{"id":104977,"date":"2024-10-13T06:57:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T11:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104977"},"modified":"2024-10-13T06:59:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T11:59:48","slug":"104977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104977","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLUF<br \/>\nThere is nothing wrong with Trump doing just that, and the worst results of that process would not be as bad as what we&#8217;ve seen with the military being suborned on a wholesale level by the left.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/streiff\/2024\/10\/12\/donald-trumps-pledge-to-rid-our-military-of-the-woke-virus-causes-consternation-in-the-right-places-n2180497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump&#8217;s Pledge to Rid Our Military of the &#8216;Woke&#8217; Virus Causes Consternation in the Right Places<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.townhall.com\/cdn\/hodl\/rs\/images\/2023\/07\/trans-major2-1052x615.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">The observance of Pride Month, celebrated every June, was first recognized by the Department of Defense in June 2012. It is a time when the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community come together to celebrate love and authenticity. Maj. Rachel Jones is an example of this, serving openly as a transgender female Soldier. Jones is the U.S. Army Sustainment Command\u2019s Cyber Division chief, G6 (Information Management). (Sarah Patterson)<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>That -whatever that is -shouldn&#8217;t be anywhere <strong>near<\/strong> a uniform, and should be discharged<strong>. <\/strong><\/em><strong>Miles<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s use of a mashup of scenes from the 1987 Stanley Kubrick film, &#8220;Full Metal Jacket,&#8221; interspersed with clips of today&#8217;s military, has caused some outrage on the left, but mostly, it has caused consternation among some of the right people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9 mb-3\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"fr-draggable mw-100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fN1IeYqYa38??feature=shared&amp;t=9&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I think it is inarguable that the military created by Joe Biden and Kamala is only fractionally as effective as the military under Trump. And even in Trump&#8217;s first term, the rot of DEI and &#8220;gender equality&#8221; had already taken root.<\/p>\n<p>The failure of Biden and Harris is made clear every day as the only way the services make their manpower goals is by cutting end strength. We&#8217;ve seen the US Navy in the Western Pacific on the cusp of being unable to operate because of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2024\/09\/replenishment-oiler-sustained-damage-operating-in-middle-east-navy-official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lack of fleet oilers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The official and institutional embrace of sexual fetishes as a normal part of the military has been shocking. The clips Trump shows are nowhere near as bad as the situation really is.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s promise to fire the generals behind this insanity is viewed by Kamala&#8217;s flailing and undirected campaign as a campaign issue.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump says he will \u201cfire\u201d America\u2019s military generals and replace them with MAGA loyalists, echoing Project 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kbEfzkllzQ\">pic.twitter.com\/kbEfzkllzQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1797303183540212061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;\">FOX NEWS: Are you going to fire those generals? The woke generals at the top?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>TRUMP: Yes, I would get rid of them. Yeah. But see, now I know them. I didn\u2019t know them before. But, you know, I came in, what do I know? I was a New York real estate person. But no, I\u2019d fire. I would fire them. You can\u2019t have woke military.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Most of the commentary on the video is by room-temperature IQ intellectuals trying to explain that the video shows that Trump doesn&#8217;t understand &#8220;Full Metal Jacket.&#8221; This guy is real. He&#8217;s not an AI parody, though he&#8217;s exactly what an AI parody of a clueless leftist would look and sound like.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The point is less that Trump doesn&#8217;t understand a movie, than Trump&#8217;s critics don&#8217;t understand where R. Lee Ermey fits into popular culture.<\/p>\n<p>A guy who produces Rachel Maddow&#8217;s MSNBC show says (see\u00a0<a id=\"isPasted\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/trumps-vow-fire-woke-us-generals-matters-rcna155439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why Trump\u2019s vow to fire \u2018woke\u2019 U.S. generals matters (msnbc.com)<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"isPasted\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Now, however, the Republican apparently has more expansive plans for a second term, planning to fire U.S. military leaders who fail to meet his ideological standards.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>At first blush, this might not seem especially surprising, but let\u2019s not forget that a bedrock principle of the American experience is that we have an apolitical armed forces, filled with servicemembers who are loyal, not to an elected leader, but the U.S. Constitution.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>If Trump intends to politicize the military, filling the ranks with loyalists, it sets the stage for a dramatic and fundamental change in how the United States is supposed to operate.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;d encourage this guy to review how Thomas Jefferson dealt with known Federalist Army officers or ponder the fact that the military is not the civil service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The military is not an independent power center that has &#8220;equities.&#8221; The president is the commander-in-chief. Every commissioned officer is appointed at each step of his career by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>I have a copy of the Congressional Record when the Senate voted to make me a second lieutenant. No one is advocating a partisan military, but Trump and many of us would like to return to the days when active-duty general officers, or even retired general officers, stayed out of partisan politics and basic standards of civilized behavior adhered to; see\u00a0<a id=\"isPasted\" href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/streiff\/2024\/10\/12\/general-mark-milley-reportedly-stocking-up-on-brown-trousers-in-case-trump-is-reelected-n2180491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Mark Milley Reportedly Stocking Up on Brown Trousers in Case Trump Is Reelected \u2013 RedState<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The president has the right, and I would argue the duty, to ensure that senior officers faithfully execute his will and not sandbag him\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/trump-eyes-ridiculous-plan-overhaul-us-military-leadership-rcna174840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">behind his back<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"isPasted\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The former president has<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/youre-a-bunch-of-dopes-and-babies-inside-trumps-stunning-tirade-against-generals\/2020\/01\/16\/d6dbb8a6-387e-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lashed out at generals<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">before, but this was new. Trump apparently envisions a system in which U.S. military leaders will be subjected to some kind of ideological review, in which members of a task force \u2014 whose members will presumably be appointed by Trump \u2014 will go about assessing the generals\u2019 and admirals\u2019 personal attitudes.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Those deemed \u201cwoke\u201d will apparently see their military careers curtailed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>What could possibly go wrong?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>There is nothing wrong with Trump doing just that, and the worst results of that process would not be as bad as what we&#8217;ve seen with the military being suborned on a wholesale level by the left.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLUF There is nothing wrong with Trump doing just that, and the worst results of that process would not be as bad as what we&#8217;ve seen with the military being suborned on a wholesale level by the left. 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