, and he will forcibly stabilize relations between South Korea and Japan and the United States despite domestic opposition.
Another conflict that broke out in the Middle East also inspired Yoon Suk-yeol.
On October 7, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out, and Hamas successfully launched a surprise attack, inflicting heavy losses on Israel. South Korea was frightened to see this, and they were worried that North Korea would do the same.
In this regard, Yoon Suk-yeol emphasized in a public speech that he asked the South Korean military to ensure that it can "strike first".
And yesterday, when inspecting the front-line troops, he directly ordered the troops to "shoot first, then report!."”
Yoon Suk-yeol's line of thought should also be influenced by the reform of the Ukrainian army.
It has been nearly two years since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the reason why Ukraine has been able to drag on a war with a huge disparity in power to this day is closely related to Ukraine's own military reform, in addition to the support of the group of countries led by the United States.
And the hero of the improvement of the combat capability of the Ukrainian army is the current figure with unprecedented prestige in Ukraine, the commander-in-chief of the army, Zaluzhny.
One of the important reforms that Zaluzhny made after taking office as commander-in-chief was:
In the event of an attack by the Russian army, you can report it first.
The front-line command of war has been delegated to combat units, thus greatly improving the quality and efficiency of the army's command in operations.
And this point is not only in stark contrast to the traditional bloated Soviet-style military command system, but also makes the Ukrainian army use flexible mobility to confront the Russian army undefeated when it is not superior in numbers and equipment.
Even, the Ukrainian army also took advantage of the flexibility of front-line operations to achieve several sabotage acts that broke through the front line and penetrated deep into the Russian mainland.
Yoon Suk-yeol hopes to ensure South Korea's security through various means, and hopes that South Korea will have the ability to strike first.
However, Yoon Suk-yeol's maintenance of his own security is tied to the Japan-US-South Korea alliance, as well as the "preemptive" military strike force, which fully shows that he is definitely not a long-term strategist with a far-sighted pattern.
Instead of enduring humiliation and bearing the burden of domestic pressure to establish good relations with Japan and the United States, and instead of risking the risk of intensifying the war on the Korean Peninsula to seek security, it is better to rationally handle relations with neighboring countries and ensure the stability of the overall situation in the surrounding countries.
Otherwise, once Northeast Asia is caught in the flames of war, South Korea will not be able to stand alone in any way.
Maybe then Yin Xiyue will understand that being smart can't change the big picture.
Author: Kyokang Taishou, Doctor of Law. Not only books, not only top, not against the will, not deliberate. In his spare time, he tasted the world, laughed and scolded and wrote secular articles. Stay tuned:New insights