Posted on 03/08/2022 4:28:01 AM PST by MtnClimber
And this is a critical time for the West, a crossroads of sorts. We face truly existential dangers. From within and without.
Some British soldiers are demanding that their nation’s armed forces introduce vegan uniforms that comport with their beliefs and practices. According to online reports, a newly formed group in the British Army called “The Ministry of Defence Vegan and Vegetarian Network” has launched a campaign to empower vegans and vegetarians in the armed forces.
One of the policies proposed by the vegan group is for military personnel to have the option to wear vegetarian-approved footwear not made from real leather. Incredibly, the Royal Air Force has allegedly considered the notion. This despite the fact that “vegan leather” may well be worse for the environment than real leather due to its lack of biodegradability and its use of plastic polymers. Moreover, the non-animal-based synthetic materials are less durable than natural ones, such as the genuine leather used in standard military combat equipment. Furthermore, the vegan alternatives would be significantly more costly than current materiel-- and simply unfeasible in some instances.
The move to make the military openly inclusive to every woke group, no matter how small, is part of a broader effort by proponents of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity (DIE) to revamp military doctrine to reflect trends they say are “relevant to our soldiers in the 21st-century.” Such as doing away with the recognition of sexual dimorphism and gearing up to fight white supremacy, Christianity, patriotism, “toxic masculinity” and climate change?
What’s next, vegan missiles and tanks? Non-binary grenades? Microaggression-free battle tactic wording and strategy? “Inclusive” intelligence briefings?
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Send the Vegan Military out with Airsoft guns. It is a self-correcting problem.
Send them out with pillows...
Define the word “some” numerically...
Direct and lawful orders can’t keep this rabble together, but give’m a Rainbowl, Antifa and BLM Flag as rallying points.
Woke is just another word for nothing left from right.
It is becoming more and more difficult to write anything that could be called “satire”, because real, actual behavior has outstripped most forms of ridicule in so many ways that it is impossible at times to distinguish poking fun at things from reported news items. Parody is a lost art, if only because of so much self-parody that parades as “innovative”.
Vegans who will not eat anything that “had eyes” are now expected to shoot and kill those who have eyes? Hahaha..
What is the percentage of vegans in society and the armed forces?
The historical military view of reality might be characterized as, "Every soldier's primary responsibility is to kill and destroy."
The two priorities do not seem very compatible. A 'woke' military will be an entirely incompetent military...
The Woke Military may deploy their most powerful weapon, A loudspeaker to misgender the enemy.
It is not just the vegans. It is every woke special interest group demanding to be catered to. How do you cater to Gender #48?
I am just certain that Russia and China have the same issues in their military. (dripping with sarcasm)
Exactly - there are many places in every military organizations where someone with restrictions can be useful. And then they can be released back into the wild to live a free life after a few years of landscape equipment driving.
That would leave a mark!
;>)
(On second thought, it might be counterproductive - just imagine the impact on morale, from offending your own 'woke' troops! Talk about 'friendly fire' & 'collateral damage'! ;>)
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