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-Great Cultural Revolution
Woke Pentagon Worried Troops View BLM/Antifa and Capitol Hill Riots Equally
2021-03-23
Rejoice, dear Reader. The Pentagon is developing additional plans to deal with wrongthink in the ranks, as reported here a few days ago.
[LEGALINSURRECTION] During his confirmation hearing, now-Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin vowed to purge "ideological enemies . . . within our own ranks." Wasting little time, he ordered a military-wide "stand down" to address extremism within our nation’s armed forces.

Reports are now surfacing that the Pentagon is distressed that their attempts to ferret out wrongthink under the guise of ’extremism’ have a hit a snag.

Apparently, some military members view the events at the Capitol on January 6th and the year-long BLM/antifa rioting, looting, vandalism, arson, and murder as equally problematic. This reportedly "worries" Pentagon officials.

In their article entitled, "Some U.S. troops view Capitol riots, racial protests equally, worrying Pentagon leaders, " the Daily Press reports:

During military training sessions to address extremism in the ranks, some service members have challenged why the Pentagon is not treating the violence during racial injustice protests last summer as equal to the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.

That the two events are viewed as equivalent by some troops has caught the Pentagon’s attention in its effort to educate service members that bully boy views and activity — on either side of the political spectrum — go against the oath they took when they joined the military, the top enlisted leader told news hounds on Thursday.

"This is coming from every echelon that we’re talking to," said Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ramón Colón-López. "Some people may think that, ’all right, so the events of 6 January happened. How come you’re not looking at the situation that was going on in Seattle prior to that?’"

Of course federal facilities, from ICE facilities to courthouses, were and continue to be targeted by BLM/antifa anarchists, but that’s different. They are protesting a righteous cause and thus not bully boy. Or something.

To address this serious problem of insufficient wokeness among military members, the Pentagon is reportedly considering setting up an anonymous means for military members to report on their peers’ wrongthink.

After the stand downs are completed there will be follow-up training and outreach. The Daily Press continues:

The Pentagon is also weighing whether any additional mechanisms are needed, such as ways for service members to confidentially report potential bully boy behavior within their units. Similar efforts for officially reporting sexual harassment have struggled over the years to gain the confidence of the troops, fearing retaliation, although after a concerted push by the Defense Department those reporting numbers have started to rise.

Related:
Lloyd Austin: 2021-03-22 US Defense Secretary Meets Ghani in Kabul
Lloyd Austin: 2021-03-18 Who Is Our Military's Enemy?
Lloyd Austin: 2021-03-18 N. Korea says will ignore US while 'hostile policy' in place: Yonhap
Related:
Extremism in the ranks: 2021-02-11 Biden promises break from Trump-era politicization of military
Extremism in the ranks: 2020-07-01 Germany disbands elite special forces unit over right-wing extremist concerns
Extremism in the ranks: 2009-07-10 Watchdog group: Dozens of alleged active-duty troops found on neo-Nazi site
Posted by:Fred

#24  /\ Well said.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-23 21:02  

#23  
The U.S. Military
Where once a proud house stood,
built by sacrifice,
hard work, and honorable
achievement, now stands
this, a testimony to a 'woke'
politicised leadership.

Posted by: Crusons Crert9668   2021-03-23 16:24  

#22  Back to the 1970s
Posted by: Elmiter the Infinitesmal9677   2021-03-23 14:07  

#21  20 years of war combined with 8 years of Obama picking who gets the top spots has left the military a shell of what it once was.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2021-03-23 14:01  

#20  Odds of Chinese action vs Taiwan this year or next are now >50%
Posted by: Muggsy Sinatra3895   2021-03-23 13:07  

#19  When openly gay officers began to be open about their orientation bery quickly it became clear they were virtually immune to command influence by immediately claiming persecution for their sexual orientation by straight white men. Consequently over time they just flowed upward like sewage and the careerist impulses for midlevel field grade officers was be tolerant or you would be passed over and done. So, the rot has grow and now the top of the General Officer gene pool is deeply polluted. Fertile ground for what is now national suicide masquerading as woke. The Chines see this and will act on fhe advantage it gives them, perhaps in the South China Sea or even Taiwan.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-03-23 13:01  

#18  I fear a big reason why they want more immigrants from Third World countries is to fill the ranks with people who don't know any better.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-03-23 12:35  

#17  Anything less is national suicide.

