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Grandmother from indiana. What was the charge . One count of parading in the capital, i kid you not. The effort to deprogram her thoughts. But first, the militarys woke makeover. That is the focus of tonights angle. If you were chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and Secretary Of Defense or any top Military Leader today, there is a lot that should keep you up at night, right . Put yourself in that role. But most all of it is coming from china. Threats to our ally taiwan, strategic ally in the pacific, china is itching to invade them, threats from chinas hackers and intel agencies, their Growing Presence in africa, plus china threatening us in space. But our current chairman general mark milley is apparently spending a lot of his waking hours worrying about what he thinks is wrong with the United States. Yesterday when republican congressmen raised reasonable questions about whether its a good idea to expose our soldiers to antiamerican propaganda in the form of this Critical Race Theory stuff, he ended up lashing out, sounding more like a commentator on msnbc than a Military Leader. What is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building and try to overturn the constitution of the United States of america. What caused that . Its important that leaders now and in the future do understand it. Ive read karl marx, ive read lenin, that doesnt make me a communist. So what is wrong about having some situational understanding of the country we are here to defend . Laura the general failed to think to the logic and ramifications of his stated position. In the first place, Critical Race Theory is based on a live, the lie that america is marred by racism in every aspect of society and therefore our entire system must be upended and then remade. The Antiracism Guide is the best known of these antiamerican screeds so why is it on the militarys recommended reading list . Tom cotton pulled back the curtain earlier this week. The notion that capitalism is essentially racist and racism is essentially capitalist. That the only remedy for past discrimination is present discrimination. How did these books get on your reading list . I chose a variety of books, over 50 books on the reading list to give people a wide range of information through which i hope they can make factbased decisions on both of their ability to look outwardly at potential aggressors like china and russia as well as looking inwardly and being honest with ourselves in areas we need to improve. Laura think about that. The troops are hearing that in order to be honest with themselves, on how they need to improve they then need to read a book by a guy who thinks america is inherently wicked and evil. Does that make any sense . The message to the troops is this put your lives at risk for the usa, but remember, the usa is a systemically racist, structurally biased country and by the way, you and your parents live on stolen land. Look, what top Military Leaders have on their nightstands that they choose to read, that is up to them but how is it appropriate or helpful to our young Military Personnel just starting out . How does it promote Unit Cohesion . The first thing we should be teaching our soldiers, our airmen, that we are a good and noble country that is worthy of their amazing sacrifice. Critical race theory sends the opposite message, and as for the generals attempt to justify the unjustifiable by noting that he has personally read the works of some of the worst villains of our time, big deal. Obviously, were not going to expose our troops to every possible twisted theory out there. What is the point of that . They are trained to be warriors in many roles and they are among the finest in the world. Reading ibram kendi will know more help our troops understand the United States then Fidel Castros writings would have in the 1960s. The reason that the military gave into the Critical Race Theory craze is simple. Because the Biden Administration is determined to use race as a political weapon, and the Biden Administration is enlisting the military to help them. Of course they try to deny this and claim that anyone who attacks Critical Race Theory and the military is attacking the troops. Oh please. Another logical fallacy. The commissioned officers, the enlisted Men And Women signed up to be in the u. S. Military, not for a never ending racism seminar. It wasnt long ago that biden made this promise to our Men And Women in uniform. Your incredible heroes and incredible patriots. I will never ever dishonest you does honor you. I will never disrespect you. I will never politicize the work you do. That goes for civilian professionals as well as the career military. Laura of course, that didnt last long. Less than a month later the pentagon announced that socalled domestic extremists issue, that they were the most serious threat in existence to the u. S. Military, which we all know is code for purging the ranks of conservatives. As china continues to build and grow its global influence, the pentagon chief chose to focus on White Supremacists is a major problem. Now this is straight out of the critical theory playbook, but the