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Another Tripwire Crossed – Pentagon Orders Updated Screening of Military to Identify ‘Extremist’ Outlooks in Preparation for What is to Come…
2021-04-11
The opening salvo:
[theconservativetreehouse] Let me be clear.... I fully expect to see the standing U.S. military deployed against any state who stands up against unconstitutional federal demands. I have made this assertion since the jaw-dropping revelations about the Pentagon during the first impeachment effort in August 2019 and the lack of leadership from the military in removing Lt. Col Alexander Vindman from his compromised position.

♦ WHAT: As I look forward the likely origination point for military deployment will be federal COVID mandates, though it could also be state election issues.
♦ HOW: The hardline leftists are weaponizing the military for political benefit.
♦ WHEN: As a result of severe federal government intrusion it is only a matter of time before states start to rebel against federal COVID demands. That, in my opinion, will be the inflection point and posse comitatus will be suspended.

The majority of the U.S. military rank and file are patriots; America-first nationalists with a patriotic outlook toward the United States as a constitutional republic. The majority of the military also come from red states. This is an identified risk to the Obama objective of fundamental change. Additionally, thanks in large part to a purge during the Obama era, the majority of the flag officers are not in alignment with the rank and file. This sets the stage for a problem....

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday ordered new steps to tackle the threat posed by extremism in the ranks of the military, including updated screening questionnaires for recruits, a review of the department’s definition of extremism and efforts to prevent veterans from being drawn into violent movements.

The move follows a 60-day stand-down across the armed services that Austin ordered to allow commanders and troops in every unit to discuss how to confront the problem of white supremacist or other extremist ideology within the military. The Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump thrust the issue into the spotlight, as some of the mob were former or current members of the military with links to ultra-rightwing groups.

In a memo Friday to top officials and commanders, Austin said the department was still reviewing the results of the stand-down but he had decided to move ahead with "several immediate steps."

Under Austin’s instruction, the Pentagon’s top lawyer and other officials will review and update the department’s definition of "prohibited extremist activities" for all service members. Critics have said the Pentagon needs to take into account how extremism has evolved in the digital era, and how some adherents engage in more loosely formed networks.

The secretary also called for updated screening questionnaires for potential recruits to gather information about current or previous extremist behavior "to ensure that only the best qualified recruits are selected for the services," according to the memo. (read more)

It is well known and accepted that most of the rank and file military come from Red States, and/or the Southern U.S. region. This has been a reality in the military for as long as I can remember. Again, this is a problem if the government is going to weaponize the military against the citizens. Hence, they need to quantify the issue in advance.

[HISTORIC NOTE: This is not the first time the Pentagon has undertaken such an assessment. In the aftermath of the Chinese regular army refusing to turn their fire on the protesting students at Tienanmen Square (remember, the Mongolian divisions were called in); the world noticed. The U.S. Pentagon did a similar internal assessment.]
Posted by:746

#5  "...all find what they truly seek"

We must seek truth.
We must seek the old truths, as they were said in the olden times .
We must seek the good, and the beautiful.
We must seek what we know is right and just and holy.

We must reject our age's version of Tash
Posted by: Wholuter Thud2664   2021-04-11 19:46  

#4   Hail Lobster!

I thought that sounded familiar: ‘Hail Lobster’: Jordan Peterson Jokes About Being Turned Into A ‘Magic Nazi’ By Marvel Comics

I like Aslan’s answer in The Last Battle, myself, though it is considerably less succinct, being aimed at children:

“Then I fell at his feet and thought, Surely this is the hour of death, for the Lion (who is worthy of all honour) will know that I have served Tash all my days and not him. Nevertheless, it is better to see the Lion and die than to be Tisroc of the world and live and not to have seen him. But the Glorious One bent down his golden head and touched my forehead with his tongue and said, Son, thou art welcome. But I said, Alas Lord, I am no son of thine but the servant of Tash. He answered, Child, all the service thou hast done to Tash, I account as service done to me. Then by reasons of my great desire for wisdom and understanding, I overcame my fear and questioned the Glorious One and said, Lord, is it then true, as the Ape said, that thou and Tash are one? The Lion growled so that the earth shook (but his wrath was not against me) and said, It is false. Not because he and I are one, but because we are opposites, I take to me the services which thou hast done to him. For I and he are of such different kinds that no service which is vile can be done to me, and none which is not vile can be done to him. Therefore if any man swear by Tash and keep his oath for the oath’s sake, it is by me that he has truly sworn, though he know it not, and it is I who reward him. And if any man do a cruelty in my name, then, though he says the name Aslan, it is Tash whom he serves and by Tash his deed is accepted. Dost thou understand, Child? I said, Lord, though knowest how much I understand. But I said also (for the truth constrained me), Yet I have been seeking Tash all my days. Beloved, said the Glorious One, unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truly. For all find what they truly seek.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-04-11 16:45  

#3  And here you see the true reason why the Founders included the Second Amendment. Now, are there enough citizens left with the courage to use it?
Posted by: Glenmore   2021-04-11 15:50  

#2  Hail Lobster!
Posted by: Elminesing Forkbeard1577   2021-04-11 15:01  

#1  So let's see if we've got this right. Per the DoD's new Political Commissars:

Spencer Rapone, USMA grad and self-proclaimed Communist: not an "extremist"

Supporters of BLM, a self-described Marxist movement that opposes the American "empire" and that has encouraged and supported deadly violence against police in hundreds of US cities white and jewish Americans, and the Secret Service members guarding the White House among other law enforcement officers, are not "extremist."

But...

Service members who supported Donald Trump are "extremists"

Service members who sport a confederate flag anywhere on their person or possessions are "extremists"

Service members who sport a confederate flag anywhere on their person or possessions are "extremists." Ditto for the Revolutionary War "Betsy Ross" flag, the Gadsden flag, and anything bearing the phrase, "Make America Great Again."

Service members who express support for Martin Luther King's maxim that we should judge people "on the content of their character, not the color of their skin" are "extremists"

Service members who do not agree that George Floyd was strangled or asphyxiated but instead died of a drug overdose are "extremists"

Service members who publicly state that there is no empirical support for the claims of "systemic police racism" are "extremists"

Service members who support enforcement of our southern border are "extremists"

Service members who make references to clear, factual irregularities and violations of election laws in the November 2020 elections are "extremists"

Service members who consult news sites, bloggers, podcasts, etc where the lies, hypocrisy and incoherence of left-wing members of Congress are called out are "extremists"

Got it.

Go F--- yourselves, you smelly little totalitarians
Posted by: Ebbotch Platypus9876   2021-04-11 03:01  

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