Posted on 02/21/2021 4:04:09 AM PST by MtnClimber
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s steps to politicize the military to a degree never seen before means a culture war on the conservative half of America.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has made it absolutely clear that the U.S. military’s top priority is not facing external threats, such as the Chinese or Iran’s aggressive strategy in the Middle East or foreign terrorist groups. Instead, Austin sees the main threat as coming from within the U.S. military. In his confirmation hearings, Austin said that he would make it his priority to combat racism and extremism in the United States military. Once confirmed as defense secretary, he ordered a two-month stand-down of the American military in order to examine the problems of extremism among military personnel.
National defense is supposed to be a bipartisan endeavor, yet never before has a defense secretary made such overt moves to politicize the military. Austin’s order to remove all Trump appointees to the 42 Defense Department advisory boards is unprecedented and downright stupid. I have some experience with advisory boards in a military organization and find them very useful. Advisory boards are a second set of eyes from outside the organization to review policies, planning or course curricula and offer suggestions. Often outside advisors spot a problem your organization overlooked or offer good ideas for better policy implementation. And it’s useful to have a diversity of ideas for policy review. But cutting off all input from anyone connected to Trump (representing 74 million voters) and accepting advice only from Biden loyalists will ensure only party line thinking will be allowed in the military.
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I saw something like this earlier.
The military is the most inclusive, integrated organization in all of the USA. We were doing inclusion while the rest of the US was segregated.
These attacks are ridiculous.
Yes, crazy to vets like us and to Americans who love, support and understand the role of the U.S. Military. The Progressives in charge see the U.S. Military as an enemy that must be broken as part of their war on American society and culture.
I did my time in the Navy under bubba clinton.
I concur with you my friend. I want nothing to do with the left anymore.
Time to split and take care of our own. The left and everything and every-
Body associated with them can rot on the vine. Screw em.
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