South Korea declares Martial Law

[Sactowndog]

Jeez what is it with this generation of leaders.  Clearly we have entered the authoritarian age.  His use of the Army to shut down parliament highlights the importance of our SecDef confirmation.  

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/asia/south-korea-martial-law-intl/index.html

 

[FresnoFacts]

South Korea has a more recent history of authoritarian leaders. The June Uprising that brought in the current republic was in 1987, only a generation or so ago. They do not have a long current history as a republic.

But yes, President Yoon has been called by some as the "Korean version of Trump" or 한국판 트럼프 due to his policies and behavior.

I need to reach out to several friends who are South Korean immigrants to the US to find out what they are hearing from their families still in that country.

 

 

[SalinasSpartan]

South Korea’s President is channeling his inner Syngman Rhee I guess.

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Parliament override his declaration. 

[Sactowndog]

On 12/3/2024 at 9:38 AM, retrofade said:

Parliament override his declaration. 

All depends on what the Army does.  

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[AztecAlien]

https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-997c22ac93f6a9bece68454597e577c1

“Democratic Party lawmakers, including me and many others, will protect our country’s democracy and future and public safety, lives and properties, with our own lives,” Lee told reporters."

The North Korean people should take note. 

[RSF]

On 12/3/2024 at 1:15 PM, AztecAlien said:

https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-997c22ac93f6a9bece68454597e577c1

“Democratic Party lawmakers, including me and many others, will protect our country’s democracy and future and public safety, lives and properties, with our own lives,” Lee told reporters."

The North Korean people should take note. 

Said statement is nowhere in the article.

[AztecAlien]

On 12/3/2024 at 2:12 PM, RSF said:

Said statement is nowhere in the article.

Hey stalker, why would you even care about that after I agreed with the statement and sympathized with both the South and North Korean people? And that said statement is in the article. Try reading it again. 

https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-997c22ac93f6a9bece68454597e577c1

 

[halfmanhalfbronco]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn38321180et

 

[halfmanhalfbronco]

On 12/3/2024 at 11:46 AM, Sactowndog said:

All depends on what the Army does.  

He is a lame duck with 17% approval rating.

This went nowhere quick.  He has no actual power to do anything but veto bills.

[Sactowndog]

On 12/3/2024 at 3:41 PM, halfmanhalfbronco said:

He is a lame duck with 17% approval rating.

This went nowhere quick.  He has no actual power to do anything but veto bills.

If the army has backed him his approval rating would not have mattered.  Fortunately for South Korea they followed the constitution and not the President.   

[halfmanhalfbronco]

On 12/3/2024 at 7:56 PM, Sactowndog said:

If the army has backed him his approval rating would not have mattered.  Fortunately for South Korea they followed the constitution and not the President.   

The army could not legally back him after parliament.

Stop trying so hard.

It was a wild play that lasted 2 hours...

[thehowlin]

 

[Sactowndog]

On 12/3/2024 at 7:46 PM, halfmanhalfbronco said:

The army could not legally back him after parliament.

Stop trying so hard.

It was a wild play that lasted 2 hours...

How fucking naive are you?  Look are around at the states with Army’s illegally propping up leaders.  Do you honestly think democracies never fail?  
 

Thank goodness this one survived.  But the army could have chosen differently.  

[halfmanhalfbronco]

On 12/4/2024 at 7:27 PM, Sactowndog said:

How fucking naive are you?  Look are around at the states with Army’s illegally propping up leaders.  Do you honestly think democracies never fail?  
 

Thank goodness this one survived.  But the army could have chosen differently.  

According to their constitution, nope!!! 

Ohhhh now do this with Ukraine!  Do this with Zelensky ACTUALLY CANCELLING ELECTIONS, throwing journalists in prison etc.....

[Sactowndog]

On 12/4/2024 at 9:21 PM, halfmanhalfbronco said:

According to their constitution, nope!!! 

Ohhhh now do this with Ukraine!  Do this with Zelensky ACTUALLY CANCELLING ELECTIONS, throwing journalists in prison etc.....

And you are assuming armies always follow constitutions??   Really??  

[halfmanhalfbronco]

On 12/4/2024 at 10:28 PM, Sactowndog said:

And you are assuming armies always follow constitutions??   Really??  

I'm assuming South Korea is a safe democracy, yeah.  Yoon has no power.  His military obeyed orders in mobilizing but let parliament walk right on through for the vote.  Yoon is GONE!  He will now be ousted in the month.

Now do this with Ukraine...and Zelensky actually canceling elections, imprisoning journalists, using corruption laws to target his adversaries....etc.....

 

[Sactowndog]

On 12/4/2024 at 9:36 PM, halfmanhalfbronco said:

I'm assuming South Korea is a safe democracy, yeah.  Yoon has no power.  His military obeyed orders in mobilizing but let parliament walk right on through for the vote.  Yoon is GONE!  He will now be ousted in the month.

Now do this with Ukraine...and Zelensky actually canceling elections, imprisoning journalists, using corruption laws to target his adversaries....etc.....

 

I’m not going to go down your rabbit hole.  And you are wrong they let Parliment right through.  Members of Parliment scaled fences etc.   But Yoon’s mistake was a too clearly illegal law.  Trump won’t likely do that.  
 

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2024/12/what-game-theory-says-about-maga-military/401404/

[halfmanhalfbronco]

On 12/4/2024 at 11:48 PM, Sactowndog said:

I’m not going to go down your rabbit hole.  And you are wrong they let Parliment right through.  Members of Parliment scaled fences etc.   But Yoon’s mistake was a too clearly illegal law.  Trump won’t likely do that.  
 

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2024/12/what-game-theory-says-about-maga-military/401404/

Says he won't go down the rabit hole then goes down a habit hole...you fucking clown lmao

And fucking reading comprehension you goon...no members of Parliment were scaling windows...it was like two dudes you clown that were part of the riots