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＜ Chapter 23. In the name of the people (1) ＞

Chapter 23. In the name of the people (1)

The Republican garrison, led by Saddam Hussein, broke the resistance of the Kuwaiti army in just four hours and advanced into Kuwait’s capital, Kuwait City.

In the first place, the Kuwaiti army, which has a small land and a small population, was quickly broken through, and control of all important facilities in Kuwait was transferred to the Iraqi army.

And as the news grew day by day, it spread all over the world through the international communication network that united the whole earth into a global village.

– Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait! Iraqi military occupies key facilities and declares annexation into Iraq. Kuwaiti royals fled to Saudi Arabia.

– Experts cite ‘oil’ as the main cause of Hussein’s sudden decision to invade… Kuwait’s excess oil production has taken a toll on Iraq.

– Soviet and Chinese silence. US President Bush declares at Camp David that ‘obvious aggression … will not be tolerated by a sovereign state’.

– Multinational forces initiate a sea blockade in Iraq. The possibility of accepting Hussein’s negotiations is low…. Possibility of participating in the Korean War if a multinational military unit led by the US military is convened?

The reaction of the international community (and the United States) to Iraq’s dictator Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait was immediate and swift.

A few days after the invasion, the UN Security Council convened and a full-scale economic sanctions resolution was passed on Iraq, but everyone in the world knew well that if Hussein would yield to the extent of economic sanctions, he would not have even started in the first place.

As proof of that fact, within a week, the Bush administration announced that it would send troops to Saudi Arabia, Iraq’s neighboring country.

It was also expected by many that the U.S. military would take over, as well as drive Hussein out of Kuwait, in a situation where the use of force was so obvious.

However, at this point in the 21st century, the US policy makers who have concluded that the cause is more important than anything else for the use of force on a large scale is to induce as many countries as possible to participate in the war, and to call this operation a ‘sovereignty’ rather than an ‘American war’. They agreed that it should be made into a ‘UN war against the aggression of the state’.

However, even among them, among the pro-Soviet and former communist camps, the countries expected to join this multinational force were long ago only assumed to be Iraq and Syria, a maimed foe.

“…..a death among our technical comrades in Kuwait?”

“That’s right, Comrade General Secretary.”

“Tell me more.”

At Jeonghwan’s low voice, which resonated softly on the desk of the Politburo conference room, all the party officers, led by Hong Kye-sung and Jang Seong-taek, swallowed their saliva.

Iraq and Iraq had been close friends, including military cooperation, since the days of the former generals, but it seemed that those friendships would be of no use this time.

“…that is… Iraqi army, that is, the Republican garrison, seems to have taken over Kuwait and tried to put all foreigners except locals in one hotel… But some of the tech comrades resisted the order and stopped. ….”

“…they were trying to keep them in one place… so it must have been to use them as hostages? In the meantime, there have been deaths.”

“It seems so.”

‘I thought I was going to be in danger… But I didn’t know that I was going to die as much as I was a hostage in a third country… Are they the same as I killed them…?’

Junghwan closed his eyes and covered his face with his hands as the indescribable emotions swirled in his chest for a moment.

Although he acted out of slight guilt and sorrow, in the eyes of the other executives sitting at the table, he could not help but tremble inwardly, presuming that the young leader’s actions were a result of anger.

Even inside and outside the party, the general secretary (unlike Kim Jong-il, whose personality is like a sick person) is usually calm like a shogun, but once he makes a decision, it is said that he is cold-blooded and cruel enough to kill former revolutionary elders with a machine gun at once. it was tea

Based on such information, the emotions that the general secretary will feel in the present situation cannot be guessed other than intense anger.

At most, since the founding of the oil republic, there has been a major incline, and I sent the British guys to learn the technology to mine it as soon as possible. Place a fishing rod in the construction.

It is a strange situation that anger and anger do not soar.

