Shortly after George C Marshall became the Army’s Chief of Staff in 1939, he realized that during the inter war years that the army had become too reliant on an unofficial good old boy network of West point graduates who greased too many undeserved promotional skids.
Therefore, he instituted a series of southern state pre war maneuvers, (The most prominent being the Louisiana Maneuvers, which bought George S Patton to preeminence) which were intended to professionalize the Army, but most importantly, to winnow the chaff from the officer corp. Over a thousand officers in the Louisiana show alone were accordingly reassigned or cashiered, including 31 of 42 corps and division commanders. Marshall was keenly concerned about the cauldron that his Army was about to be hurled into, and he wanted to ensure it’s eventual victory in battle, with the least cost in human life.
The objective then was to, as best as could be achieved, promote the elevation of meritocracy and competence over most other considerations.
Today, the goal seems to be to worship the corrupt cultural Marxist notion of diversity, equity, and inclusion, to elevate the otherwise unqualified largely on the basis of certain immutable characteristics, which is sure to destroy combat efficiency and shatter morale.
Could that really be the point of it?
In past years I might have said something about the Dunning Kruger effect and how, when dealing with the government, always bet on stupid over evil. But when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs will call the nation’s most dangerous potential enemy and assure them he will let them know if the commander in chief intends anything hostile to them, that could be the entire point.
It’s 2023. There are no “far out” conspiracy theories, sadly.
In past years I might have said something about the Dunning Kruger effect and how, when dealing with the government, always bet on stupid over evil. But when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs will call the nation’s most dangerous potential enemy and assure them he will let them know if the commander in chief intends anything hostile to them, that could be the entire point.
It’s 2023. There are no “far out” conspiracy theories, sadly.