Yoon's 30-year sentence proves South Korea's democracy is built to last — no one is above the law, not even a former president. Ordering covert drone flights over North Korea to manufacture a crisis and justify martial law is a betrayal of the public trust at the highest level. South Korea's track record of jailing corrupt leaders isn't a weakness; it's proof the system works.
The drone flights were a direct response to North Korea sending thousands of trash-carrying balloons into South Korea, making this conviction a dangerous precedent that punishes leaders for defending their country. Finding Yoon guilty exposes South Korea's military capabilities and undermines future operations, doing more damage to national security than the drones ever did. Punishing a president for responding to provocation sends exactly the wrong message.
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