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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on June 19, 2021, 11:38:40 am
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Pentagon’s extremism definition will have to find the line between free speech and unit cohesion
Meghann Myers
U.S. intelligence agencies have for several years been telling anyone who will listen that for a long time now, the biggest terrorist threat to the country is domestic extremists, particularly of the right-wing variety. That threat came into sharp focus on Jan. 6, especially for the Pentagon, as it became clear that dozens of veterans and current service members were among the mob of President Donald Trump supporters that forced its way into the Capitol in an attempt to prevent Congress from certifying the 2020 election for President Joe Biden.
Defense Department officials have said many times since that leadership believes the number of extremists in the military is small, though more than what they’re comfortable with, given the disastrous effects just one ill-intentioned person in uniform can have.
But what turns someone’s feelings and beliefs from strongly held to extreme, and who decides where the line is?
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/06/18/pentagons-extremism-definition-will-have-to-find-the-line-between-free-speech-and-unit-cohesion/
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In the military, there isn't necessarily a strong correlation between definition and action. 22222frying pan
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But it won't. This is all a head fake.
This is all about weakening the military so that it presents no threat to China.
Given how our govt is riddled with Chinese spies and quislings, they're probably the ones who thought it up.