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The Pentagon is investigating extremism in the military. Here’s how bad the problem is
Fox News ^ | April 3, 2022 | Ethan Barton , Teny Sahakian

Posted on 04/04/2022 5:58:29 AM PDT by deport

The Department of Defense identified fewer than 100 instances of confirmed extremist activity in 2021, the Pentagon reported in December. Despite significant rhetoric from Democrats, media pundits and activists, the finding was unsurprising to more than 30 current and former service members who spoke with Fox News.

The service members Fox News interviewed ranged from cadet to major. They spanned five branches and the political spectrum, and their service dates as far back as 1980.

Being unable to find even 100 extremists in the military "is a success story and shows that extremism is not a large problem," a former command sergeant major said.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: military; racism
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Which hunt or a Problem? Repeated investigations found few extremists
1 posted on 04/04/2022 5:58:29 AM PDT by deport
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To: deport

Must be the tatts and short hair that tipped them off...


2 posted on 04/04/2022 6:01:39 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: deport

The extremists in the military are the brass that the 0bama/Biden Administration planted there after firing the loyal American brass.


3 posted on 04/04/2022 6:01:56 AM PDT by Westbrook (The Democrats are wizards at two things: Finding votes and losing evidence.)
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To: deport

ThEy BeLiEvEd ThErE WeRe OnLy TwO GeNdErS!!


4 posted on 04/04/2022 6:02:00 AM PDT by Skywise
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5 posted on 04/04/2022 6:02:25 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: deport

Sounds like they are just using extremism as an excuse to reshape the military into a Federalized Police Fore.


6 posted on 04/04/2022 6:02:53 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: deport

Military people only get extreme after they leave service and find what a bunch of piles of dog feces they’d been risking their lives for all those years.


7 posted on 04/04/2022 6:04:36 AM PDT by Shamrock-DW
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To: deport

Did they mention an example of “extremist” behavior or belief???


8 posted on 04/04/2022 6:05:36 AM PDT by Safrguns
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The problem is so bad Pentagon Leadership is pretending men are women and women are men. Even worse they're attempting to force others to believe it.
9 posted on 04/04/2022 6:08:46 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: deport
Fewer than 100 instances out of roughly 1.4 million personnel. That's about a 0.007% incidence rate. In other words, complete BS.

What's the incident rate for leftist extremism within elected officials with a (D) after their name? That is far more concerning.

10 posted on 04/04/2022 6:10:39 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Vaccine mandates: they are not about health, they are about obedience.)
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To: deport

Extremists = White soldiers who use incorrect pronouns


11 posted on 04/04/2022 6:12:08 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: deport

Define extremist?

Are BLM supporters considered extremist? How about Antifa sympathizers?


12 posted on 04/04/2022 6:16:52 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: deport

You know the military and government is saturated with subversive and not so subversive anti Americans.


13 posted on 04/04/2022 6:24:15 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: deport

I went on an AF Base Friday and remembered I was wearing my LGBFJB T shirt, so I kept my jacket zipped.


14 posted on 04/04/2022 6:26:22 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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Not far from the truth there... I once went to the personnel office at Patrick to get my wife’s ID reissued (just after President Trump’s Inauguration). The woman of color that helped us, had Obummer’s “Official” picture still up on her cube wall. I asked her when she was going to replace it with the current commander-in-chief, got called a racist, and she refused to help. She tried to report me, but she wound up not being employed there anymore. All for mentioning a picture. I’m more worried about the left’s infiltration than I am any “right wing” plots...


15 posted on 04/04/2022 6:34:52 AM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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Military people only get extreme after they leave service and find what a bunch of piles of dog feces they’d been risking their lives for all those years.

There is much truth in that statement.
16 posted on 04/04/2022 6:39:54 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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They were obviously looking under the wrong streetlight. I can instantly name one under the Leftist extremist lamp post: General Mark Alexander Milley


17 posted on 04/04/2022 6:46:03 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Capitalism is what happens when you leave people alone.)
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The extremists in the military are the brass that the 0bama/Biden Administration planted there after firing the loyal American brass.

Bingo!

The easiest and most effective way to infiltrate a U.S. military or law enforcement agency is to start at the top of the command structure, particularly with the political appointees. With the military, any effort to reach into the ROTC set can also pay long-term benefits.

18 posted on 04/04/2022 7:05:48 AM PDT by frog in a pot (It seems imperative to rename MAGA & America1st, "SAVE AMERICA" - prior to the mid-term election.)
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They found 100 MAGA hats?


19 posted on 04/04/2022 7:06:20 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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I want to know what the Extremely Extreme Extremist has to say about this!


20 posted on 04/04/2022 7:08:53 AM PDT by utax
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