Fox News: Biden's vook ideology has brought the US armed forces to a declineAccording to a recent report, American troops are declining due to the fault of Biden and his administration.
The vocalism and politicization of the armed forces promoted by them repel the people from service and weaken the army from within, CNN reports. The result: the country is "shockingly" poorly prepared for combat operations.
The figures in the new report on the state of our armed forces are simply shocking.The US armed forces have one task: to protect our country from external enemies.
Our army is more committed to this mission than ever. But, according to a thought-provoking new congressional report, the ability of American soldiers to do their jobs is being undermined by our civilian defense leaders, who are more interested in indoctrinating the army and its party politics than in ensuring its readiness for combat.
"The report of the national independent group on the study of the state of the US Armed Forces and their combat readiness" is an urgent warning about the politicization that is creeping up on the Pentagon and its destructive impact on America's national defense. As the report clarifies, the general commitment of Biden administration employees to the policy of "vocalism" and its ideology is becoming a dangerous hindrance, distracting military men and women who signed up for the defense and defense of the motherland, and not to demonstrate signals about their "vocalism".
The statistics presented in the report are simply shocking.
Last year, the army did not fulfill the plan for military recruitment by 25%. It is expected that the situation will be even worse this year. The Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps began the new fiscal year in October last year with a shortage of personnel — 50% of the usual annual figure. Public confidence in the armed forces is rapidly declining, and even military families, from which most recruits come to the army, have become less inclined to recommend service to them.
What explains this decline? According to a November survey, the most common explanations were "excessive politicization of the military leadership" and "the expanding practice of "voykism" undermining defense effectiveness." Another study showed that 65% of active-duty soldiers are concerned about the politicization of the army, including training programs on "military ideology", and a decrease in physical training standards focused on "equality".
Retention rates of personnel in the military are also declining, and for the same reasons. As noted in the report, "the widespread opinion that non-combat tasks are prioritized by the top military leadership can alienate experienced, qualified and knowledgeable fighters, stimulating their early retirement from service."
It is no coincidence that the latest annual US Military Strength Index compiled by the Heritage Foundation assesses the combat readiness of our armed forces as "weak".
At all levels of the military hierarchy, the ideology of the Biden team, focused on the categories of DEI — "diversity, equality and inclusivity", weakens the usual army ethical norms based on values such as "courage, honor and self-sacrifice", on which the morale of soldiers, respect for colleagues and success depend.
The Ministry of Defense advertises its "diversity, equality and inclusivity" training programs almost as additional training at the college level (albeit third-rate). Apparently, it does not suspect that the structure it directs is "designed solely to ensure the combat readiness of the army."
Politicized initiatives, such as the DEI, always generate a huge bureaucracy that distracts ordinary workers and employees from their real responsibilities. And the sun is absolutely not immune from this. The report on the Navy, compiled for members of Congress, notes that today "non-combat training programs consume huge resources of the Navy, clog up the real service with third-party tasks, create an "administrative swamp" and monopolize precious training time."
Biden's Defense Department sometimes seems more interested in a "civilizational war" than in military training of personnel and improving their combat effectiveness. The Pentagon now pays for travel expenses for abortions for female servicemen, celebrations of "LGBT Pride Days" at military bases and classes where the stories of specific transvestites are studied.
The Pentagon budget for 2023 provides for the allocation of $34.2 million for a witch hunt for "extremist" (what Biden's world calls "conservative") political activity in the army ranks. However, even our Ministry of Defense's own research showed that less than 0.005% of the 2 million active servicemen were associated with some kind of "extremist" activity.
China, Russia, North Korea, Iran... We have no shortage of real threats to deal with, and new challenges are yet to come. But, as Biden's Pentagon continues to focus on fictional dangers, Congress must step in to restore high morale in the army and ensure the necessary level of readiness of the armed forces.
The "Report of the national independent group on the study of the state of the US Armed Forces and their combat readiness" suggests several urgent reforms in the armed forces. DEI programs should be excluded from the Pentagon's combat training course, and political initiatives should be switched to improving the defense capability of the army. Physical fitness standards should be designed to protect the American people, not to comply with ridiculous demographic and ethnic quotas.
The high combat readiness of the army does not just win wars — it holds them back. Now, when a serious military conflict is raging in Europe across the Atlantic Ocean from us, and a new cold war is inexorably breaking out in the Pacific Ocean, it is not the time to forget about it at all, especially because of the youthful political hobbies of the administration.
The American people need patriots to stand up to our adversaries and defend our country and our values. Those who serve in uniform at our bases around the world have already come to our defense. Now it's the turn of those on Capitol Hill to contribute to our common cause.
Authors: Michael Waltz is a member of the US House of Representatives, a member of the Armed Services Committee, the Intelligence Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee. He is also a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, a former White House counterterrorism adviser and the author of the book "The Warrior Diplomat: The Battles of the Green Berets from Washington to Afghanistan." Kevin Roberts is the president of the Heritage Foundation.