The ability to guess the mood of an absolute ruler and to please him in advance is one of the essential skills for survival in North Korea.

Everyone, regardless of party, read the general secretary’s intentions correctly and could hear the sound of rolling their heads to come up with phrases that would suit his taste, but soon the general secretary himself raised his head and the voice coming out of his mouth was surprisingly calm.

‘Now there is no way to turn back. No, on the contrary, the cause of participation in the war has become more solid. I wanted to do iron man politics, but for that, if I had to become an iron man who felt neither guilt nor sorrow, I would do that.’

“Someone who thinks it’s Hussein, who said he’s a madman, doesn’t seem like the crazy guy I heard. As far as I know, the town… I heard it’s notorious in the Middle East, is that right?”

“Yeah, that’s right. It is said that the Iraqi people’s resentment is growing as they and their households’ illicit wealth has reached the sky and occasionally shoots and kills suspects and annihilates not only the criminal himself but also his family.”

“It’s a sit-in system in kinship politics… That’s a really rude guy. Where can the people live comfortably only by harassing the people like that? Of course, the Americans did a lot of bad things too, but that’s the only reason he doesn’t have the right to criticize them, ts.”

“……”

Jeong-hwan’s ridicule was familiar to the people of the Republic as if it were not a story, but there were no executives who dared to speak out of such a thought.

And then, Jeonghwan asked Hong Kye-sung, who was sitting next to him, a question.

“Comrade Hong Cha-su. I have a question for you.”

“Yes, you can always ask. Comrade General Secretary!”

“What is the official name of our military in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea?”

It was a random question if it was out of the blue, but some bureaucrats and military officers with quick calculations noticed what Jung-hwan had already made and were surprised without making a sound.

However, the real reason they were surprised was that, rather than the decision itself, they could not have imagined in their dreams until a week ago that such a decision would come to reality so quickly.

“The name is also the proud people’s army, the Korean People’s Army! Comrade General Secretary!”

“exactly. But only when the People’s Army, which claims to protect the people, actually leaves the people alone, will we not be able to stand up for them. Isn’t that right, comrades?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

A silent shock fell on the table at the meaning of Junghwan’s words.

That means…

“General Secretary, the word is that we are joining the multinational military to rescue our tech comrades…”

“It will be.”

“….the multinational army will be mainly composed of US troops, so does that mean that you put our fighters under the command of US generals?”

Someone asked at the meeting with a tone that clearly revealed his inner feelings, ‘I knew you were going to be friendly now, but this is a bit too sudden.’

“As Hong Cha-su said, our Korean People’s Army is literally the people’s army. And the expedition of our People’s Army is to rescue our engineers and comrades who were detained by Saddam Hussein, the enemy of the people, and to punish the people of our republic who suffered a tragic death in another country by setting fire to them in the name of the people. Shouldn’t we be able to relieve ourselves of cooperating with the U.S. military for a while?”

“Yeah, that’s right, but…”

“Besides, listening to what that guy named Hussein is doing, he is truly worthy of being called the enemy of the people. Not only to rescue our technical comrades, but if our Korean People’s Army goes out to save the Kuwaiti people suffering from Hussein’s imperialist maneuvers, we will be able to stand in a superior position than South Korea even after joining the United Nations. it will Isn’t that right?”

“…What are you going to say to your Chinese and Soviet comrades, Comrade General?”

Even so, one of the generals, who was still a bit fussy about the fact that he was cooperating with the US military, asked like a timid resistance, but Jeonghwan was already prepared for what he would say.

“Oh, how can you say that the People’s Army is trying to rescue the suffering people? The People’s Army must fight for the people, then what is the purpose of existence? Heck, looking at what’s going on in China these days, it makes me wonder if the People’s Liberation Army is really the people’s army.”

