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| The Problem with a ‘Woke' Military |
| 2021-06-06 |
| [National Review] I used to belong to a war-fighting organization, where we were taught a shared set of Army values. We were taught mission accomplishment before all else, enforced by "mission first and people always." Within the Department of Defense (DoD) Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan we are told that "diversity is a strategic imperative — critical to mission readiness and accomplishment." We are also told, by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, that it must be a priority for the military "to look like America and not only in the ranks, but our leadership should look like America." On the surface, this sounds okay. But it flips what had long been a soldier’s commitment to the Army and mission: The new priority turns the Army into a social experiment at the cost of mission readiness. The new push within the DoD for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goes well beyond measures to ensure equal opportunity and instead looks to create preferences that have nothing to do with merit. Our military will suffer if it does not change course. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 Malfeasance in office, or official misconduct, is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, that affects the performance of official duties. Malfeasance in office is often grounds for a just cause removal of an elected official by statute or recall election. By subjugation of merit promotion, EEO employment, the SecDef and subordinates have breached the law |
| Posted by: Lionel Spiger2296 2021-06-06 23:18 |
| #10 ^ This was my 1st thought - followed by: It won't be the military that suffers, and that is the desired design. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2021-06-06 18:38 |
| #9 "The" implies only one problem. I can think of lots. |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2021-06-06 18:11 |
| #8 |
| Posted by: Angunter Whusonter9583 2021-06-06 15:43 |
| #7 Will there be a Katyn Forest here? |
| Posted by: Clem 2021-06-06 15:26 |
| #6 #1, Stalin must have felt like he had good reason to be as paranoid as he was. In fact, his Communist Party's expropriations and murders may well have adversely affected many of those officers and their families and so they had good reason to want him dead. The question then becomes: Are Biden and his handlers planning to give today's American middle class and thereby the officers in today's military the same motivations that Soviet communists did to their military in the 1920's and 1930's? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-06-06 15:23 |
| #5 priority for the military "to look like America No, priority for the military should be to have the attitude and ability to kill people and break things - not what we want as a priority for Americans in general. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-06-06 15:05 |
| #4 a priority for the military "to look like America How about trying it on NBA first? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-06-06 14:25 |
| #3 our leadership should look like America Divided into semi-autonomous regions with no integrated command? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-06 12:25 |
| #2 a priority for the military "to look like America and not only in the ranks, but our leadership should look like America. WTF does that even mean? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-06-06 12:13 |
| #1 Stalin had 'woke' seminars* in the Red Army in the 30s. One of the reasons the Germans got within kilometers of Red Square in 1941. * Although the senior ranks experienced the most severe losses in terms of percentages (11 of 13 army commanders were shot, as were 57 of the 85 corps commanders and 110 of the 195 division commanders), the numerical bulk of the victims came from subordinates unfortunate enough to be on the wrong staff or performing the wrong mission. Estimates of the total losses created by this mass bloodletting range from 15,000 to 30,000 officers, depending upon the dates used and the figures available. - cite |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-06-06 11:37 |