Posted on 04/19/2016 4:53:42 PM PDT by Kaslin
A military parade may soon look less like a VE-Day parade down Times Square and more like a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, unless liberals in leadership stop using the U.S. military as a social engineering experiment.
Let us not forget the same president who confused "corps" with "corpses" and exchanged a traitor for terrorists, also promised to fundamentally transform America. What we didn't know is that transformation would begin with the U.S. military, the protector of our nation and our values.
The wussification of our military is in full swing, thanks to all the empty suit "yes-men" clad with stars and medals prancing about the Pentagon promoting political correctness [PC]. Obama has done a remarkable job hiring, inspiring and attracting military leaders who check their backbones along with their cell phones at the Pentagon's front door. Valiant leaders like Gen. Stanley McChrystal had to exit before the spine removal surgery could begin.
You may recall the Washington Times piece awhile back reporting that Arizona State University Army ROTC cadets were allegedly pressured by leadership to walk around in high heels to "raise awareness of sexual violence against women." Raise awareness? I reviewed the pictures and fail to grasp how male soldiers sporting heels, many in uniform, did anything but serve to demoralize those who voluntarily serve.
Meanwhile, the Commander-in-Chief wearing mom jeans sits in the Oval Office with his pen and phone diligently working to leave his legacy of a softer, gentler, more touchy-feely military.
Mr. Obama recently added verbiage to the Army's section of the 2017 DOD budget, ensuring the Army "will provide every Soldier and civilian equal opportunities to rise to the level of their merit regardless of their gender, their race, or their self-identity," reports the Washington Times.
While unbiased opportunity is terrific, what place does "self-identity" have in an organization steeped in conformity and tradition, not individualism?
In this brave, new age of "Call Me Caitlyn" and Rachel Dolezal, the corrosive effects of political correctness in our public restrooms will do the same to the military. As it stands, the next president will inherit a squishy U.S. military, so slimmed down and overrun by political correctness it is virtually unprepared to address the rising threats of a dangerous world and defend the United States as the Constitution so charges.
A Heritage Foundation's 2016 index of U.S. military strength report scored our military in aggregate, "only marginally able" and trending toward "weak" to defend the United States. The analysis also found that while the current military force is "capable of meeting the demands of a single major regional conflict," it would be "very hard-pressed" to do more -- and is most likely ill-equipped "to handle two nearly simultaneous major regional contingencies."
This extremely poor score couldn't come at a more dangerous time, considering the same analysis also reports a rise in threats to U.S. vital interests. No wonder Russian SU-24s recently felt so emboldened, they repeatedly harassed a U.S. Navy destroyer on maneuvers in the Baltic Sea.
Now that they've wrecked the military, maybe liberals should reconsider their stance on gun control and take up target practice, considering words like "pretty please" and "coexist" aren't in our avowed enemies' vocabularies.
During the 2015 Values Voter Summit in D.C., Maj. Gen. Robert Dees (U.S. Army-Ret.) nailed it when he said military readiness is being "degraded by social experimentation," telling listeners, "we have to fix the problem of moral readiness."
Without a doubt, neither moral or military readiness will occur under this or any future Democrat Party administration, simply because when it comes to national security, liberals always lead from behind -- except in matters of social engineering and political correctness.
With a capital “P.”
Today’s military is a damn disgrace. The Army pisses me off so bad these days I do not use the PX or commissary.
It is obvious who needs to be replaced in the military, and who needs to be recalled to active duty, assuming the next president is on America’s side. The process should begin on inauguration day — acceptances of resignations, recalls to duty, pardons, and resetting the nuclear posture review to the Bush-era policy. It would augur well for the republic.
Blame the rats for it who insist on political correctness
Well thank the rats it for insisting on political correctness, and force the military to go along with it.
Anyone in the military who pushes this PC crap needs to be executed via a firing squad for treason.
The Chapter (23 I think) about how the U.S. Army deteriorated after VJ Day and why it got its ass handed to it in the first few rounds against the North Koreans should be required reading for anyone who touches defense policy.
They don’t need to look back that far; we just lost two wars (Iraq and Afghanistan) with our “new” military (complete with women “soldiers” being killed and captured). Here in NJ a couple of days ago a female soldier lost her leg in a traffic accident in a Humvee on the NJ Turnpike; for what? She has the rest of her life to reflect on it.
Active Duty ping.
The military has devolved into another jobs program/wealth redistribution scheme of the federal government. Servicemen have described token superiors determined to right past wrongs with their authority; enter at your own risk.
There still ROUGH MEN STANDING READY TO DO VIOLENCE ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLIC.
Although getting a bit long in the tooth, we are still well armed and ready for the call.
When the Pentagon was finally going to get some budget relief, Ted Cruz stymied the effort. Then when Ted got on the campaign trail, he strutted around and told everyone what a great supporter of the military he was.
You NEED me on that wall!
I no longer live near a base. But on occasion I will be in the Fort Hood area. Then I will go into the PX or Commissary. But I make sure I’m wearing my “Mohamed Sucks” t-shirt. Either that or the one with a picture of obama which says “Hitler made great speeches too.”
Good point. Ted talks out his a— so much I turn the TV off when they show him.
Chapter 23 ... Is that the one titled "Proud Legions"? It stands on its own, outside of the book, and is excellent. The whole book is, really, but that one chapter sums it up.
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