denials, they came anyway. We dont embrace Critical Race Theory and i think that is a spurious conversation. We are focused on extremist behaviors, and not ideology, not peoples thoughts, not peoples political orientation. Behaviors is what we are focused on. Laura well, that is just not true. The military is launching an effort to monitor Social Media Activity of the troops, meaning their personal political views and other views will be examined for socalled extremism. Even if they do nothing illegal, to act on those viewpoints. The fact is, too many and top leadership have forgotten the proper role of the u. S. Military. They answer to civilian leadership, not the other way around. Remember when trump wanted to pull our troops out of afghanistan . The military fought him every step of the way. There was always a reason not to bring the troops home and now when you watch whats going on they are even resisting biden, pushing the narrative that once we pull out it will be another saigon. They did the same in iraq, by the way, despite Public Opinion and stated administration policy. Civilian control of the military is a cornerstone of our entire system. If Military Leaders are perceived to be partying partisan msnbcstyle Talking Points they are going to do to the armed forces what tony fauci has done to Public Health agencies. They will hurt their standing and their credibility with the American People. So republicans need to take all of this very seriously. Some already are, like tom cotton and josh hawley. The fact is, post afghanistan, we need a plan to make our military more functional and less political. Beyond asserting civilian control of the armed forces, we have to eliminate all unnecessary spending. Cut everything from needless Weapons Systems to pointless deployments, to the hiring of any racial or gender identity consultants. Our troops arent served by bloated budgets. Only the bureaucracy and the Defense Industry benefit from that. Thirdly, our focus should be almost entirely on china. Staying ahead of the ccp and blunting their influence wherever we can. And its not going to be easy. In fact, it will be the great challenge of the century. But we must take it more seriously. Fourth, we need new leadership. Anyone who seeks to purge patriotic volunteers from our military based on changing political whims and anyone who spends more time thinking about january 6th than china shouldnt be leading our troops. We need more victories against our adversaries abroad and less animosity towards our own people at home. Our troops should be encouraged to have faith in our system. After all, they are the ones who volunteered to protect and defend it. Why should they or anyone commit to defending a way of life that they are reading is inherently racist . Who would sign up for that job . Perhaps that is a question that General Milley should spend some time thinking about before his next appearance on capitol hill. And that is the angle. Joining me now is retired army colonel, Senior Fellow at the federalist. Senior editor at townhall. Com and author of crisis and last but not least his former Deputy Defense secretary and former green beret. Colonel mcgregor, lets start with you, how destructive to cohesion and just military spirit are the messages weve been hearing from the top . Given General Milleys remarks and the comments by the chief of Naval Operations i think we are dealing with a situation in which soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines are pitted against each other on the basis of their racial identity. There is no appeal to their american identity. There is no appeal to treating their country and the mission assigned by the country as first and foremost in their minds. Instead, we are listening to a discussion that frankly is obscure and opaque. Laura we heard this line a lot from the Media Backlash today. Our troops, our Military Leaders, Secretary Of Defense or under political attack. Not by isis or al qaeda, but by radical extremist, antiamerican elected officials, pundits on tv. This is their equivalent of Defund The Police. Laura a push to cut the military budget, which a lot of liberals used to before, is totally different from the push to Defund The Police because the left want to Defund The Police to dismantle it. We want to reduce and reorient Military Spending to save our military. Thats exactly right, laura. This is a disaster on every level and frankly, i dont know if Colonel Mcgregor will join me in this but i would pretty much fire everybody zero seven and above in the United States military, higher a few back because is just that bad. Weve gone 20 years without a military victory. There have been guys who have gone their entire career, never seen the United States triumph in battle and they are running around, chasing their tails about some sort of Faculty Lounge of session designed to please the overlords of the media and msnbc. It is ridiculous and im terrified its going to get our People Killed because the chinese, the russians, the North Koreans and the ukrainians are not playing these stupid games. Laura to the surprise of exactly no one, Critical Race Theory Superstar Ibram Kendi praised General Milley today. I