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When the US military becomes an echo chamber for the ALT left THAT is a problem.
originally posted by: Singswithchickens
originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: vor78
I do.
When the US military becomes an echo chamber for the ALT left THAT is a problem.
Would you rather they be a echo chamber for the alt right? Your side? Are you a practicing member of the alt right?
originally posted by: neo96
US military service chiefs condemn racism, extremism
It's not the job of the military or it's chiefs to make comments about politics.
The only function of the military is to execute policy.
A case of be seen and not heard.
It's a case of EXACTLY like that 'separation of church and state'.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: neo96
Oh my goodness.
neo96, this is laughably dense, even by your low standards.
The military is not an echo chamber for, and let me correct you here, the left. There is no such thing as the alt-left, and indeed there is no such thing as the alt-right. The people you call "alt-right" are only correctly categorised as fascists, Nazis, White Supremacists, and apologists for that misbegotten group of degenerates.
The LEFT, which is all there is (and does NOT include the likes of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama for that matter, since both are demonstrably corporatist, therefore at the very least centre right in actual polarity, for all their blather otherwise might indicate), since there is literally no left wing equivalent for the far right in your nations politics, and never has been, is simply rallying around their core values, and refusing to allow their country to be consumed by genocidal, eugenicist, fascist and Nazi ideologies, which is a totally legitimate stance to take, and not one which is being supported by the Military here in ANY fashion.
It seems pretty clear to me that the military is making a statement to its members, that the sort of behaviour exhibited by the far right groups in Charlottesville, will not be tolerated within the ranks of service personnel, which is a totally legitimate call on the part of those military personages.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joe Dunford said Thursday, "I can unambiguously tell you that there's no place, no place for racism and bigotry in the U.S. military or in the United States as a whole."
edit on 17-8-2017 by DancedWithWolves because: (no reason given)
Top members of the military are openly opposing President Trump's move to ban transgender troops, breaking with their commander-in-chief on whether the policy is necessary.