Red Shoes in the Sunset

SteynonLine ^ | March 5, 2024 | Mark Steyn

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Following The Mark Steyn Caribbean Cruise, I am now on terra firma - as are Trump's poll numbers, to a degree not seen either in 2020 or 2016. Super Tuesday is tonight, and Nikki Haley may yet sweep the board, although so far her "War on Every Continent!" platform has resonated only in the depraved precincts of the District of Columbia.

On the other hand, given the Deep State thumb on the scale in both 2016 ("Crossfire Hurricane") and 2020 (fifty-seven heads of the "intelligence community" assure us that Hunter Biden's laptop is "Russian disinformation"), no prudent person would bet on a free and fair election in November - especially after yesterday's Supreme Court intervention. As I always say: There's no point having the greatest constitution in the world if you've got the crappiest election system in the world.

Yet, for the sake of argument, let us assume that a change in government will be permitted in America. The question then arises: will the permanent state embedded in every agency throughout Washington also permit a change of policy?

For example, the United States accounts for forty per cent of the planet's military spending, and in return produces the world's worst general staff. By way of example, here from a recent address to the Air Force Academy is Lieutenant-Colonel Bree Fram, who leads "space acquisition policy development for the Department of the Air Force" and "focuses on policy and advocacy work to develop a more inclusive military":

WATCH🎥: The U.S. Air Force Academy hosted a transgender Pentagon official for a symposium on inclusion. Our military is focused on transgender dogma while wars rage on two continents.

Here he is at a pride celebration calling for "intentional inclusivity" in the military 🧵 pic.twitter.com/6BAbEwrS4j — Spencer Lindquist