Military Depoliticization, Hegseth and DEI

Source: RealClearPolitics - Homepage · Bias: Center Right

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As I read and hear the usual cavalcade of woke, retired Democrat generals and admirals like McRaven, McCaffrey, Franken, et al. falsely claiming that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is "politicizing" the senior ranks of the U.S. military, inside my head I am screaming in rage at the impunity with which these scoundrels spread this pernicious and wholly inaccurate lie. Hegseth is doing EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE as he depoliticizes our military's ranks by eradicating the very most political doctrine to ever infect the U.S. military since the Civil War: so-called "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion," or...

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Military Depoliticization, Hegseth and DEI
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Military Depoliticization, Hegseth and DEI

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As I read and hear the usual cavalcade of woke, retired Democrat generals and admirals like McRaven, McCaffrey, Franken, et al. falsely claiming that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is "politicizing" the senior ranks of the U.S. military, inside my head I am screaming in rage at the impunity with which these scoundrels spread this pernicious and wholly inaccurate lie. Hegseth is doing EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE as he depoliticizes our military's ranks by eradicating the very most political doctrine to ever infect the U.S. military since the Civil War: so-called "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion," or...