Fixing the Woke Pentagon Starts Now

American Thinker ^ | 4 Jul, 2021 | Peter Knickerbocker

[MtnClimber]

Our armed forces are being led by people not tethered to reality. In testimony before Congress recently, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff defended Critical Race Theory. He said he wants to understand white rage. He thinks he is a well read critical thinker. If General Milley genuinely wants to understand himself better, I recommend White Guilt by Shelby Steele.

Critical Race Theory, diversity ideology, radical feminism, and other woke nonsense are devastating military lethality and readiness. Even though the beginnings of this trend go back decades, the denial of the differences between the sexes, and the more radical outgrowths of those false ideas, have become more intense than ever. As the army of Communist China seeks to make its soldiers more masculine, our army seeks to attract more women and fewer men. This trend has been chronicled, and its grave damage explained, by Brian Mitchell (Women in the Military, 1998), Stephanie Gutmann (The Kinder, Gentler Military, 2000), Robert L. Maginnis (Deadly Consequences, 2013), and James Hasson (Stand Down, 2019). The argument against women in combat roles, and in-theater combat support roles, is simply overwhelming.

We can no longer be squeamish about identifying those parts of the armed forces where the presence of women damages unit cohesion, lethality, and readiness. The Defense Department should be led by people who understand this and will push back on policies that have no factual basis, but are grounded in pure leftist ideology. The White House legislative operation needs that kind of wisdom as well.

Prospective appointees for 2025 must be committed to root out Critical Race Theory (CRT) wherever it exists in the federal government. Any program that uses terms like diversity, inclusion, or equity is derived from Marxist critical theory and is intended to bring division

[MtnClimber]

While the pentagon generals are gazing at their navels, threats around the world are growing bolder.

[Vaquero]

You’ll have to wait till the usurpers are out of power.

[LambSlave]

GEN Milley's job is to obey his CINC-- period. That is his chain of command and we decided long ago in this nation that we want civilian control of our military. I have never liked this personally (let the military be another check on power of the other three branches), but that is what we are stuck with.

I first met GEN Milley ten years ago; I think for a 3/4 star level officer he is definitely in the top third in terms of NOT being "woke" on every issue, but at the end of the day he supports his boss or resigns. I will say there are VERY few Army officers who get their 2d star who are actually conservative (quite a few one starts though), maybe one or two per decade. West Point produces the most liberal of all for the Army and it has been that way for twenty years.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Travis McGee]

[MtnClimber]

GEN Milley's job is to obey his CINC-- period.

What about when the first clause in the Oath of Enlistment conflicts with the latter parts of the oath? I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).

[LambSlave]

Unfortunately, an officer must rely on the "official" answer to that question, which is the response of his legal team-- this applies not only to Constitutional issues, but also to unlawful orders. Given the track history of even the supreme court to never check clearly unconstitutional actions, it should be no surprise that the legal teams will pretty much permit anything.

If the officer then acts, he is the one engaging in illegal activity, on multiple counts of the most serious charges possible, that will see him executed or imprisoned for life.

[MtnClimber]

Yes, many officers and government officials learned this the hard way at the Nuremberg Trials.

[Carl Vehse]

"Fixing the Woke Pentagon Starts Now"

Remove Gen. Milley from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and court-martial him.

[butlerweave]

Pentagon general’s stars are spinning around heads

[eekitsagreek]

When we lose to China in a future war, I’m sure the post-war investigations will conclude the reason for our defeat will be that we weren’t woke enough.

[bonehead4freedom]

The purpose of the military is no longer to protect America from foreign threats but like the F.B.I, and the Just Us Department is to assist in moving toward and maintaining one party Democratic rule over America. Purging the ranks and instituting ideological purity in those who remain is part of that goal. With in a few years there will be a full on war on “Extremists” that will require some “temporary” measures and suspension of some our freedoms in order to combat this plague threatening our children. The Covid lock downs and restrictions was the test run to see if they could get away with it and also work out any problems that came up in any future implementation of a “National Emergency”. The military is going to play a big part in ushering in the new “Amerkia”.

[Albion Wilde]

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