01/05/2024
It is time to have the PENTAGON/ALL DEPTS conduct a year-end accounting for the money spent this year and who received it. NO JOKE!
All problems start at the top and trickle down.
My opinion – all of this extremism was caused by Obama/Biden when they weaponized the ENTIRE government. The Durham Report has to be followed through to identify those who committed this crime against our country and WE THE PEOPLE.
EVERYTHING THAT IS WOKE – GOES BROKE. That is the problem when Obama put the military in “high heels.”
Bidenomics/Inflation Reduction Act will have a disastrous impact on tax hikes – how they reduces wages, cost jobs, harm economic growth, increase prices, and hurt working American families.
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We know our military is great; but, we must remember – war is started/ended by politicians and the people are the ones who fight these wars – who die and return disabled and have to live with the remnants. Right now we are spending money coming and going in Ukraine and now our debt is $33 trillion which is nothing to sneeze at.
The Democrats are supporting Iran/Hamas and while supporting Israel which must stop. The tax and spend Obama/Biden/Democrats have to be voted out of office. Our country cannot sustain this level of spending out the roof.
Our country is in a mell of a hess.
Only your vote for a conservative/Trump will make a change for the better. Even if you have to hold your nose to vote for him. This also applies to local elections.
The Democrats can’t run anything because they always RUN EVERYTHING INTO THE GROUND. WHY – because everything upstairs in their noodle doesn’t work in tandem.
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Quiet release of DOD extremism report sparks conservative backlash
TOP STORY: When Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered an independent investigation into the extent of extremist views in the military in February of 2021, he said that based on his personal experience, he believed “99.9%” of the troops embraced the values of their oaths of service but that while the number of extremists in the ranks is small, they can “have an outsized impact.”
“When I was a lieutenant colonel,” Austin said, referring to his time at the 82nd Airborne Division in the 1990s, “we couldn’t tell that story of what we were doing and how great we were because nobody wanted to hear it. They wanted to hear about the skinheads. And so that had an outsized impact.”
Last month, more than a year and a half after it was completed, with little fanfare the Pentagon made public the results of the investigation into extremism in the ranks over the Christmas holiday, but only after requests by USA Today.
The June 2022 report by the Institute for Defense Analyses pretty much tracked with Austin’s gut feelings, finding “no evidence that the number of violent extremists in the military is disproportionate to the number of violent extremists in the United States as a whole” while noting that “there is some indication that the rate of participation by former service members is slightly higher and may be growing.”
“The participation in violent extremist activities of even a small number of individuals with military connections and military training, however, could present a risk to the military and to the country as a whole,” the report concluded.
THE GREATER RISK: But the report also underscored a key concern of Republicans in the wake of the political divide that followed the 2020 election, namely that conservative members of the military, in particular supporters of former President Donald Trump, would feel targeted for their private political views.
(Why is this – Obama removed all of the Conservatives who retired in the top brass (~200) and during Covid made all of the soldiers who wouldn’t take the shot – kicked them out of the military. Now you know the rest of the story.)
“IDA found reason to believe that the risk to the military from widespread polarization and division in the ranks may be a greater risk than the radicalization of a few service members,” the report said.
Rather than punishing troops who are seen as embracing extremist views, the military should seek to educate them, the report recommended. “In light of the inherent gray areas in any definition of extremism, the IDA team concluded that a punitive approach to all forms of prohibited extremist activities would risk alienating a significant part of the force.”
“IDA recommends that the Department focus its efforts to prevent prohibited extremist conduct in ongoing education and training in core values such as loyalty, respect, duty, honor, and mission, emphasizing from recruitment all the way to separation that these values are inconsistent with prohibited extremist activities,” the report concluded. “The Department should also work to counter false information campaigns and build critical thinking in the force by providing training and instruction on how to be a critical consumer of information.”
GALLAGHER: ‘A SERIOUS INDICTMENT OF AUSTIN’S ENTIRE EFFORT’: The release of the report that was buried for more than a year sparked a sharp condemnation from Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), who called the report’s findings “a serious indictment of Austin’s entire effort.”
“Every data source tells the same story,” Gallagher said in a statement. “Yet the damage has been done. As the report itself acknowledges, anecdotal accounts of military participation of events like January 6 ‘magnify the actions of a few and provide little information on the overall scope of the problem.’”
Gallagher said the report cost taxpayers $900,000 and “created the false impression with the public that the military has an extremism problem, thereby politicizing the Pentagon, undermining trust in the military and exacerbating the recruitment crisis with an already skeptical cohort of young Americans.”