was happy to hear him say that he wants to understand range, seeking to understand white supremacist organizations. Its important for them to root out White Supremacists within their ranks. Laura is this obsession with white rage going to do anything to promote unity in our military or help us defeat our biggest threat, ultimately, down the road, china . No, absolutely not and frankly this is appalling, this is humiliating and its dangerous. Crt exists for one thing, it is designed to convince american citizens that this great nation is irreconcilable he corrupt and is not worth defending, and that is a dangerous point of view, that is a dangerous doctrine to be forcing down the throats of our military. And anyone who doesnt see that is either not paying attention, is it woefully ignorant or naive, or they have bought into i certainly hope that General Milley and Secretary Off secretary have not bought into this theory. Laura i have to say, mr. Mcgregor, when you see the dismissiveness and the very arrogant, i thought it was an extremely eric and performance by the general who served this for four decades, incredible service. For him to go up there and take on the role of a Debating Partner with members of congress who are doing their constitutional oversight, is that his role . Laura, we havent had any accountability for Senior Officers in the last 30 years. One is the last time we actively removed a Senior Officer for failure to promote his duty in the field . We havent had it. And the eagerness to be promoted they have released whatever dumb idea In The Name Of Social Justice that their political superiors have pushed. When their duty first and foremost is to maintain and feel defective forces, forces that can fight. We havent fought anybody who is terribly capable and could actually threaten us or fight back for the last 20 years, we have become complacent. The people in charge right now are simply not very impressive, but they are impressive in the sense that they have internalized whatever they have had to to be promoted. You saw the sea and over. He talked about a reading list. He hadnt even looked at it. These Reading Lists are put together by Lieutenant Colonels and majors, commanders and lieutenant commanders. Generals dont read anything, its a lot of nonsense. Laura i dont believe any of them sat around pouring over the pages of ibram kendi. I dont believe that for one second. I read mao and karl marx, arent you impressive. Its embarrassing, we are now listing off our reading list from college or whatever. Kurt, this was telling. The media of course rushing in, the media calling them warmongers back in the early 2000s, rushing to the defense of General Milley. Watch. The chairman makes an eloquent defense of the truth and stands up for americas military. It was a remarkable defense of openmindedness and freethinking in america. Speak of the general did something very powerful. I think he was extraordinary because of who he was and how he did it. Laura and a healthy republic they would be lighting him up for how damaging his comments were, but instead it was an echo chamber. What does that tell us . You know, when i want to learn how to make a Strong Military i seek out don leman and al sharpton for their important insights. My favorite part about millies little tantrum was when he got offended that people were doubting him and questioning him and i am thinking, you know, youre answering questions from the representative of the American People who, in military terms, or ahead of you in the chain of command. Its you, the American People, their representatives and you, a government employee. And he is upset. I bet when a major gets up in front of him and screws up a briefing and millie sell milley says time matt, im offe. Im sure he says we better back off because major is offended. Holy cow. Unmatched personal courage. And then he does this laura andrew, final thoughts from you. His reading ibram kendi going to help our troops understand america, white rage, White Supremacy and the ultimate job of being warriors better . Now, of course not. What its going to do is destroy our cohesion, or good order, or discipline and its going to make this great nation more vulnerable. What are Military Leaders, uniformed leaders need to do is to get out of politics, they need to focus on building cohesive and competent units come out War Fighting Units that can stand against the threats that we are facing in the world today. For most of which is the Chinese Communist party. And by the way, congress has to act. They cant sit on their hands any longer. They need to assert some authority, Oversight Authority to ensure that this gorge, this poisonous ideology of crt does not destroy our military from within. Laura with god to defund crt, the u. S. Military at least. Gentlemen, thank you. 99 still unaccounted for after the beachfront highrise in california collapsed this morning. Hundreds of First Responders were on the scene, they pulled dozens from the wreckage including a child who was discovered after someone saw his wiggling fingers underneath the rubble. The 12 story condo came down around 1 30 a. M. 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