CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 15, 2024
IF YOU NEED ANY MORE EVIDENCE OF NATIONAL DECLINE BEYOND WHAT IS ALREADY VISIBLE, HERE IT IS.
THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT HAS ELIMINATED FROM ITS MISSION STATEMENT A PHRASE MADE FAMOUS BY WORLD WAR TWO GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR – “DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY.” THE BRASS SAY IT WILL STILL BE THE MOTTO, BUT THE MISSION STATEMENT NOW WILL BE ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE CALLING “ARMY VALUES.” THESE INCLUDE RESPECT. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT CAN MEAN! ANYTHING ANYONE WANTS IT TO MEAN.
CRITICS SAY THE MOVE IS A BOW TO THE WOKE CULTURE SWEEPING THE NATION IN WHICH ANY BEHAVIOR AND LIFESTYLE IS TO BE TOLERATED. AND WHY WOULDN’T THEY THINK THAT GIVEN ALL THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE MILITARY, INCLUDING THE DISMISSAL OF GENDER DEFINITIONS AND THE DROPPING OF A REQUIREMENT THAT NAVAL RECRUITS HAVE AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
DO YOU THINK RUSSIA, CHINA AND IRAN ARE EMBRACING THIS MADNESS? JUST THE OPPOSITE. THEY CAN ONLY BE ENCOURAGED BY THE WEAKNESS WE ARE DISPLAYING. NO WONDER SO MANY ARE LEAVING MILITARY SERVICE AND WHY IT IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR IT TO ATTRACT NEW RECRUITS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
