President Lee Announces that He is Removing All 4-Star Generals in the ROK Military
It is interesting that the military’s unwillingness to comply with the martial law order is why President Lee came to power. Now he is replacing all the 4-star General’s across the ROK military:
The Defense Ministry on Monday announced seven new nominees, replacing all active four-star generals in the first top-level military reshuffle under the Lee Jae Myung administration.
The overhaul reflects President Lee’s push to reform military leadership. In July, he appointed Rep. Ahn Gyu-back of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea as defense minister — the first civilian to hold the post in 64 years.
The list includes new chiefs for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as the deputy commander of the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command — all positions held by four-star generals. All of the nominees currently hold three-star ranks.
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Since I don’t know any of them, I assume he wanted people less competent but more compliant.
But it could simply be that some expressed views unpopular in Beijing and Pyongyang.
As General Officers are political creatures, it’s kind of expected.
Whether good for South Korea will be seen in a few years. Remember Park Chung Hee was a top General. Maybe Lee was just trying to avoid getting Generals assassinated by their friends.
@setnaffa
You’ve never been to Korea and don’t know how things work here and what’s going on.
Maybe you should keep that big mouth of your shut on matters that you have little or no knowledge of.
KP/KM, have you been to Korea?
KP/KM, have you been to Korea?
Unlike you Setnaffarian losers, I live in Korea.
If you don’t believe me, ask your friend @GIKorea to do an IP address scan.
I used to use a VPN that showed me as being a different country, too…
used to use a VPN
Strange.
Why would @setnaffa use a VPN in the United States, a country which doesn’t control the Internet.
@setnaffa is so obsessed with China and communism he sees imaginary communist conspiracies in every corner.
Maybe his Russian masters should remind him that Moscow and Beijing are allies with a common cause — and not let his racism cloud his judgment.
Or maybe just pay him more for his laptop farm work.
The Korean military failed the Korean people during the coup, general officer corps is rotten to the corps and corrupted. Not fake clown pres. lee gets to install his group of cowards to continue the destruction of Korea.
So @Flyingsword
Are you Gordon Chang in disguise?
You sound just like him and in that case that means you weren’t telling the truth when you stated that you live in Korea.