“In order to stop the politicization of DOD, solve the recruiting crisis, and save the All-Volunteer Force, DoD leaders must recommit to excellence in warfighting,” Gallagher said, citing a Marine Corps doctrine that states that “any military activities that do not contribute to the conduct of a present war are justifiable only if they contribute to preparedness for a possible future one.’”
HAPPENING TODAY: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on a week of travel to the Middle East to renew efforts to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and prod Israel to refocus its war effort to target Hamas forces more effectively while reducing suffering by civilians caught in the crossfire. Blinken stops include Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank, and Egypt.
“Throughout his trip, the Secretary will underscore the importance of protecting civilian lives in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza; securing the release of all remaining hostages; our shared commitment to facilitating the increased, sustained delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza and the resumption of essential services; and ensuring that Palestinians are not forcibly displaced from Gaza,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement. “He will also discuss urgent mechanisms to stem violence, calm rhetoric, and reduce regional tensions, including deterring Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and avoiding escalation in Lebanon.”
ALSO TODAY: President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver a campaign speech at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, at 3:15 p.m., in which he will lay out a major theme of his reelection strategy, labeling former President Donald Trump “a threat to democracy.”
The speech was originally scheduled for tomorrow’s third anniversary of the storming of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters seeking to stop the certification of the 2020 election, but it was moved to today because of the forecast for heavy snow over the Northeast this weekend.
Trump is scheduled to hold two campaign rallies in Iowa tomorrow, weather permitting. In recent rallies, he has turned the anti-democracy label on Biden, calling him the real threat to democracy while accusing him of weaponizing the government against a political opponent.
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THREAT: With just two weeks before the next government shutdown deadline, aid for Ukraine, which is linked to a deal on border security, is hanging in the balance.
A small group of hard-line Republicans in both the House and the Senate are threatening to shut down the government and effectively block Ukraine funding if any compromise on border security doesn’t closely match the provisions of H.R. 2, the border bill passed by the House last year.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), the policy chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, circulated a letter to his GOP colleagues on Tuesday urging them to block critical government funding bills until Democrats agree to pass the border security and asylum policies in the bill.
“This means we must make funding for federal government operations contingent on the President signing H.R. 2, or its functional equivalent, into law and stopping the flow across our border (with demonstrable near-zero results),” Roy wrote.
“Secure the border. Or shut down the government. @POTUS, it’s time to make your choice,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) posted on X, formerly Twitter.
The House bill, which would dramatically reduce the ability of immigrants to claim legal amnesty, has been labeled a “non-starter” by Senate Democrats, and the White House has threatened to veto any bill with its provisions.
OUT OF MONEY: Meanwhile, the Pentagon has confirmed that while it still has $4.2 billion in what’s called “presidential drawdown authority,” it can’t really use the authority to transfer weapons and ammunition to Ukraine because it lacks the money to replace the munitions and equipment.
“We have no more replenishment funds,” spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said at yesterday’s Pentagon briefing.
“We’re out of money,” Ryder said. “Without having the replenishment funds in order to actually replenish our own funds. It’s the authority to spend them but not necessarily the funds available. Thus, we need the supplemental from Congress.”
IRAQ STRIKE IRKS BAGHDAD: Ryder also defended a U.S. airstrike in Iraq yesterday that killed a militia commander described as the leader of the Iran-backed Harakat al Nujaba terrorist group, who was said to be actively involved in planning and carrying out attacks against U.S. troops.
“U.S. forces took necessary and proportionate action against Mushtaq Jawad Kazim al Jawari, aka Abu Taqwa, who was a Harakat al Nujaba leader. Abu Taqwa was actively involved in planning and carrying out attacks against American personnel,” said Ryder. “It is important to note that the strike was taken in self-defense, that no civilians were harmed, and that no infrastructure or facilities were struck.”
Iraq responded angrily to the attack, alleging the strike violated agreements that limit U.S. authority to carry out airstrikes. “We consider this targeting a dangerous escalation and an assault on Iraq, far from the spirit and text of the authorization and the work for which the international coalition exists in Iraq,” Yahya Rasool Abdullah, an Iraqi military spokesman, said in a statement.
“Iraq is an important and valued partner,” Ryder said when questioned about the Iraqi reaction. “Our forces are there at the invitation of the government of Iraq to help train and advise in support of the Defeat ISIS Mission. And so, as we have been doing all along, we will continue to consult closely with the Iraqi government about the safety and security of U.S. forces.”
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Love/support your country – vote for a conservative not for a Democrat/nazism.
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