Re:South Korean president declares emergency martial law
by petesergeant on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @09:20AM
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Unclear if it’s better if they do or they don’t. On one hand it’s clearly against the interests of the country to support him, on the other hand democracies absolutely don’t want the military taking any domestic political role
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Re:South Korean president declares emergency martial law
by diggan on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @09:21AM
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> democracies absolutely don’t want the military taking any domestic political role
If they're actively fighting against the democratic principles (like enforcing martial law to distract from something rather than when really necessary) then yeah, I think we'd want them to take them down if they don't leave by themselves.
Re:South Korean president declares emergency martial law
by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @09:25AM
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When someone declares martial law, that means that they intend to use the military to enforce their rule. At that point the military has been told to take a domestic political role - it wasn't the military's choice.
Of course, the military could refuse. In the abstract, I think that might be ideal. (I don't know enough to say whether that would be ideal in this situation.)