Posted on 10/17/2022 9:10:30 AM PDT by bitt
In times past, a historical refrain echoed across America: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” And nowhere was that directive more fittingly employed than in the Armed Forces.
In the past few years, however, the quote’s relevance appears to have waned.
Since the advent of our national defense, pride and sacrifice have ruled the day. The idea was pretty straight forward: When you sign up to serve, you give up your individuality. You become an instrument to be used by the government in whatever ways it sees fit. You surrender yourself to a system which views you as a number — no different than the person next to you — and demands your complete conformity. By participating in such a program, many young Americans have discovered the virtue of discipline, the reward of diligence, and the resultant self-respect of earned merit.
But these days, it seems, everyone should do the opposite of that suggested by John F. Kennedy during his 1961 inaugural address. Our new dictate: Demand what your country must do for you.
Apropos of the radical reversal, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth recently laid out a Defense Department priority. During the Association of the Army’s annual conference, she asserted the branch isn’t woke — it’s just focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
The Army is here to care for those who’ve been harmed. It now sees each unique individual — including his or her color, sexual sensibilities, and self-perception — and it’s devoted to being inclusive:
“In terms of, you know, soldiers coming from, um, marginalized communities or, you know, demographics that are not widely represented in the Army, that’s part of why we’ve got to emphasize positive command climates and inclusion.”
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
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Probably best to do away with uniforms. Let the “soldiers” wear whatever they feel like showing up in.
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Hopefully they'll still want to fight for us and not against us.
The Army Secretary, DOD, Pentagon, IMO, are full of Liberal, Woke, Diversity, FU Biden Admin. crap!
Anyone remember Rush Limbaugh’s description of what the US military is for?
“What is the whole purpose of the armed forces? It is designed to kill people and break things. We have to look at the military as a separate and unique institution with separate and unique requirements. It’s different from all other institutions in our society, and our only standard must be excellence-no matter whose feelings get hurt. Our only concern should be that the military does what it is supposed to do. “
Full Stop.
So national defense is a not a top priority???
A small group of high ups think this way and their days are numbered. In one month they will be canceled.
Unless they cancel the elections the day before...
military has gone gay thanks to the deep state globohomos. The communists have infiltrated every major american institution.
“They just want to get married and be left alone” they said.
Tell me how you will lose the next war without telling me...
OMG...China, Russia, Iran, you might as well come and get us.
BINGO!!
They are in no position to do so!
Someone should ask the question, SHOULD they be “marginalized”?
Many won’t like the answer.
In the U.S. Army you sweat green, you pee green and you bleed green.
Well that’s what Drill Instructor Jones told us.
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Probably best to do away with uniforms. Let the “soldiers” wear whatever they feel like showing up in.
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“Are these pumps available in digital camo?”
This has the stench of Obama’s fingers all over it. Just like a parasite, the degenerate homosexual agenda started with the Clintons, then accelerated under Obama and has now taken over the host. They want to destroy the family structure and implement every perverse act on society, and call it healthy and normal. We are seeing this now with the school transgender reign of terror program.
Attaboy, get those priorities “straight”
Maybe “outreach to Muslims” is next up
PC truly is a mental disorder Big time
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