I honestly believe that is the point.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-03-23 12:25  

#16   There should be only Duty, Honor, Country when it comes to leadership, and there should be only one objective: fielding the most combat-effective fighting force in the world. Anything less is national suicide.

Yes.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-03-23 11:11  

#15  ^ This
Posted by: Percy Crinenter5140   2021-03-23 10:59  

#14  Thats the most Orwellian thing about all this: the Inclusiveness officers seem to be hell-bent on inventing as many ways as they can to divide the troops.

Unit cohesion is going to hell in all this. I honestly can no longer recommend military service under the "leadership" of these little Eichmanns now in charge.

There should be only Duty, Honor, Country when it comes to leadership, and there should be only one objective: fielding the most combat-effective fighting force in the world. Anything less is national suicide.
Posted by: These Forkbeard7574   2021-03-23 10:24  

#13  Next up: political commissars inserted into each brigade

Aren't they called Political Officers.

Only now they will be called Diversity and Inclusiveness Officers and their job will be to divide the group into categories based on race, preference, psuedo-gender, etc... And insure they the groups don't get along by telling some that they are being victimized by the others.

1984 was only about 40 years early.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-03-23 08:56  

#12  

I predict a massive rewrite of AR 601-210.
In order to fill the MASSIVE gap in recruitment vs. departing skilled personnel.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-03-23 08:53  

#11  When it comes to political commissars among the troops, I'll always remember how Capt. Ramius handled it. "More tea?"
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-03-23 08:18  

#10  ^I remember the 70es. When Sharm-A-Sheik was #1 vocation destination for liberated North European girls, and 😊😊😊
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-03-23 07:32  

#9  Hey guys, remember the Army of the 70s? Drug abuse, race riots, high AWOL rates? When the recruiters sent you anyone they could scrap off the streets? Those good old days are coming back.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-03-23 07:06  

#8  Are Biden's idiots actually trying to destroy our military?

No. And they're not trying to destroy your economy. Abolish Law & Order. Abolish education. Abolish sexual reproduction. Etcetera.

They are just doing what comes natural.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-03-23 06:09  

#7  /\ Can't be the Sergeant Major, he's the union steward.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-23 06:02  

#6  Next up: political commissars inserted into each brigade

What do you call JAGs?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-03-23 03:09  

#5  How does the idea of an "intersection" (or that stupid made-up BS kloodge of "intersectionality") fit with the idea of not two or four but ONE direction along ONE vector?

How do you create an effective military unit -- one cohesive entity, aligned and striving in unison toward a goal -- that can stand up to enemies as determined and without illusions as the Chinese, Russians and Persians?

Are Biden's idiots actually trying to destroy our military?
Where is this madness coming from?
Has the PLA compromised Hunter and his dad?
Posted by: Grusosing tse Tung8965   2021-03-23 02:14  

#4  When the officer lays his head on the pillow after learning that day of his selection for full colonel, he turns to his slumbering wife and exclaims..."Ingrid, I could someday be a general."

Perhaps someone has spoken to Secretary Austin about possible future assignments.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-23 02:00  

#3  Next up: political commissars inserted into each brigade. Eventually, they will form a new Waffen Woken SS, with a separate chain of command and a clear focus on political purity and direct loyalty to the Uniparty and its leader.

The Woken SS will swear a separate oath to the USSA, and to the new intersectional identity (I2) creed represented by this new required pledge:

I pledge to advocate for and acknowledge all lived experiences and intersectional identities of every Sailor in the Navy. I pledge to engage in ongoing self-reflection, education and knowledge sharing to better myself and my communities. I pledge to be an example in establishing healthy, inclusive and team-oriented environments.
Posted by: Clem Snains2563   2021-03-23 01:56  

#2  Yeah.. fuck em. The unqualified trying to get the unwilling to do the unnecessary.
Posted by: crazyhorse   2021-03-23 01:49  

#1  Fuck the officer corps.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-03-23 00:06  

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