How To Erode the World’s Greatest Military

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 How To Erode the World’s Greatest Military

Alienating half the country is not a wise strategy of military recruitment.
By Victor Davis Hanson

July 24, 2022
The U.S. Army has met only 40 percent of its 2022 recruiting goals. 

In fact, all branches of the military are facing historic resistance to their current recruiting efforts. If some solution is not found quickly, the armed forces will radically shrink or be forced to lower standards—or both. 

Such a crisis occurs importunely as an aggressive Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea believe the Biden Administration and the Pentagon have lost traditional U.S. deterrence. 

That pessimistic view abroad unfortunately is now shared by many Americans at home. In 2021, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute conducted its periodic poll of attitudes toward the U.S. military. The result was astonishing. Currently, only 45 percent of Americans polled expressed a great deal of trust in their armed forces. Confidence had dived 25 points since an early 2018 poll.

https://amgreatness.com/2022/07/24/how-to-erode-the-worlds-greatest-military/

[SZonian]

Our son is currently 2 years into his 6 year Army contract.  I asked him how "things" are with regards to the SJW and PC bullshite and he told me that almost to a person, no one really pays any attention to the machinations from the Pentagon.  They just focus on their training and mission. 

I would expect with the shrinking enlistments, there will come shrinking units and missions.  I just pray that those missions aren't attempted with less than a full complement of troopers.

Although one could argue there is a risk in not paying attention, at his level, there isn't anything he can do about it.

Like us in the corporate world, attend the "training", nod your head and remember you got paid to attend.  Then go about your day.