“…Hmm, hmm. Comrade general secretary. Probably that’s…”

“Don’t worry, comrade Zhang. Of course, I wouldn’t answer that directly to comrade Onupdam Ambassador. Anyway, the cause of this is clear, so even in China, even if we fight the US imperialists, nothing can be said about it. So what’s left is the Soviet comrades, aren’t they busy putting out the fire that fell on their feet?”

He waved his hands as if not to worry too much about Jang Seong-taek, who was coughing slightly, and then Jung-hwan buried himself in the chair and sighed inwardly.

‘Even if the Chinese guys show signs of getting closer to the United States, even if they are the ones that cause the game, if they have a clear cause like this, it will be difficult to play a diplomatic match. In other words, it is the People’s Army that protects the people. Let’s not act at all.’

Jung-hwan had previously considered participating in the Gulf War to improve relations with the United States, but the biggest stumbling block was the relationship between the Republic and China.

Even though it may be an unbelievable blood alliance, China is one of the few countries that have diplomatic ties with North Korea.

Due to the Tiananmen Square incident, diplomatic relations between Korea and China should be delayed a little longer than in the original history. However, as the socialist camp collapsed day by day, North Korea and China were becoming mutually exclusive diplomatic partners.

Besides, if North Korea reforms and opens up in the near future and becomes a capitalist country, wouldn’t China be the largest and closest market?

I don’t know if it’s 15 years from now, but for the (newly budding) North Korean companies that have to fight in the export market with cheap prices for at least 10 years, the Chinese market was as important as water to fish.

That was the reason why Jeong Hwan spent a long time and sent technicians to his limbs to prepare a cause while reminding himself that the national leader should engage in politics with the feeling of throwing away the chess.

And such a strategy worked so well that even the self-proclaimed pro-Chinese leader Jang Sung-taek was convinced that China would not be able to say anything at all this time.

‘Certainly, the general secretary is right about this. If the justification is so clear, it would be difficult to accuse even in China… Didn’t the general secretary guess this and send engineers to Kuwait? No, it can’t be. The fact that the president uses the chukji method is just the lyrics of a song, but it can’t happen unless he has magical powers…’

“Foreign Minister Kim Yong-geon is already in the Allied Powers (UN). Cha-su Hong and Comrade Lieutenant-General Paik should cooperate with the US military to organize the Iraqi Expeditionary Force of the Korean People’s Army to be dispatched to Iraq.”

“I followed, Comrade General Secretary.”

“The Propaganda and Propaganda Department and the current director should immediately inform the general public of this situation through articles and broadcasts. And the fact that our People’s Army is going on an expedition to save technicians and protect the people.”

“All right. At the same time, I will also focus on the fact that Hussein is a vicious imperialist and the fact that he is a wrong leader who oppresses the people.”

‘On the other hand, if the general secretary publishes a comparative article saying that he loves and cares for the people as his own body, the effect will be doubled.’

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Nodding his head to Hyun Young-sook, who was already thinking of propaganda, Jeong-hwan urged the Politburo members to announce the decision.

“I know that Saddam Hussein and our republic had a certain degree of friendship under the former president. But since he murdered our workers and comrades, that Hussein is from now on, the enemy of this republic and of the people. I want all my comrades here to know that.”

“I got it! Comrade General Secretary!”

As soon as the general secretary’s instructions were issued, all the organs of the party military government began to take action.

The ‘Korean People’s Army People’s Support Brigade’, led by the Army’s reconnaissance brigade, started reinforcing equipment and ammunition with the urgently increased budget. .

On the front page of the Rodong Sinmun, under the title, ‘The General Secretary Declares War on the Enemy of the Republic, Hussein, in the Name of the People’, a picture of Hussein with a sly grin was published next to it, and next to it was an engineer crying as if in contrast. A photo of the bereaved family and the general secretary comforting them was posted.

And on August 10, 1990, North Korean Foreign Minister Kim Yong-gun announced at the United Nations his will to participate in the multinational military consisting of the United States, Britain, France, West Germany and 12 Arab countries .