Unfortunately we have a self perpetuating coterie of leftists in the mode of John Dalton and Dick Danzig that now infest the Pentagon. Things that were once joked about (Gay Pride Day at Fort Bragg) are now realities and standards are regularly dropped so gals can be sent into ‘combat’. This board most likely reflected the current ethos.
No doubt that you are right since so many of these dandies are from academia and even the hard science in that world have become Lefties.