How Taoyuan Congressman Yu Beichen’s Political Turn Highlights Concerns in the National Defense System

2023-11-11 00:13 United Daily News Black and White Collection Taoyuan Congressman Yu Beichen, who retired as a major general and entered politics. Image source: Yu Beichen, a Taoyuan councilman who retired as a major general and entered politics, echoed the green camp’s attack on Mainland China’s wife Xu Chunying: “How could her heart be in Taiwan?” Feng Shikuan, chairman of the Retirement Association, was asked by reporters, raised his voice and said “hahaha” three times and said: “You want me to criticize this kind of person?”

With the change of generations, the military is no longer blindly blue, and the emergence of pro-green “Taiwanese” opinion leaders among veterans is a normal phenomenon in a democratic society. Yu Beichen’s problem is that after leaving the Huang Fuxing Party Headquarters, his words and deeds quickly took a hairpin turn. According to him, if those who grew up and were educated on the other side of the Taiwan Strait must have their hearts set on the other side, they cannot truly love Taiwan. Then, aren’t those mainland exiles who are active in pro-green political commentary programs that are anti-China, all the fifth column?

What’s more, he made several outrageous “high comments” on TV, such as saying that the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties and the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties were divided and confrontational countries; the interception rate of Patriot missiles was 70%, and three missiles fired equaled 210%. These have nothing to do with political stance, but terrible common sense fallacies.

The person concerned is free to choose which path to enter politics, and no one else can comment. However, from the perspective of national defense, Yu Beichen’s example shows that the young general who was once hailed as a rising star by the military and advertised as “rescuing the 542nd Brigade” after the Hong Zhongqiu incident, faced the public once he entered politics. , but his stance can swing 180 degrees, and his basic skills are so lacking that he makes cruel jokes. However, if he had not retired early, he might have been promoted to lieutenant general and assumed a more critical position. Isn’t it scary to see such an “elite” in the military?

The quality of cadres in the national defense system and whether there are serious flaws in the cultivation and selection of military personnel are matters that really deserve concern and worry.

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