TheQuartering [11/10/2023]
House Republicans voted to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs and personnel at the Pentagon, and one wonders whether the US military will ever be the same.
The provision was one of a number of anti-woke measures in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act — including reversing the Pentagon’s new abortion-enabling paid travel and leave policies — that have occasioned sputtering outrage.
According to National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, there’s no way President Joe Biden would ever sign such legislation “that would put our troops at greater risk or put our readiness at risk.”
America’s leaders used to worry that we wouldn’t have enough stopping power to defend against Soviet tanks potentially pouring through the Fulda Gap or a survivable nuclear force in the event of a nuclear first strike; now they worry service members might not be learning enough about microaggressions.